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PHOTO NEWS: Dateline: 2nd May 2025 Venue: Rochester, Minnesota-USA
Honourable Minister of State for Health and Social Welfare, Dr Iziaq Kunle Salako led a Nigerian delegation to meet with a team from the Mayo Clinic Comprehensive Cancer Centre @MayoCancerCare led by Prof. Folakemi Odedina @DrOdedina ( a Nigerian-American from Ogun State), Enterprise Deputy Director, Community Outreach and Engagement. Dr…
PRESS RELEASE: 2025 Retreat for Health Directors’: Permanent Secretary Urges Directors’ to Uphold Tenets of Effective Service Delivery & Succession Planning
Directors' in the Federal Ministry of Health & Social Welfare have been urged to ensure effective delivery of services within the Health Sector to the Nigerian populace. This is considered very critical to achieving the mandate of the Ministry, as well as ensuring purposeful succession planning to sustain the Ministry's…
CLEARING THE AIR ON SALT: A HEALTH ADVISORY FOR ALL NIGERIANS
The Federal Ministry of Health and Social Welfare has observed a widely circulated video in which a respected religious leader discourages Nigerians from heeding medical advice on salt consumption. While we deeply respect the important role of faith and religious leaders in our society, it is crucial to correct misinformation…
Basic Healthcare Provision Fund: FG Set to Release 32BN For Expansion of Primary Heathcare Services
The Federal Government through the Basic Healthcare Provision Fund BHCPF is set to release N32bn through the Basic Healthcare Provision Fund to the state, local governments and more than 8,000 primary healthcare centres. Prof. Muhammad Ali Pate Coordinating Minister for Health & Social Welfare announced this during a press briefing…
FG Assures Activation of Reports of Committee on Establishment of National Health Facility Regulatory Agency (NHFRA)
The Federal Government has assured of studying and activating of reports/recommendations of the Committee on Establishment of National Healthcare Facility Regulatory Agency (NHFRA). Dr. Iziaq Adekunle Salako Honourable Minister of State for Health & Social Welfare stated when the Committee given the mandate to provide a framework for the establishment…
FG Commends Diaspora Healthcare Professionals’ Medical Missions to Nigeria
The Federal Government has commended efforts by diaspora based Nigerian healthcare professionals to improve healthcare in Nigeria, emphasizing it's crucial support to enhance its sustainability.Dr. Iziaq Adekunle Salako Honourable Minister of State for Health & Social Welfare statedat the gala night of the just concluded Association of Nigerian Physicians in…
FG Inaugurates Expanded Prevention of Mother-to-Child Transmission of HIV/SYPHILIS/HEPATITIS Technical Working Group
The Federal Government through Federal Ministry of Health and Social Welfare has inaugurated an expanded prevention of Mother-to-Child Transmission of HIV/AIDS, Syphilis and Viral Hepatitis Technical Working Group (E-PMTCT-TWG) to include malaria, reproductive, maternal newborn, child and adolescent representatives. The expansion of the technical working group was deemed essential to…
FG Appoints New Registrar For Dental Therapists’ Registration Board of Nigeria
The Federal Government has appointed a new Registrar for the Dental Therapists' Registration Board of Nigeria DThRBN, a parastatal of Federal Ministry of Health & Social Welfare. He is Dr. Anisere Dele, whose appointment will run for a term of four years, effective 5th of May 2025. Dr. Iziaq Adekunle…
Hope Rising: Geneith health competition empowers students to lead malaria fight
In a bold move to curb Nigeria’s malaria crisis, a nationwide youth competition has been launched to mobilize students across secondary and tertiary institutions in leading community-level malaria advocacy and intervention.Unveiled in Abuja by Geneith Pharmaceuticals Ltd., in partnership with CEOAFRICA and Coastal Forte Softgel, the Geneith Health Competition is…