The Executive Secretary/Permanent Secretary Abia State Planning Commission, Dr. Mrs Nnenna Chikezie has said that 133 healthcare workers would be trained on food and nutrition…
View More Abia govt to train 133 healthcare workers food, nutritionCategory: Health
Ikpeazu inaugurates Obuohia Ibere cottage hospital
Gov. Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia on Saturday inaugurated a cottage hospital and rural electricity project in Obuohia-Ibere community of Ikwuano local government council. Speaking during…
View More Ikpeazu inaugurates Obuohia Ibere cottage hospitalRIWAMA issued 48hours ultimatum to service providers
Felix Obuah, sole administration of Rivers State Waste Management Agency (RIWAMA), has issued a 48 hours ultimatum to service providers to rid their operation areas…
View More RIWAMA issued 48hours ultimatum to service providersAbia Assembly assures NMA of swift legislation to health bills
Abia State House of Assembly has assured the Nigerian Medical Association, NMA, of its readiness to give swift legislation to health policies that will improve…
View More Abia Assembly assures NMA of swift legislation to health billsLocal govts get marching order on employment of health personnel
Abia state government has directed the 17 local government transition committee chairmen and the relevant health agencies to ensure that only qualified healthcare personnel are…
View More Local govts get marching order on employment of health personnelAbia First Lady Leads Campaign Against Poliomyelitis
Gov. Ikpeazu’s wife administering polio vaccine drug to a baby The wife of Abia State Governor Mrs. Nkechi Ikpeazu, has led Abia women, stakeholders and…
View More Abia First Lady Leads Campaign Against PoliomyelitisSuspension of Strike: Governor Ikpeazu commends Management of ABSUTH
The Abia State University Teaching Hospital Aba(ABSUTH) has suspended the Seven Months strike action that had paralyzed activities in the hospital. The suspension of the…
View More Suspension of Strike: Governor Ikpeazu commends Management of ABSUTHAbia State Government Takes Delivery of Medical Supplies from Abroad
Abia State government has received yet another shipment of medical equipment worth millions of naira from Dr Chima Nwaobilor, an Abia born medical doctor resident…
View More Abia State Government Takes Delivery of Medical Supplies from AbroadAbia Speaker calls for support for Vicar Hope Foundation; promises legislation to improve healthcare
Abia Speaker, Rt. Hon. Orji Abians have been called upon to join forces with the Vicar Hope Foundation and Abia State Government in combating…
View More Abia Speaker calls for support for Vicar Hope Foundation; promises legislation to improve healthcareFMC Umuahia- “An Express road to the Grave”
When people talk about the total collapse in standard of medical services at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital popularly known as Federal Medical Centre Umuahia, Abia…
View More FMC Umuahia- “An Express road to the Grave”Rivers govt set up committee on elimination of SOOT
The Rivers State government has set up a Technical Committee to implement the recommendations of the Scientific Committee previously constituted by the Rivers State Governor…
View More Rivers govt set up committee on elimination of SOOTIkpeazu charges NIPSS
The Abia state governor, Dr. Okezie Ikpeazu, has charged participants of the Senior Executive Course 41, 2019 of the National Institution for Policy and Strategic…
View More Ikpeazu charges NIPSSAbia restate commitment to provision of clean and safe portable water.
Abia state government has said that in line with the Federal government declaration of state emergency in the water sector, it is committed in providing…
View More Abia restate commitment to provision of clean and safe portable water.Ikpeazu govt places premiums health of Abians- Abia first lady
The wife of Abia State Governor Mrs Nkechi Ikpeazu said that the administration of Governor Okezie Ikpeazu places premiums on the health of Abians. This…
View More Ikpeazu govt places premiums health of Abians- Abia first ladyHelp on the way for patients in Rivers State
Cancer patients will no longer have to travel to outside Rivers State to get treatment. This is following the rehabilitation of the New Care and…
View More Help on the way for patients in Rivers StateGovernor Ikpeazu Dissolves Boards of ABSUTH, HMB
Abia State Governor, Dr. Okezie Ikpeazu, has approved the immediate dissolution of the Boards of the following parastatals in the State: 1. Abia State University…
View More Governor Ikpeazu Dissolves Boards of ABSUTH, HMBDogara raises alarm over increase medical trips abroad
The Speaker, House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara on Wednesday, decried the high rate of foreign medical trips by Nigerians. Dogara, who spoke at a public…
View More Dogara raises alarm over increase medical trips abroadNHGSFP feeding over 9.5 million Pupils – Akande
The federal government’s National Home-Grown School Feeding Programme (NHGSFP) is currently feeding over 9.5 million public primary schools (classes 1-3) pupils with one free, balanced…
View More NHGSFP feeding over 9.5 million Pupils – AkandeNMA marks World Oral Health Day in Umuahia
The Nigerian Medical Association (NMA), Abia state chapter, has risen from the 2019 World Oral Health Day to call on individuals to take charge of…
View More NMA marks World Oral Health Day in UmuahiaNigerians urged to shun drug abuse
Pharmacists in Nigeria have called on Nigerians to shun drug abuse as a way of protecting their kidney. The chairman of the Association of Community…
View More Nigerians urged to shun drug abuseDariye down with ‘kidney failure’
Former Plateau State Governor Joshua Dariye is down with kidney failure, report revealed Dariye is hospitalised at the University of Abuja Teaching Hospital, Gwagwalada. Dariye…
View More Dariye down with ‘kidney failure’Non payment of salaries:NMA begin strike Wednesday 13
The Nigerian Medical Association (NMA), Abia State Chapter, has resolved to embark on a three day warning strike with total withdrawal of services of doctors…
View More Non payment of salaries:NMA begin strike Wednesday 13Ikpeazu inaugurates Health Insurance Board
As part of efforts to deepen quality Health care services with reduced cost to the citizens,Abia State Governor,Dr. Okezie Ikpeazu has inaugurated a 13-member committee…
View More Ikpeazu inaugurates Health Insurance BoardHope for Diabetic Patients as Scientists develop ‘superdrug’
Insulin for Type 2 Diabetes patients: Scientists have developed a drug combo that can induce production of insulin in man Here is good news for…
View More Hope for Diabetic Patients as Scientists develop ‘superdrug’