The Federal Ministry of Health on Friday in Abuja advised on the need for regular hand washing in order to eliminate some of the Neglected Tropical Diseases . Dr Chukwuma Anyaike, Director, Public Health Department of the ministry, gave this advice at a meeting with health stakeholders from the six Area Councils of the Federal…The Federal Ministry of Health on Friday in Abuja advised on the need for regular hand washing in order to eliminate some of the Neglected Tropical Diseases .
Anyalke, represented by Dr Adebayo Peters, Director, NTDs, Department of Public Health of the Ministry, said most of these NTDs would be a thing of history if the residents of the area councils imbibed the spirit of regular hand washing Dr Doris John, Director, FCT Public Health Department, thanked representatives of the Area Councils in the FCT for their efforts in trying to eliminate NTDs in the city.
The Federal Government has said it would flush out fake certificate holders in both public and private institutions in the country. Minister of Education, Prof. Tahir Mamman, handed down the threat on Friday in Abuja while receiving the report of an Inter-Ministerial Investigative Committee on Degree Certificate Milling. The Federal Government had on January 9,…