Minister of Health

The Federal Government on Thursday threatened to withdraw licenses of medical doctors who deliberately reject and turn back patients from their hospital without attending to them or offering necessary advice on what to do.Describing it…

The Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire and other stakeholders including Inter-Religious Council invited to make inputs into the Control of Infectious Diseases bill, 2020 on Thursday frowned at the certain provisions of the proposed…

Dr Osagie Ehanire, the Minister of Health has advised Nigerians against spreading misinformation about coronavirus (COVID-19) to avoid causing fear and panic in the country.Ehanire gave the advice at a press conference at the University…

The Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire has announced a second confirmed case of coronavirus (COVID-19) on Monday.The minister announced this on Twitter through the handle of the ministry(@NCDCgov).According to him: ”This second…

The Minister of Health, Dr. Osagie Ehanire, following growing speculation about the identity of the index case of coronavirus in the country, has explained why he cannot be unveiled, saying that it would be against medical ethics to do so…

The Minister of Health, Prof. Osagie Ehanire, says Lagos State, in collaboration with the Ministry of Health, is well prepared and ready to contain the novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) infectious disease if eventually, it breaks out in…

The Federal Government has promised to adopt more proactive policies and measures towards eliminating polio and other vaccine-preventable diseases in the country.Minister of Health, Dr Emmanuel Osagie stated this in Ado-Ekiti, the Ekiti…

Nigeria has emerged as a country with the highest population of people with sickle cell disorder in Africa, and there is an urgent need for the government to address the disturbing trend because of the large population affected.…

Minister of Health, Prof. Isaac Adewole said on Tuesday that the collapse of the nation’s primary health care system was hampering service delivery by the Teaching Hospitals.Adewole, who stated this when he appeared before the Senate in…

THE Minister of Health, Professor Isaac Adewole, has stated that the nation has achieved huge success in the fight against HIV/AIDS and commended the APIN Public Health Initiatives in the role the organisation has played in achieving the…