Dr. Osagie Ehanire
29 Jul
Clinical Pharmacists Association of Nigeria (CPAN) has tackled Minister of Health, Dr. Osagie Ehanire, Medical and Dental Consultants Association of Nigeria (MDCAN) and Association of Provosts of Colleges of Medicine in Nigeria (APCOM) for allegedly opposing the Teaching Hospitals Amendment bill.
26 Jul
Minister of Health, Dr. Osagie Ehanire, has said Nigeria is to begin production of hepatitis vaccines.
3 Jun
The Federal Government, yesterday, said the significant progress achieved in the last three years in the fight against tuberculosis (TB), Nigeria still records 200,000 new infections yearly...
12 Apr
The Federal Government has said the implementation of the National Surgical, Obstetric, Anastasia and Nursing Plan (NSOANP) for Nigeria at sub – national levels will expand access to surgical treatment and give positive outcomes leading to better healthcare for Nigerians. Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire who stated this in Abuja at a workshop on…
4 Dec 2021
As COVID-19 continues to ravage humanity across the world, Minister of Health, Dr. Osagie Ehanire has stressed the need to strengthen Nigeria’s health security architecture to ensure that the nation is prepared at all times to detect and respond effectively to new variants and other epidemics.
25 Nov 2021
With less than a week to the December 1 deadline for COVID-19 vaccine mandate for federal civil servants, figures released, yesterday, by the National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA), shows that a paltry...
12 Aug 2021
The Federal Government on Thursday declared that a total lockdown will be the last resort in its bid to contain widespread of the Delta variant of the prevailing COVID-19 pandemic.
6 Aug 2021
The National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) has been urged not to allow itself to be used as an agent of destabilisation in Nigeria’s health sector.
30 Jul 2021
The Minister of Health, Dr. Osagie Ehanire, yesterday, said plans were underway to conclude a bid for Nigeria to be a manufacturing centre for COVID-19 vaccines.
27 Jul 2021
The Federal Government has decried the trend where quarantined passengers from high-risk countries like India, Turkey, and Brazil violate health protocols.
20 Apr 2021
The Bayelsa State Government, yesterday, declared that it would prioritise investments in the health sector to improve the well-being of the people.
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