Reps panel canvasses subsidy on malaria drugs
Mr Ogar stated that malaria is causing havoc in the country, hence, urgent intervention from the government is needed.
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Mr Ogar stated that malaria is causing havoc in the country, hence, urgent intervention from the government is needed.
The House of Representatives has advocated for the subsidisation of malaria drugs in Nigeria, and even making them freely available at all Government Health Centres. | Pulse Nigeria
I am concerned by the havoc malaria is wrecking on our populace and we are going to push and advocate that malaria drugs be subsidised if not made free at all government health centres. It is no rocket science that most Nigerians are affected by malaria and yet, drugs are not readily available, while the ones available are very exorbitant.
PHNOM PENH (Xinhua): Cambodia had recorded 21,568 dengue fever cases in the first nine months of 2023, a significant rise of 184 per cent from 7,597 cases over the same period last year, a health official said on Thursday (Oct 5).
The Civil Society in Malaria Control, Immunization and Nutrition (ACOMIN) has urged the federal government to address the problem of shortage of skilled manpower and infrastructure gap in the health sector in order to reverse the nation's poor health indices.