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FEC okays draft National Tobacco Control Regulation
The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved the draft Food Safety and Quality Bill as well as the Food Safety Institutional Reform working document. The Minister of Health,…
Ebola: Enugu airport, WHO collaborate on sensitisation
The management of Akanu Ibiam International Airport, Enugu, says the World Health Organisation recently held talks with all the agencies operating within the airport as part of efforts to contain…
Malaria Day: 4.3 Million Nigeria Children Miss Vaccinations Annually — UNICEF
Nigeria has made great strides in reducing deaths of under 5-year-old children from 158 to 120 per 1000 births between 2011 and 2016. Yet, during the…
NAFDAC Returns to Ports, Boarders
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), in collaboration with relevant Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDA’s) and with the active support…
Measles Control: Lagos State to immunize 3.6m children … Targets 95% Coverage as Campaign commences 15th March
Lagos State, starting from Thursday, 15th March to 29th March 2018 engaged in immunization of children under the ages of nine months to five years across…
NCDC Denys Allegation on Lassa Fever
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) distanced it's from the allegation in one of the national dailies wit the caption; Lassa fever: prohibitive cost of…
NAFDAC raises alarm over Drugs, Poisons removal from Exclusive Legislative List
The attention of the NAFDAC has been drawn to a publication by the Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria (PSN) in on the national dailies of 17th February…
NAFDAC urges Nigerians to report illegal drug production
Prof. Christiana Adeyeye, Director-General of the National Agency for Food and Drugs Administration and Control (NAFDAC) on Monday urged the public to report any form of illegal drug…
Nigeria: Epidemics claims 1,000 lives annually
No fewer than 1,000 Nigerians die annually as a result of disease epidemics, a public health expert, Prof. Akin Osibogun, said on Saturday in Lagos. Osibogun, a…
U.S. Boosts Nigeria’s Counter-Narcotics Efforts, Donates Vehicles, Tactical Equipment to NDLEA
As part of its continuing support of the Nigeria Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), the United States government on Wednesday donated seven vehicles and a variety of…