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Ogun Government Seeks Support of CDAs On Health Insurance Scheme
Ogun State Government wants community leaders and other stakeholders to support the drive to implement the state’s health insurance scheme for effective and qualitative healthcare delivery. Ogun State Commissioner for Health, Dr. Tomi Coker while addressing leaders of Community Development Associations from the twenty local government areas of the state at the office of the…
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Ogun Govt. Takes Delivery Of Modenna COVID-19 Vaccines
Ogun State Government says it has taken delivery of 187,426 doses of Modenna COVID-19 vaccines to combat the third wave of the pandemic. The Ogun State Commissioner for Health, Dr. Tomi Coker in a statement made available in Abeokuta explained that the vaccines arrived the state capital during the week. The commissioner announced that the…
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Ogun Govt. Inaugurates 2021 Insecticides Campaign
Ogun State Government has inaugurated the 2021 insecticides treated nets Campaign Coordination Network aimed at undertaking high-level advocacy and promotion of stakeholder’s engagement on the regular use of insecticides treated nets to prevent malaria disease. Ogun State Commissioner for Health, Dr. Tomi Coker while inaugurating the Committee in Abeokuta decried the non-use of the insecticides treated…
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Neglected Diseases: Ogun Trains Community Mobilisers
As the world marks the day set aside for neglected tropical diseases, the Ogun State government has trained community mobilisers including teachers to sensitize households on the diseases. The Ogun State Commissioner for Health, Doctor Tomi Coker made this known in Abeokuta while briefing newsmen on the commemoration of the day by the ministry. The…
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Be alert for an outbreak of dry season-related diseases – Ogun Health Commissioner
The Ogun State Government has called on all residents to be at alert for possible diseases of public health concern which are common during the dry season. Ogun State Commissioner for Health, Dr. Tomi Coker, in statement made available in Abeokuta, explained that diseases like Yellow Fever, Measles and particularly Cholera, which is a water and…
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Ogun State Government Moves to Improve Healthcare Delivery
A five-day workshop has been organised to improve the implementation of the Ogun State Strategic Health Development Plan which has not been performing well. Ogun State Commissioner for Health, Dr Tomi Coker while declaring the workshop open in Abeokuta, said a review report had revealed that funding had prevented the implementation of the development plan in…
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Hypertension is a silent killer – Ogun Commissioner
World Health Organisation is to increase awareness about hypertension and Non-Communicable Disease. The Coordinator of Non-Communicable Diseases in the Organisation, Dr Olatunde Yewande, while speaking in Abeokuta at the Ogun State inauguration of its Hypertension Control Initiative aimed at providing a robust database on the prevalence of hypertension and fine-tune standard protocols for the treatment…
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Make staffing, equipping of PHCs a priority – Ogun Speaker
Ogun State Ministry of Health has been charged to accord priority to equipping and staffing of Primary Health Care facilities and sensitize residents of rural communities on the importance of accessing health services. The Speaker, Ogun State House of Assembly, OGHA, Mr Olakunle Oluomo made the call at an interactive session with the State Commissioner…
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Ogun Govt. Inspects Religious Facilities Ahead of Resumption of Worship Services
Ogun State Government has raised a delegation for assessment visits to facilities of religious organizations across the state to ascertain their level of preparedness ahead of reopening. The government’s delegation comprised of the Ogun State Commissioner for Health, Dr Tomi Coker and her counterparts in Physical Planning and Urban Development, Tunji Odunlami, as well as…
