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The permanent secretary (PS) in the Ministry of Health, Newman Kahiya has given an ultimatum to Princess Marina Hospital staff to deliver or get sacked. "There is no question about it. If you don't deliver there is no reason for us to keep you," he told the staff yesterday.
Nigeria accounts for the highest number of Vesico Vaginal Fistula (VVF) in the world, Minister of Health Prof. Babatunde Osotimehin has said.The health minister, who made this known at the foundation laying ceremony of National Vagina Fistula (VVF) Centre in Kwali area council, Abuja, said the administration is committed to addressing issues of VVF in Nigeria.
I could never have a cup of tea without sugar. Some people think I am living dangerously, and they could be right. Although sugar is not something people fear to ingest, just like any other food, too much of it is certainly bad. And for the extremists any sugar is too bad for your health.
Ebonyi State Government has disbursed N100million to six private and missionary hospitals, bringing to N600 million, the amount already disbursed to hospitals in the state between 2008 and 2009.
MORE irregularities in the appointment of 3P Consulting to provide services to the Gauteng health department have been disclosed.
MILK producers and processors, who compromise quality, will be dealt with "ruthlessly," Bright Rwamirama, the animal husbandry state minister, has warned.
THE National Organisation of Trade Unions of Uganda has started an HIV/AIDS programme for workers to reduce stigma and boost productivity at the workplace.
OVER two million Ugandans are thought to be diabetic, an official has said.
Mozambican Health Minister Ivo Garrido on Wednesday inaugurated a centre for the prevention and treatment of malaria, built with the support of the Chinese government, on the premises of the psychiatric hospital in the Maputo suburb of Infulene.
Kenyan men and women are continuing to have unprotected sex with multiple partners - despite numerous national media campaigns to sensitise the public to the dangers of sex without a condom and multiple partners.
Diabetes patients treated at Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Academic Hospital will benefit from advanced education and support at the hospital's new "Diabetes Conversations Room".
OVER one million Nigerians are being mobilised to walk and march against HIV/AIDS from National Stadium, Surulere to Tafawa Balewa Square, Lagos to create more awareness on the need for voluntary testing to know ones HIV status on December 5.
Governor, Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State has urged Muslims to pray for the health of President Umaru Yar'Adua.
THE Ministry of Health and Social Services on Monday launched its third National Health Accounts (NHA) exercise to provide a detailed account of health spending for the years 2007-8 and 2008-9.
Mbarara chief administrative officer (CAO) Wilson Tibugyenda has advised health workers to set up income-generating projects and stop stealing government drugs.
THE women peer educators in Iganga district have been asked to emphasize HIV/AIDS awareness, prevention and family management so as to reduce spread of the virus which is increasing among married couples.
PRESIDENT Umaru Yar'Adua who is recuperating in a hospital bed in Jedah, Saudi Arebia has expressed sadness and disappointment over the widespread rumour of his death which rocked the nation since Wednesday; just as his Personal Physician, Dr. Salisu Banye, FWACP, has confirmed that the President is suffering from "Acute Pericarditis", (an inflammatory condition of the coverings of the heart).
New data in the 2009 AIDS epidemic update shows HIV infections in the world have reduced by 17 percent over the past eight years.
South Africa has secured an additional $108 million from the Global Fund to finance its HIV prevention projects over the next five years.
Every November 19, the world celebrates the World Toilet Day (WTD) as it is a day set aside to inform governments all over the world of the dangers that the sanitation sector is witnessing.
THE National Medical Stores has discovered over 100 non-existent health centres that have for years received drugs and funding from the Government.
FIRST Lady Thandiwe Banda has said that Prevention of Mother-to-Child Transmission (PMTCT) of HIV/AIDS is the surest way of saving humanity from extinction.
A group of Tanzanian Members of Parliament has commended the ongoing efforts in the fight against HIV/Aids, saying that Rwanda is a country that offers unique solutions aimed at controlling the scourge.
That women and girls are particularly vulnerable to HIV and AIDS is well established, but a new report reveals how little we know about what countries are doing, or not doing, to address their vulnerability.
A HIV testing drive is on to fight Aids in which more than one million Kenyans are expected to get tested for HIV during a national campaign launched on Monday.
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