…validate the required surveillance period.Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Professor Mohammed Ali Pate, announced the provisional timeline on Monday following the medical evacuation of the country's imported index patient to Switzerland for further treatment. In a post on X, Pate said the 42-day coun…

…The President spoke on Monday in Abuja through the Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Professor Ali Pate, at the opening and induction ceremony of the 50th Annual General Meeting and Scientific Conference of the West African College of Physicians, marking the college’s golden jubilee. “We will work har…

…the Emergency Operations Centre in collaboration with the Federal Ministry of Health and Social Welfare, FCT authorities and partners.The response includes surveillance, contact tracing, laboratory investigations, infection prevention and control, risk communication and measures to strengthen preparedness across health…

…measures were strengthened. By October 23, the Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Professor Muhammad Ali Pate, said the patient was showing signs of recovery. There was no evidence of community transmission in the information released at that point, although investigations and contact monitoring were c…

…travelling through Uganda.Meanwhile, Nigeria's Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Muhammad Pate, said on Friday that genomic analysis showed a high degree of similarity between the virus detected in Nigeria's patient and that identified in Kenya's first imported case. Pate stressed that the finding did…

…imported case in Abuja. Saturday PUNCH gathered that the Federal Ministry of Health and Social Welfare had directed relevant agencies to document and report actual or attempted breaches of the protocols. Read the full story hereMake PUNCH part of your everyday experience.Add us to your Preferred Sources 2. Again, petro…

…80 million children are exposed to the toxic substance. Minister of State for Health and Social Welfare, Iziaq Salako, disclosed this on Wednesday in Abuja during the 2026 International Lead Poisoning Prevention Week. He warned that children, pregnant women and women of childbearing age were particularly vulnerable, ad…

…are passed on to commuters through lower fares. Meanwhile, the Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Prof Muhammad Ali Pate, briefed the council on the reported Ebola outbreak in the Federal Capital Territory and assured members that Nigeria had the institutional capacity to contain the situation. Pate said the nation…

Human rights lawyer, Femi Falana, SAN, has called on the Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Prof. Muhammad Ali Pate, to take over the Presidential Task Force on Ebola Virus Disease Preparedness and Emerging Public Health Threats following the confirmation of an imported case of the disease in Nigeria. Falana, in a…

The Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Professor Muhammad Ali Pate has said there is no approved vaccine or specific treatment for the new variant of Ebola Virus Disease currently in Nigeria.Pate disclosed this on Wednesday night while speaking on Arise Television's Prime Time.He, however, said that re…

…following an earlier official announcement by the Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Professor Muhammad Pate, who confirmed the presence of the virus in the nation’s capital. Pate had disclosed that the female patient had recently returned to Nigeria on an international flight from Uganda and subsequen…

…Ebola outbreak. “We recognise the critical roles of the Federal Ministry of Health and Social Welfare, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security, relevant state ministries of health, port health authorities, and other stakeholders in strengthening natio…

…safeguards. The agency cited the position of the Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Prof. Ali Pate, that regulatory reliance does not remove NAFDAC’s authority to evaluate applications, inspect products and manufacturing facilities, conduct risk-based testing, release vaccine lots and undertake post-ma…

…the Ogun State Government would continue to work with the Federal Ministry of Health and Social Welfare, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention and other relevant partners to monitor developments and implement appropriate measures to protect public health. The commissioner called on healthcare workers in…

…travelled from Uganda tested positive for the infection. The Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Prof Ali Pate, said 44 contacts had been identified for monitoring, including healthcare workers, patients, caregivers and people who might have travelled with the woman. The patient was isolated and receiving medical ca…

…tracing to prevent further transmission of the infection. The Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Prof. Ali Pate, disclosed this on Tuesday, following laboratory confirmation of the case involving a woman who recently arrived in Nigeria on an international flight from Uganda. The woman was admitted to a private hosp…

…confirms Ebola outbreak in Abuja Photo ImagesThe Federal Ministry of Health and Social Welfare, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC), and the FCT Health Services Secretariat are coordinating the response. Surveillance has been intensified, and the hospital where the patient received treatment is…

…October 20, 2026, after speaking with Nigeria’s Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Prof. Muhammad Pate, who informed him of the confirmed case in the Federal Capital Territory. Kaseya commended Pate for promptly communicating the development, stressing that transparency and early reporting were essenti…

…(NAFDAC), the Pharmacy Council of Nigeria (PCN) and the Federal Ministry of Health and Social Welfare to sustain efforts to identify, arrest and prosecute those involved in the trade.Beyond tougher punishment, Ibrahim called on federal and state governments to fully implement the National Drug Distribution Guidelines (…

…collective commitment would strengthen the club’s contributions to youth development, social welfare and sustainable community growth in Sagamu and Remoland. Ogun East’s economic transformation to boost Nigeria’s growth — Abiodun

…to quality eye care and reduce avoidable blindness. The Minister of State for Health and Social Welfare, Dr Iziaq Adekunle Salako, disclosed this on Thursday in Abuja at an event to commemorate the 2026 World Sight Day. The event, themed, “The Value of Vision: Investing in People, Productivity and Nigeria’s Future,” hi…

…our target. Another reason for our confidence is that the Federal Ministry of Health and Social Welfare has a programme, the Maternal Mortality Reduction Innovation Initiative, where they identified 172 local government areas that collectively account for 60 per cent of maternal deaths. It has also identified healthcar…

…In September, the Federal Executive Council approved the Federal Ministry of Health and Social Welfare’s position on the decriminalisation of attempted suicide, with the matter expected to proceed to the National Assembly for the necessary legislative process. The Minister of State for Health and Social Welfare, Dr Izi…

…for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi, who is the Chief Host, while the Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Prof. Muhammad Ali Pate, and Chairman of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, Brigadier General Buba Marwa, are Special Guests of Honour. The summit will engage government officials, psychiatrists, medica…

…free enormous resources and invest them in education, healthcare, infrastructure and social welfare. But today, ASUU is again raising the prospect of a nationwide strike over unpaid entitlements and outstanding agreements. State universities have also experienced industrial disruptions. Students are borrowing to fund i…