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The Minister of Environment, Amina Mohammed, has called for more research, transparency and openness, as Nigeria ventures into commercial biotechnology. 
I reached out for a brief chat with Nigeria’s Health Minister, Professor Isaac Adewole and the Executive Director of National Primary Health Care Development Agency, Dr Ado J Muhammad on matters related to the 2016 Health Budget recently.
The National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) said there is no going back on the 21-day ultimatum issued to the Federal Government unless the association’s demands are met.
The Public Relations Officer of NARD, Dr Eugene Uhuaba, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), in Lagos, on Tuesday, that the association’s demands had not been met.
Mrs Ngozi Ekeoba, Acting Director General, National Orientation Agency (NOA) says it is partnering with Centre for the Right to Health (CRH) to deepen grassroots awareness on patients’ rights in the country.
This is contained in the statement signed by Mr Fidel Agu, the Deputy Director, Press, and made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday in Abuja.
Worried by the reported upsurge in drug abuse among the youth in Niger State, the governor, Alhaji Abubakar Sani Bello has stated that he will wage war against indiscriminate drug dealings and peddling in the state.
A statement by the chief press secretary, Jibrin Baba Ndace stated that the governor has ordered the dealers and peddlers to relocate from the state or be ready for a war with his administration.
Scientists have alerted that many common infections such as gonorrhea, malaria, tuberculosis, Human Immuno-Deficiency Virus (HIV), Influenza A virus, Staphylococcus aureus are becoming untreatable with antibiotics.
They say unless new drugs are found for common infections, the bugs resistant to antibiotics will kill more than cancer and 10 million people a year could die by 2050.
People Living with HIV/AIDS Decry Cut in 2016 Budget for Treatment Drugs
The controversies surrounding the state of the 2016 budget passed by the Senate have continued to vibrate in Abuja yesterday. Indeed, if signals from the Network of People Living with HIV/AIDS in Nigeria (NEPWHAN) is anything to go by, the Senate would soon bear the full brunt of its decision to reduce the amount planned for purchase of drugs for HIV patients.
In a bid to eradicate malaria in the country, the House of Representatives has directed its Committee on HIV/AIDS, Malaria and Tuberculosis, to investigate the efficacy of Dichloro-Diphenyl-Trichloroethane (DDT) in the eradication of malaria.This is even as it expressed dismay that besides preventive and curative measures, Nigeria currently has no malaria-eradication policy or sustainable programme.
This is sequel to a motion on the Urgent need to Eradicate Malaria using Dichloro-Diphenyl-Trichloroethane (DDT) moved by Hon Christopher Ngoro Agibe.
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) and Federal Ministry of Health have commenced the process to strengthen community resilience against epidemics in country.
Director General of NEMA, Muhammad Sani Sidi, who disclosed this in Abuja when he received a delegation from the World Economic Forum, said the move has become imperative in view of discovery that epidemics and diseases are leading causes of deaths in Nigeria.
The Plateau Government has closed down 62 poultry farms and destroyed more than 190,000 birds affected by bird flu across the state, an official has confirmed. Dr Doris Bitrus, Director, Veterinary Services, in the state’s Ministry of Agriculture, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday in Jos that the disease had continued to spread.
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Gov. Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto State on Monday inaugurated the mass distribution of multi billion Naira anti malarial and Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs) drugs as well as Insecticidal Treated Nets. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the distribution ceremony was organised to mark the 2016 World Malaria Day with a theme: “End Malaria for Good:
The Time is Now”. Tambuwal said that part of the drugs were the N 3.1 billion assorted NTDs drugs donated to the state government by Sight Savers International.
National Health Act’s Implementation To Save 3m Mothers, Babies From Dying, Says NGO
Mwambu Wanendeya, the Executive Director, ONE Campaign, an NGO, has urged the Federal Government to commence the full implementation of the 2014 National Health Act by allocating 15 per cent of its budget to the health sector.
Wanendeya gave the advice when speaking with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) at the sideline of the NGO’s health campaign titled, “Make Naija Stronger” on Tuesday in Lagos.
The state governor, Aminu Waziri Tambuwal while speaking on Monday, April 25, 2016 during events marking the World Malaria Day, said the drugs will be shared in Local Governments such as: Isa, Sabon Birni, Goronyo, Rabah, Bodinga, Binji, Tangaza, Kware, Silame, Wamakko, Illela and Gada.
Tambuwal said Nigeria alone accounts for over 40 percent of the estimated total malaria deaths globally, a situation that is not only alarming, but must be tackled for any meaningful development to occur.
A statement by Tambuwal's spokesman, Malam Imam Imam,said the Governor spoke Wednesday in Sokoto while addressing health stakeholders at the on-going 56th annual conference ofthe Nigerian Medical Association (NMA).
The statement said the projects will come on stream while government continues with its earlier plan establish cardiac and renal centers to ease the hardship of transporting patients for treatment to other countries.
