COVID-19: ECOWAS, WAHO donate $8m medical equipment to PTF. COVID-19 has worsened maternal mortality rate in Nigeria– NPC Chairman. USAID launches $19.2m Child Health Award to support 76,000 HIV orphaned children. Kano Govt, partners to spend N3 bn on malaria control programme. COVID-19: FG to open testing centres in all 774 LGAs. Rotary RMNH canvasses bill for effective surveillance if maternal, antenatal related deaths. Schools reopening: WHO official calls for data-based COVID-19 strategies. Family Planning will reduce maternal, infant deaths in Nigeria by 30% — Experts. Niger loses 19,000 children annually to pneumonia, diarrhea. Ekiti health insurance scheme takes off, targets 10,000 pregnant women, children.
Top Ten News Items on Health, 17th July 2020
