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The Federal Executive Council on Wednesday approved the introduction of new International Certificate of Vaccination or Prophylaxis otherwise called yellow card for the country. Yellow card is a proof of vaccination required for going to or from countries that are at a risk of yellow fever...

President Muhammadu Buhari-led federal government on Friday said it declared total war against the scourge of tuberculosis (TB) in the country. The Minister of Health, Prof. Isaac Adewole, made this known at the launch of a laboratory for tuberculosis diagnosis at Kuchigoro Primary Health...

Federal government has commissioned a group of experts to urgently investigate and submit a report on the recent judgement in a case involving an exporter, the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, NAFDAC, and the Nigerian Bottling Company, NBC, producers of Coca-Cola...

The Federal Government says it has concluded plans to disburse $1.5 million each to the 36 states of the federation and the Federal Capital Territory for the financing of primary healthcare system. The Minister of Health, Professor Isaac Adewole, made the declaration on Monday at the...

Stephen Johnson Syndrome, (SJS), a new dangerous disease has been detected in Nigeria according to Health Minister Isaac Adewole. Dr. Olanrewaju Falodun a Senior Consultant Physician/Dermatologist at the National Hospital, Abuja, who described the disease said it has killed a Nigerian while...

The Federal Government has ordered the Registrar/Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Medical Laboratory Science Council of Nigeria (MLSCN), Prof Anthony Emeribe to vacate office “with immediate effect’’. The directive was contained in a letter to Emeribe by the Minister of Health, Prof. Isaac...

Prof. Isaac Adewole, the Minister of Health, has urged Nigerians to protect themselves by using mosquito nets saying that the mosquitoes carrying Zika virus are in Nigeria. He also called on Nigerians to remain calm, be vigilant and report any suspected case of an acute febrile illness in...

The Minister of Health, Professor Isaac Adewole, gave an assurance on Wednesday while addressing State House correspondents that the federal government will curtail the resurgence of Lassa fever this year. Adewole said: "We are committed to signing the obituary of the Lassa fever this year"...

The Federal Government has promised to eradicate Lassa fever from Nigeria by April this year. The Minister of Health, Prof. Isaac Adewole, expressed optimism that the disease would be eradicated in April while speaking PUNCH and also confirmed that it had placed the family that was visited by a...

The Federal Government has disclosed that Lassa fever has claimed 41 lives from 93 reported cases in 10 states of the country even as the Senate has summoned the Minister of Health, Prof. Isaac Adewole, over the outbreak of the disease. With the official records, the Federal Government has also...