By Nabob Ogbonna, Abakaliki The founder of the Sickle Cell Orphanage and Underprivileged Home, Agulu, Anambra State, Mrs. Aisha Maduagwu, has called on churches, traditional rulers, and community leaders to make genotype testing compulsory for intending couples before marriage.Maduagwu made the call amid growing concerns over the rising number of sickle cell cases in Anambra,…
The Anambra State Government has sealed no fewer than 54 health facilities across the state between January 2023 and December 2025 for engaging in quack medical practices.The disclosure comes as the first tenure of Governor Chukwuma Charles Soludo approaches its conclusion.The Commissioner for Health, Dr. Afam Obidike, made this known on Monday during a press…
Commissioner for Health, Dr Afam Obidike The Commissioner for Health, Dr Afam Obidike says the state has recorded significant progress in emergency medical services and overall health system strengthening under the current administration of Professor Charles Chukwuma Soludo. Addressing newsmen in Awka, Obidike said since the official commissioning of the Anambra State Emergency Medical Services…
Protesting JOHESU members at Federal Medical Centre, Umuahia The Joint Health Sector Unions (JOHESU) in Abia State on Thursday ensured that all government hospitals complied with the ongoing nationwide industrial action.The union stormed the Federal Medical Centre (FMC), Umuahia, to monitor and enforce full compliance with the strike. Members and leaders of JOHESU, some of…
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), in partnership with the Anambra State Government, has assured parents and caregivers of the safety and effectiveness of the measles–rubella (MR) vaccination scheduled to be introduced in the state.The assurance was given by the Anambra State Primary Health Care Development Agency (ASPHCDA), in collaboration with UNICEF, during a media…
