Duchess International Hospital, Ikeja has marked its first anniversary with the Chief Executive Officer of the hospital Dr Adetokunbo Shitta-Bey reiterating the hospital’s commitment to impacting the lives of all Nigerians through access to affordable world-class healthcare. At a well-attended ceremony at the Hospital’s main Auditorium on Thursday November 3, 2022 Dr. Shitta-Bey emphasised the…
Lagos State Government has announced that the Y2022 Integrated Measles vaccination campaign for children aged 9 to 59 months will take place between Friday 17th and Friday 24th June, and from Monday 27th June to Monday 4th July, 2022, in all 57 Local Governments and Local Council Development Areas of the State. The Commissioner for…
No fewer than 135 private health facilities have been enrolled into the Lagos State Government’s mass vaccination strategy programme targeted at vaccinating four million residents by December 2021. This brings to 360, the number of public and private vaccination sites in Lagos. The State Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi, disclosed this at a news…
The Lagos State Taskforce on Counterfeit, Fake Drugs and Unwholesome Processed Foods has shut 20 Pharmacies and Patent Medicine stores at Somolu, Bariga and Oworonshoki. Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi, who disclosed this on Thursday after reviewing the report of the recent monitoring, inspection and enforcement exercises carried out by the Taskforce, explained that…
A delegation from the Lagos State Government led by the Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi and the Director-General of the Lagos State Safety Commission, Mr. Lanre Mojola, visited the Synagogue Church of All Nations (SCOAN) at the weekend to inspect facilities at the church for COVID safety and prevention protocols in preparation for the…
The Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu has said that it is targeting 25,000 residents as beneficiaries of the relaunched popular “Jigi-Bola” programme, just as he announced that Blindness and Ear Impairment Prevention treatment will be covered under the initiative. Sanwo-Olu, represented by his Deputy, Dr. Kadri Obafemi Hamzat, at the programme re-launched 21 years…
As part of the strategic efforts to mitigate the third wave of COVID-19 in Lagos, the State Government has placed 14 countries on close monitoring. The state government also restated its commitment to strictly enforce COVID travel protocols, especially for inbound travellers. The Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi, who made this known at a…
The Lagos State government on Wednesday revealed that it has concluded the first half of phase one COVID-19 vaccination campaign in line with the directive of the federal government with over 250,000 persons vaccinated in the state. A statement signed by the Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi, stated that the conclusion of the first…
The Lagos state government has revealed that a total number of 127,885 Lagosians have taken the COVID -19 vaccine, 10 days after the exercise began. Commissioner for Health Prof. Akin Abayomi, who broke the news on Sunday, after he received reports of Day 10 of the exercise from the State Primary Health Care Board, said…
Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi, has stressed the need for citizens, who fit into Phase One of the ongoing COVID-19 vaccination exercise, to register on the dedicated self-registration portal before visiting anyone of the 88 designated sites, noting that e-registration is now a mandatory protocol in the vaccination process in Lagos State.…