The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, on Wednesday, introduced online product and company registration to producers and marketers of NAFDAC-controlled and regulated products in Osun.

The National Youths Service Corps has urged pregnant corps members to serve the nation as expected of them saying “pregnancy is not a disease.” The Kogi State NYSC Coordinator, Mrs Mofoluwaso Williams, made the call in her paper titled “Tackling emerging challenges in corps administration through NYSC/stakeholders.”

The Federal Capital Territory Administration FCTA has embarked on a vaccine-for-noodles campaign, as part of deliberate efforts to mobilize residents, especially in rural areas, to allow their babies receive vaccination for the Circulating Vaccine Derived Poliovirus Type-2, CVPV2.

The President National Association of Resident Doctors, NARD, Dr Emeka Oji, has described the approved N25,000 allowance for doctors by the Federal Government as laughable, noting that the ongoing strike will continue.

The Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria has called on the Federal Government to increase investments in local manufacturing industries so as to boost its growth and development.

No fewer than 10 children between the ages of three to 13 years were reported to have been hospitalised following the outbreak of strange diseases in Kafanchan, Jema’a Local Government Area of Kaduna State.

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control has revealed that over 70 per cent of confirmed diphtheria cases in the country were people between the ages of two and 14, noting that the development was a fallout of the immunisation gap.

The Federal Ministry of Environment has revealed that over 3.5 million children suffer from diarrhoea in the country.

The Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors has issued a two-week ultimatum to the Federal Government to commence the implementation of all pending agreements or face industrial disharmony.

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention has 798 diphtheria cases in eight states across 33 Local Government Areas in the country.

Gonorrhea, also known as “The Gentleman’s Disease,” is one of the oldest and most widespread Sexually Transmitted Infections, STIs, in the world, and according to GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) scientists, it may soon be eradicable.

Stakeholders in the health sector have urged Federal and State governments to earmark an appreciable percentage of their budgets for modern comprehensive care for those living with sickle cell disorder, SCD, saying, the disease was no longer a death sentence.

…as £123, 000 is to be expended on drugs

A 41-year-old blood donor, Nathan John, has explained that the willing act to save lives is the reason he has donated his blood 78 times.

A health expert and founder of Paddy Paddy Wellness, Dr David Paddy, has said that over 65 per cent of Nigerian men were at risk of suffering from erectile dysfunction at the age of 40 and above.