HEALTHWISE

ABUJA – Ahead of next week’s Sallah festivities, the National Economic Council is urging for strict adherence to the COVID-19 response guidelines across the country, after receiving a regular state performance report from the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC). According to a release e-signed and made available to StarTrend …

The celebrated Fuji music crooner and Mayegun of Yorubaland, Alhaji Wasiu Ayinde Marshal, also known as K1 De Ultimate, have just undergone for another successful surgery. According to K1 Instagram page, it was a minor surgery, but he is still quite grateful to God for seeing him through. He wrote: …

ABEOKUTA – Ogun State Government has said it will revoke title hold on all abandoned land spaces used as illegal dumpsites across the State for security reasons. In a statement signed by the Special Adviser to the Governor on Environment and Chief Executive Officer of the Ogun State Waste Management …

IJEBU-ODE – The authority of Ijebu-Ode Local Government of Ogun State has signified its intention to construct a Primary Healthcare Centre (PHC), in Sabo Molode Community Area, to make health care services closer to the people. The Transition Committee Chairman of the council area, Engr. Olugbenga Olugbile made this known …

ABEOKUTA – The Ogun State Government in collaboration with Development Partners in the health sector has said it has begun the administration of the second dose Covid-19 vaccination in line with the guidelines from National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA) to residents that have taken the first dose in …

ABEOKUTA – In an effort to restore hope and eradicate stigma with People Living With HIV, (PLWHIV), the Ogun State Government has joined the rest of the world to celebrate those who have lost their lives in the course of the challenges and those who dedicated their lives in helping …

ABEOKUTA – The Ogun State government on Tuesday, May 18, 2021, took delivery of medical equipment worth N194m from the government of Czech Republic. The equipment include fifteen ICU beds, an incubator, children cribs, a generator and a phototherapy machine. Handing over the equipment, the Czech Republic Ambassador to Nigeria, …

ABEOKUTA – The Ogun State Government is adopting a new strategy in the fight against COVID-19, with the introduction of Free Rapid Testing of residents in designated 10 General Hospitals. Commissioner for Health, Dr. Tomi Coker made this known during an interview with OGIS Correspondent in Abeokuta, saying efforts were …

ABEOKUTA – In line with its synergy with the private sector, the Dapo Abiodun-led administration has taken delivery of three ambulances from the Abudu Samad Rabiu Foundation(ASR) and the BUA Group. Receiving the ambulances at the Governor’s Office, Oke-Mosan, Abeokuta, on Friday, Governor Abiodun commended the Foundation and the BUA …

ABEOKUTA – As part of effort to reduce the spread of the Human Immuno Deficiency Virus (HIV) and Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS), particularly the mother-to-child transmission of the virus, the Ogun State Government has said that it will continue to promote integration and strengthen referral linkages, between antenatal care, …