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ONDO HEALTH COMMISSIONER BEGINS MONITORING OF HOSPITALS SERVICES IN THE STATE The Commissioner for Health, Dr Banji Awolowo Ajaka and his team has began monitoring of all public facilities in the state to ensure services rendered are in compliance with laid... 2023-06-20 Read More
WORLD BLOOD DONOR DAY, ONDO HEALTH COMMISSIONER ADVOCATES FOR BLOOD DONATION FOR GOVERNMENT HOSPITALS On the commemoration of world blood donor day, a day earmarked for the celebration of blood donor worldwide, Ondo State commissioner from Health, Dr Banji Awolowo Ajaka has called for... 2023-06-16 Read More
ODSG UPGRADES MOTHER AND CHILD HOSPITAL TO SPECIALIST HOSPITAL ...... Commissions medical and surgical wards and Administrative block Ondo state Governor Arakunrin Oluwarotimi Odunayo Akeredolu has commissioned the medical and surgical wards at the former Mother and Child Hospital now Ondo State Specialist Hospital and the Administrative... 2023-04-10 Read More
ODSG FLAGS OFF MASSIVE DISTRIBUTION OF HEALTH COMMODITIES AS DRUG MANAGEMENT AGENCY MOVES TO PERMANENT SITE Ondo State Government has flagged off Massive distribution of health commodities to secondary and tertiary health facilities to improve healthcare services in the hospitals in the state. The Commissioner for... 2023-04-10 Read More
ODSG distributes raticides to citizens Free of Charge to reduce Lassa Fever ...... As Ondo state gets Lassa treatment centre To reduce the scourge of Lassa fever in the state, Ondo State Government has flagged off the distribution of raticides to all the endemic local government areas in the... 2023-03-08 Read More
ODSG distributes raticides to citizens Free of Charge to reduce Lassa Fever ...... As Ondo state gets Lassa treatment centre To reduce the scourge of Lassa fever in the state, Ondo State Government has flagged off the distribution of raticides to all the endemic local government areas in the... 2023-03-08 Read More
ONDO MOH RECONSTITUTES AND INAUGURATES NTDs COMMITTEE The Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs) programme previously under the Primary Health care Devepment Agency ( OSPHCDA) has been disbanded and the Ministry of health has reconstituted and inaugurated ... 2023-02-20 Read More
ONDO GOVT ENGAGES PARTNERS ON CURTAILING LASSA FEVER Ondo state ministry of Health has met with all partners working with the ministry in the state on how best to reduce the spread of Lassa fever in the... 2023-01-27 Read More
ONDO MOH DISSEMINATES 2023 ANNUAL OPERATIONAL PLAN Ondo State Ministry of Health has disseminated 2023 Annual Operational plan to all parastatals, agencies , partners and Civil society organisations in the State to provide prompt and accessible, qualitative... 2022-12-20 Read More
Aladenola bags outstanding woman of the year award The Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Health, pharm (Mrs) Folukemi Aladenola has been recognized for her outstanding and Laudable achievements in the health sector by the Association of Independent Newspaper Publishers,... 2022-12-13 Read More
HRH TWG: Group meets to strategize on data collection for database The Technical Working Group for Human Resource for Health which was inaugurated in May this year to facilitate collaboration, cooperation and intersectoral planning among the diverse stakeholders to harness responses... 2022-11-11 Read More
ONDO WORKERS GET HEALTH CARE BOOST ... AS GOVERNMENT LAUNCHES HEALTH INSURANCE SCHEME. To reduce financial burden of medical expenses and to promote affordable healthcare delivery to the public servants in the state, Ondo State Government has launched the Orange Insurance Scheme... 2022-10-05 Read More
STAKEHOLDERS VALIDATE 2023 ANNUAL OPERATIONAL PLAN OF ONDO STATE HEALTH SECTOR In a bid to provide accessible, qualitative and sustainable healthcare delivery system that meets the needs of the good people of the state, Ministry of Health and Stakeholders have... 2022-09-22 Read More
ONDO HEALTH SECTOR DEVELOPS 2023 OPERATIONAL PLAN Determined to sustain its present efforts at providing accessible, qualitative and sustainable health care delivery system, major stakeholders in the health sector of Ondo State are developing a strategic operational... 2022-07-26 Read More
AJAKA COMMISSIONS EYE CARE DATA CAPTURING OFFICE Ondo State Commissioner for Health, Dr. Banji Ajaka on Wednesday commissioned the Desk Office for Eye Care Data Capturing powered by the Lions Club International and domiciled in the Ministry... 2022-06-15 Read More
OWO ATTACK: ONDO GOVT. DONATES CASH, ADDITIONAL DRUGS, COMMODITIES TO VICTIMS The Ondo State Government on Thursday intensified its ongoing efforts at restoring succour to the victims of last Sunday's church attack at St. Francis Catholic Church, Owo with the presentation... 2022-06-09 Read More
OWO ATTACK: ONDO GOVT. DONATES DRUGS, CONSUMABLES TO VICTIMS ...as WHO pledges to compliment response efforts The Ondo State Government through the Ministry of Health has donated large quantities of drugs, medical equipment and consumables to victims of last Sunday 's church attack in Owo, headquarters... 2022-06-06 Read More
PERMANENT SECRETARY INAUGURATES HUMAN RESOURCES FOR HEALTH TECHNICAL WORKING GROUP Members of the Ondo State Human Resources for Health Technical Working Group have been charged with institutionalizing an accessible, competent, responsive, and productive health workforce in the state. The Permanent... 2022-06-01 Read More
ONDO GETS NEW HEALTH POLICY Major stakeholders in the health sector have converged in Akure, the Ondo State capital to develop a new policy document for the health system in Ondo State. The medical experts... 2022-05-24 Read More
HEALTH CARE:ODSG SEEKS MORE INTERVENTIONS FROM PARTNERS The Ondo State Government has sought more interventions from development partners in her health system towards achieving overall quality health care delivery in the state. The State Commissioner for Health,... 2022-05-17 Read More
WORLD HYPERTENSION DAY: ONDO GOVT. OFFERS FREE BLOOD PRESSURE CHECKS As Ondo State joins the rest of the world to commemorate the Year 2022 Edition of the World Hypertension Day today, the state government has offered free blood pressure checks... 2022-05-14 Read More
ENSURE JAR, MTR's SUCCESS IN ONDO, COMMISSIONER TASKS STAKEHOLDERS Stakeholders in the health sector in Ondo State have been charged with ensuring the successful implementation of the Joint Annual Review (JAR) and the Mid-Term Review (MTR) of the National... 2022-05-12 Read More
FAKE DRUGS: ONDO GOVT. SHUTS PHARMACY, 16 PATENT MEDICINE STORES IN AKURE For contravening the rules and regulations guiding the sale of drugs in Ondo State, no fewer than sixteen patent medicine stores and one pharmacy were on Wednesday shut by the... 2022-04-26 Read More
CERVICAL CANCER: WE ARE EXPANDING ACCESS TO TREATMENT-ODSG The Ondo State Government has said its present concerted efforts geared towards expanding access to the treatment of cervical cancer among women in the state were a response to the... 2022-04-24 Read More
ODSG REITERATES SUPPORT FOR HEALTH TECH. ....as College inducts medical laboratory technicians The Ondo State Government has assured the management, staff, and students of the State College of Health Technology, Akure of its unflinching support for the institution towards ensuring that... 2022-04-21 Read More
COVID-19:ONDO,NCDC PARTNER ON TESTING Officials of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control(NCDC) have arrived Akure, the Ondo State capital to execute a project on Antigen Rapid Diagnostic Testing(Ag RDT) on the COVID-19 pandemic in... 2022-01-11 Read More
ONDO MEDICAL DOCTORS ASSURE COMMISSIONER OF TOTAL SUPPORT Members of the Ondo State Branch of the Nigeria Medical Association(NMA) have assured the State Commissioner for Health, Dr. Banji Awolowo Ajaka of their total and unflinching support for his... 2022-01-06 Read More
Health Sector: Ajaka advocates better collaborations Ondo State Commissioner for Health, Dr. Banji Ajaka has called for better collaborations among the Ministry, Agencies and Departments(MDAs)in the state's health sector saying such collaborations would fast-track the upgrade... 2021-12-16 Read More
ONDO HEALTH SUMMIT:INFRASTRUCTURAL, MANPOWER DEVELOPMENT,OUR PRIORITIES-AKEREDOLU Ondo State Governor, Arakunrin Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, SAN, has reiterated his administration's commitment to functional and qualitative health care delivery in the state. Akeredolu made the assertion in his keynote address at... 2021-12-06 Read More
3.3 MILLION MOSQUITO NETS TO BE DISTRIBUTED IN ONDO STATE No fewer than 3.3 million insecticide treated mosquito nets will be distributed free to residents of Ondo State as measure of preventing malaria in the state. The Permanent Secretary, Ondo State... 2021-11-25 Read More
AKEREDOLU LAUDS X-RAY TECHNICIANS ON QUALITATIVE HEALTH CARE Ondo State Governor, Arakunrin Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, SAN has commended X-Ray Technicians in Nigeria for their tremendous contributions to the realisation of qualitative health care delivery in the country. Akeredolu... 2021-11-24 Read More
ODSG COMMISSIONS NEW PROJECT AT COLLEGE OF HEALTH TECH. The Permanent Secretary, Ondo State Ministry of Health, Pharmacist(Mrs.) Folukemi Aladenola has commended the Management and Staff of the State College of Health Technology, Akure for raising the college... 2021-11-23 Read More
DEPARTMENT OF PLANNING, RESEARCH AND STATISTICS CELEBRATES RETIRED OFFICERS The Department of Planning, Research and Statistics of the Ministry of Health has celebrated five officers of the department who recently disengaged from the service in a glamorous send-forth party. The... 2021-11-21 Read More
AKEREDOLU EXTOLS LATE DR. BABATUNDE'S VIRTUES Ondo State Governor,Arakunrin Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, SAN has extolled the numerous virtues of the Late Founder of the First Mercy Specialist Hospital,Akure, Dr.Ebenezer Oluyemi Babatunde describing him as an epitome... 2021-11-18 Read More
NMCN REGISTRAR LAUDS ONDO GOVERNMENT OVER NURSES' WELFARE The Secretary General and Registrar of the Nursing and Midwifery Council of Nigeria(NMCN), Alhaji Umar Abubakar has commended the present administration in Ondo State for according the Nursing Profession the... 2021-11-13 Read More
SYNERGISE WITH GOVERNMENT, HEALTH WORKERS URGED Staff of the Ondo State Ministry of Health have been urged to synergize with the state government and support its policies and programmes in order to move the state to... 2021-11-13 Read More
ODHCMA WILL IMPROVE HEALTH CARE SERVICE DELIVERY - ODSG The Ondo State Government has said the newly established Ondo State Drugs and Health Commodities Management Agency (ODHCMA) will boost qualitative health care delivery in the state and benefit the... 2021-11-11 Read More
QUACKERY: ODSG SEALS OFF 15 HOSPITALS For violating the stipulated rules and regulations guiding operation of health facilities in Ondo State, the state government has sealed off fifteen private medical clinics in the Southern Senatorial District... 2021-10-13 Read More
Akeredolu assures pharmacists of support ....as Aladenola bags PSN Excellence Award Ondo State Governor, Arakunrin Oluwarotimi Akeredolu has said his administration will continue to recognize and encourage professionals who distinguish themselves in their various areas of human endeavours. Akeredolu made the assertion... 2021-10-10 Read More
HEALTH WORKERS TASKED ON EFFICIENT SERVICE DELIVERY The Department of Planning, Research, and Statistics of the Ministry of Health has organized a 3-Day Capacity Building Workshop for the Management and Senior Staff of the ministry. The workshop... 2021-10-03 Read More
ONDO, NIGERIAN NUCLEAR REGULATORY AUTHORITY (NNRA) PARTNER ON RADIATION SAFETY The Director General, Nigerian Nuclear Regulatory Authority(NNRA), Dr. Yau Idris has sought better collaboration between the agency and the Ondo State Government towards ensuring protection of life, health, property and... 2021-08-05 Read More
OPERATE WITHIN THE LAW, ODSG WARNS OPERATORS OF PHARMACIES AND PATIENT MEDICINE STORES The Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Health, Pharmacist(Mrs.) Folukemi Aladenola has charged operators of pharmacies and patient medicine stores in Ondo State to be supportive of government policies and programmes geared... 2021-08-05 Read More
ODSG TO PARTNERS TRADITIONAL BIRTH ATTENDANTS The Ondo State Government says that it has mapped out strategies to address maternal and perinatal death in the state. Pharmacist (Mrs.) Folukemi Aladenola,the Permanent Secretary, of the state Ministry of... 2021-07-29 Read More
ODSG RESTATES COMMITMENT TO REDUCTION OF INFANTS MORTALITY RATE The Ondo State Government has reiterated its commitment to reduce the rate of morbidity and mortality of newborns and infants in the state to the barest minimum. The Permanent Secretary, Ministry... 2021-07-29 Read More
FAKE DRUGS: ODSG SHUTS 7 PHARMACEUTICAL STORES Determined to rid Ondo State of fake and counterfeit drugs, the state task force on fake and counterfeit drugs from the Ministry of Health has sealed off no fewer than... 2021-07-08 Read More