Category: Health & Environment

The 2016 Al-Sumait Prize for Food Security has been awarded to the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture, Nigeria, for its work in improving the yields and nutritional quality of major staple food crops, such as cassava, banana and maize. The Institute shares the honor with the Sweet Potato for Nutrition Team International Potato Centre, Peru

The Garki Hospital has inaugurated a subsidised sickle cell clinic to cater for the healthcare needs of the patients in Abuja and its environs.

The aim of the clinic was to provide adequate healthcare facilities at a reduced rate for people living with sickle cell disease.

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Emmanuel Zidafamor and Samuel Ubaneche of the American University of Nigeria (AUN) have developed an application for the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) known as Patient Experience (NHIS PATEXP), which improves the delivery of health care insurance services

Prof. Nasiru Shua’ibu of Biochemical Parasitology Department, Ahmadu Bello University (ABU), Zaria has developed a new malaria vaccine to prevent high rate of death from malaria fever, which he simplifies as DNA vaccine

A team of Nigerian doctors carried out successful pelvic surgery on a patient with life threatening condition injured with a stick near his private part.

Kano state government has signed into law the state Contributory Health Care Agency Bill 2016.

The Contributory Health Care is a scheme that, among other things, facilitates payment for medical and surgical expenses incurred by civil servants in the state, included in their benefit packages as a means of motivating them.

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The Federal Government of Nigeria in Abuja has launched a smart phone application, Wetin App, for flood forecasting along the Niger and Benue rivers, which is available on Google App Store.

The Wetin App is a collaborative project of the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development and  the International Water Management Institute (IWMI).

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