31 million PLWDs suffer as 23 states neglect disability rights. World AIDS Day:‘1.9m Nigerians living with HIV, infection rates not decreasing fast enough’. COVID-19: Nigeria confirms first cases of Omicron variant. 16 Days of Activism: Addressing the Pandemic of Sexual and Gender Based Violence against Women and Girls. FG forces COVID-19 jabs, workers plead for time. Improving national workplace policies for exclusive breastfeeding. COVID-19: Nigerian govt. begins ‘office-to-office vaccinations’. Senate amends National Health Insurance law. NAFDAC targets 70% reduction of Nigeria’s Pharmaceutical imports by 2025. Resident doctors insist on NHIS, PPP for transformation of Nigeria health sector.
Top Ten News Items on Health, 3rd December 2021
