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DHA updates working hours of Primary Health Care Centres

Health workers strike shuts Primary Healthcare in Bayelsa

Health workers strike bites in Bayelsa health centres

The union, which draws its membership mostly from primary health centres, began an indefinite industrial action on Friday over non-payment of 15 months’ salary arrears. The MHWUN Chairman, Mr Barnabas Simon, who gave an update on the strike on Saturday, said the union embarked on the strike as the last option following the expiration of earlier deadlines and fruitless meetings with government officials. He explained that the arrears owed to the union members ranged from two to 15 months. Simon expressed displeasure over many unresolved issues by the government as it affects primary health care workers in the state, adding that after several talks, none of their demands has been met.

560,000 school age children have schistosomiasis in Nasarawa– Govt

Punch Newspapers Sections Umar Muhammed, Lafia ABOUT 560,000 school age children in Nasarawa State have been affected with schistosomiasis diseases across the 13 local government areas and 18 development areas in the state. Schistosomiasis, also known as snail fever and bilharzia, is a disease caused by parasitic flatworms called schistosomes. The urinary tract or the intestines may be infected. Symptoms include abdominal pain, diarrhea, bloody stool, or blood in the urine.  This was revealed on Tuesday by the state Commissioner for Health, Ahmed Baba-Yahaya, during a press briefing to mark 2021 World Neglected Tropical Diseases Day in the state. He said the state government was mindful of its neighbours who were still struggling to prevent such diseases, expressing fear that the risk of re-infecting the state was high due to the inability of Benue, Kogi, Taraba, Kaduna states and the Federal Capital Territory to tackle the dreaded diseases.

Gombe gets China, UNICEF $1m intervention on women, children health

Share In a move aimed at improving the health status of women and children through the revitalization of Primary Health Care delivery system in Gombe State, China government through UNICEF has granted a $1m facility to the state. The facility is to be used for improving the functionality of PHC services delivery in health facilities, outreaches and community-based services in ten wards of Kwami Local Government Area of the state which includes Dukkul and Mallari communities. Beneficiaries of services at the Primary Health Care Centres in Dukkul and Malleri applauded the grant which is to improve the health status of women and children with Managers of the facilities in an interview with newsmen saying that the project has resulted in an increase and patronage of facilities especially antenatal and children services.

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