Top Ten News updates on Health,mid-November 2018

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Premium Times, 13 November 2018 Buhari signs bill establishing Nigeria Centre for Disease Control President Muhammadu Buhari has signed into law the bill establishing the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC).​ Click here for the full story

Guardian, 13 November 2018 Lassa fever kills two, infects five in Edo, Ebonyi, Ondo NCDC has confirmed the death of two, and infection of five people from Lassa fever in Edo, Ebonyi and Ondo states, including a health worker. Click here for the full story

Premium Times, 14 November 2018 WHO cautions against misuse of antibiotics WHO, on Wednesday, warned Nigerians against the misuse of antibiotics, saying it makes bacteria infections harder to treat. Click here for the full story

Daily Trust, 12 November 2018 FCT school feeding takes off Jan The Deputy Director, School Health, of the FCT Education Secretariat, Mrs. Victoria Aleogena, has said the Federal Government’s National Home-Grown School Feeding (NHGSF) programme will commence in the FCT in January, 2019. Click here for the full story

News Agency of Nigeria, 07 November 2018 Only 7 Geriatricians for over 9m old Nigerians Prof. Usman Ahmed, the President of Geriatrics Association of Nigeria (GAN) says there are only seven geriatricians in Nigeria, which is highly inadequate to cater for the over nine million aged persons in the country. Click here for the full story

Daily Trust, 13 November 2018 $350m pledge to drive family planning targeting young At least three donors have announced up to $350 million in new funding for family planning services and commodities for women and girls spanning nearly 27 of the lowest-income countries.​ Click here for the full story

Premium Times, 12 November 2018 Delta to spend N8.6bn on health in 2019 The Delta Commissioner for Health, Ononye Mordi, says the ministry is proposing the sum of N8.6 billion expenditure for the 2019 fiscal year. Click here for the full story

Thisday, 09 November 2018 UNICEF Adolescent Nutrition Programme launched in Delta The adolescent nutrition programme, an initiative of UNICEF, to tackle challenges emanating from early childhood malnutrition in Nigeria, was Thursday commenced in Asaba. Click here for the full story

Independent, 13 November 2018 Abia keys into USAID-funded health policy pilot programme Abia State Commissioner for Health, Dr. John Ahukanna, says the state has keyed into the new USAID-funded Health Policy Plus (HP+).​ Click here for the full story

News Agency of Nigeria, 09 November 2018 Pharmacist council seals 358 medicine stores in Taraba The Pharmacist Council of Nigeria (PCN) says it has sealed 358 medicine stores in Taraba over various professional offenses. Click here for the full story