In 2021, an assessment was carried out in the primary healthcare facilities in Kano state across five thematic areas of the World Health Organization’s framework for leadership and management which are functional governance, institutional processes, management competency, performance management, and enabling environment. The finding from the baseline assessment showed key deficits in seven thematic areas that need a serious address for the primary health care centres to work efficiently. The thematic areas are data management; financial management, facility management, Human Resources fo ..read more

STAKEHOLDERS APPEARANCE ON WEDNESDAY 10TH JUNE, 2020 FOR PUBLIC HEARING ON INFECTIOUS DISEASES BILL SNo. Name of  Stakeholder Organization 1 Equity International Initiative 2. Action Group on Free Civil Space 3. Catholic Women Organization of Nigeria 4. Nigeria Immigration Service 5. NCDC 6. National Association of Community Health Practitioners of Nigeria (NACHPN) 7. Association of Medical Laboratory Scientists of Nigeria 8. Initiative for the Development of Future Accountable Leaders 9. Nigeria Agric Quarantine Service (NAQ ..read more

​I am delighted to welcome you all to this vitally important Press Briefing which is intended to sensitize the Media and the general public on the current disturbing Lassa fever outbreak in the country. 2.​As you are very much aware, Nigeria is currently experiencing lassa fever outbreak in several parts of the country with reported cases of fatalities. Latest report from the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) released on 25th January 2020 has it that 195 confirmed cases and 29 deaths have been recorded in 11 States of Nigeria namely: Edo, Ondo, Ebonyi, Delta, Taraba, Plateau, Bauchi ..read more

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Society for Global Health Nigeria debut. The Aims and Objectives of the Society is to:  1. Bring preventive and curative healthcare to the door post;2. Promote Health initiatives among health workers;3. Propagate and promote global Health;4. Promote environmental Sanitation and Hygiene among rural and urban communities as well as during emergencies arising from from man- made and natural dusasters;5.  Promote the prevention and control of emerging and re- emerging and neglected tropical diseases among communities;6. Promote healthcare planning, management and administration through awareness c ..read more