Governor Monday Okpebholo has approved reintroducing the monthly environmental sanitation exercise to promote a cleaner and healthier environment.
UNICEF received a CA$15 million grant from Global Affairs Canada to improve maternal and child health in the Kebbi, Kaduna, and Bauchi states.
The disease symptoms include fever, sore throat, headache, vomiting, muscle pain, and in severe cases, bleeding from body openings.
He explained that because men had breast tissue, they could develop breast cancer, although the condition was rare.
Ms Okwor stressed the urgent need to act decisively and strategically at the country level.
Mr Jatau expressed optimism that the state would witness improved health indices and better service delivery.
WHO warned of the potentially prolonged effects these issues could have on health services worldwide.
In a speech at the event in Umuahia, Mr Otti affirmed his administration’s commitment to providing quality, accessible and affordable healthcare services.
Mrs Tinubu spoke in Jalingo during the launch of the distribution of 10,000 professional kits to midwives in the North-East zone.
The “meningitis belt” in sub-Saharan Africa, which faces recurrent epidemics of meningococcal meningitis, is especially at risk.
