By John Dilee, Osogbo Osun State Primary Health Care Development Board, in partnership with World Health Organization and the National Primary Health Care Development Agency, has commenced a three-day stakeholders’ engagement aimed at strengthening routine immunization services and improving vaccine coverage across the state. The meeting, holding at GMT Hotel in Osogbo, has brought together […]
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Provost charges new sanitarians on accountability, excellence By John Dike, Osogbo No fewer than 55 graduates of Environmental Health Science from the Osun State College of Health Technology (OSCO-HEALTH), Ilesa, have been formally inducted into the Environmental Health Council of Nigeria (EHCON), with a charge to uphold the ethics of the profession and contribute meaningfully […]
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Ondo State Primary Health Care Development Agency (OSPHCDA) has started distribution of appointment letters to the 930 newly recruited health workers across the state’s 18 Local Government Areas. A statement by Ayo Falana, said tlhe exercise, which began on Thursday at the Agency’s headquarters in Akure, covers medical doctors, nurses, midwives, community health extension workers, […]
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Kicks against attack on member in Ondo ARD down tools in FMC Owo, Akure annex as thugs brutalize physician The Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) has threatened to embark on nationwide industrial action over what it describes as incessant assaults and attacks on doctors in medical facilities in the country. According to NARD, the […]
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Osun State Correspondent of The Hope, Michael Ofulue receiving his certifcate from UNFPA/ UNICEF leader, Mrs Uzoma Adedeji for participating in a three-day program of violation/ network Ant-Female Gender Mutilation FGM, in Osogbo, the state capital By John Dike, Osogbo Experts, gender advocates, health professionals and other stakeholders have condemned the persistent practice of Female […]
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By Kayode Oseni My dear friends, come closer. No, not that close — I’m not a doctor trying to give you injection! Let me start with some good news: Evil is not always the cause of your ill-health. Relax. Stop side-eyeing your village people every time you catch a cold. Sometimes the real enemy is […]
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Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) has assured Nigerians that there is currently no confirmed case of Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) in the country despite the ongoing outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo and a recently confirmed imported case in Uganda linked to […]
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By John Dike, Osogbo Osun says accurate data critical in shaping health policies Osun State Government has stressed the critical role of accurate and timely data in shaping effective health policies and improving service delivery. The state Commissioner for Health, Jola Akinola, disclosed this while declaring own a three-day capacity-building workshop aimed at strengthening the […]
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L-R: Sarkin Fulani of Paikon Kore Grazing Reserve, Rabiu Ibrahim; Federal Epidemiologist & FCT Coordinator, Federal Ministry of Livestock Development, Dr. Ozoemena Uche; Assistant Chief Scientific Officer/Team Lead, Mrs. Hannatu Gawu; and the Manager, Paikon Kore Grazing Reserve, Gwagwalada Area Council, Mohammed Abubakar Bala, at a roundtable during the tsetse fly survey and control exercise […]
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The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has strengthened its collaboration with the Ondo State Government to intensify efforts on the prevention and public awareness campaign against Lassa fever across the state. This development was highlighted during a courtesy visit by UNICEF representatives, Mrs. Aderonke Akinola-Akinwole, Social and Behaviour Change Specialist, and Mrs. Monike Orhorhemreni, SBCC […]
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