The Paediatric Association of Nigeria (PAN) says the nation is losing its medical personnel to better organised global settings, leaving the remaining healthcare workers in government-owned hospitals to be overstretched. The National President of PAN, Dr Olufemi Ogunrinde, said this at the opening ceremony of the association’s four-day annual...
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The Ondo State Government on Wednesday announced the extension of maternity leave to six months as part of efforts to ensure total child development. The State Head of Service, Pastor Kayode Ogundele, said this while receiving members of the Federation of Women Lawyers (FIDA), Ondo State chapter, in his...
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) has confirmed 42 additional COVID-19 infections in the country in two weeks, with Lagos State recording 27 cases. The NCDC made this known via its official website on Sunday, adding that Edo, Kano, Nasarawa, Kaduna, Plateau and the Federal Capital...
The Nigeria Medical Association (NMA) has threatened to shut down the entire health sector of Abia over unpaid salary arrears. Dr Isaiah Abali, the Chairman of NMA, in Abia, made this known during a protest organised by the association at the Government House on Thursday in Umuahia. The News...
The World Health Organisation (WHO) says Uganda has shown that Ebola can be defeated when the whole system works together. Dr Tedros Ghebreyesus, WHO Director-General said this in a statement issued on Wednesday. “I congratulate Uganda for its robust and comprehensive response which has resulted in today’s victory over...
Lassa fever killed a Nasarawa State medical doctor, Dr Ahmed Isaiah on Dec. 31, 2022 at the National Hospital, Abuja. Members of the Nigeria Medical Association (NMA) in Nasarawa State held a procession for the deceased in Lafia on Tuesday NMA chairman in the state, Dr Peter Attah, confirmed...
The Federal Ministry of Health (FMoH) has said it will screen passengers coming into the country, using Rapid Diagnostic Test (RTD). Dr Geoffrey Okatubo, Director, Port Health Services, said this on Monday in Abuja, during the Ministerial bi-weekly meeting on the update of COVID-19 response and developments in the...
By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – The Cross River State of Health Taskforce has clamped down several fake surgeons and medical centres in the state. During its latest round of enforcement, the task force apprehended an 84 years old fake surgeon by name Simon Okuta Agba. Mr. Okuta was apprehended...
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), donated medical equipment and consumables to Muhammad Abdullahi Wase Teaching Hospital (MAWTH), Yusuf Maitama Sule University, Kano, to improve health care delivery. The JAMB registrar, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, while presenting the items in Kano on Friday, said the donation was part of...
By GRACE AUDU, Abuja –The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC), had assured that it will continue to monitor global COVID-19 epidemiology including genomics data as part of the ongoingpandemic response. The NCDC is the national public health institute with the mandate to lead the preparedness, detection,...
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) has blamed poor and inconsistent reporting of cholera cases from states as one of the major challenges to the country’s response to the cholera outbreak. The NCDC said this in its latest weekly Cholera situation report for weeks 44–47, on...
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) has said that as of December 23, the country registered 49 confirmed cases and no new death from Monkeypox (Mpox) cases. The NCDC, via its official website on Thursday, said that this was a 9 per cent increase in the...
Dr Ade Faponle, a Consultant Nephrologist, Zenith Medical and Kidney Centre, Abuja, has disclosed that Nigeria has only 250 Specialists in the area of Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD). Faponle said this on Wednesday in Ilorin during a paper presentation at the 2022 Scientific Conference and Annual General Meeting of...
The saying – If wishes are horses, beggars would ride applies fittingly to James Oloruntosin Molehin at this time. His greatest wish today is to have his life back again and live a normal life. For that to happen, he needs you, kind hearted Nigerians and other well meaning...
The death toll in the Cholera outbreak in Ekureku community in Abi Local Government Area of Cross River has risen from Saturday’s figure of 20 to 51 on Monday. The clan head of the community, Chief Bernard Egbe, stated this when he received the candidate of the Peoples Democratic...
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has notified Nigerians about counterfeit Covid-19 Antigen rapid test kits in circulation. The notification is contained in a NAFDAC public alert released to newsmen on Sunday in Abuja. The counterfeit BTNX Incorporated COVID-19 rapid antigen test kits was...
The World Health Organisation (WHO) says it plans to transform the future of public health by targeting three billion people by 2023. Dr Mie Okamura of the Emergency Preparedness and Response, WHO, said this in Abuja on Saturday during the “Walk The Talk’’ peace awareness exercise. Okamura said the...
The Cross River Government says it has deployed human and material resources to bring the cholera outbreak in Ekureku community that led to the death of 20 persons under control. Dr Janet Ekpeyong, the Director General, Cross River Primary Healthcare Development Agency, made this known in an interview with...
No fewer than 20 persons may have lost their lives to suspected cholera outbreak in Ekeureku community in Abi Local Government Area of Cross River. The suspected outbreak has reportedly affected 10 villages in Ekeureku community beginning from Thursday. Dr Iwara Iwara, Permanent Secretary at the Cross River Ministry...
There are certain routine events and developments within the National Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) that are worthy of mention.Just on Tuesday, December 6, 2022, in Abuja, NAFDAC flagged off its nationwide media sensitization workshop on dangers of bleaching creams and arising from those dangers, the obligatory...