Managing Director, Seplat West Limited, Ayodele Ola Tunde, has disclosed that over 90,000 persons have benefited from the Seplat Joint Venture and NNPC E&P Limited medical outreach for host communities in 12 years. Represented by Base Manager, Western Asset, Seplat Energy, Emmanuel Otokhine, Tunde disclosed this on Wednesday during the …
Read More »Japa: Doctors fault FG ban on leave of absence
The Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors and the Joint Health Sector Unions have faulted the Federal Government’s ban on the issuance of leave of absence to health professionals going abroad. NARD and JOHESU said the Federal Government should rather address the pull factors making health workers migrate abroad in search …
Read More »Japa: Nigeria lost 16,000 doctors in five years – Minister
The Federal Government on Sunday disclosed that 55,000 licensed doctors are in the country to attend to the growing population of patients following the exodus of health professionals to hospitals and health facilities abroad. It said in the last five years, the country lost about 15,000 to 16,000 doctors to …
Read More »44 out of 100 newborns die in Sokoto – FG
The Federal Government has raised the alarm over maternal and infant mortality in Sokoto State, saying 44 out of 100 newborn babies in the state die. It, therefore, sought homegrown solutions to maternal and infant fatality in and across the state. The Special Adviser in charge of the Presidential Advisory …
Read More »UCH doctors begin three-day strike over alleged assault
Resident doctors under the aegis of the Association of Resident Doctors, University College Hospital, Ibadan in Oyo State, on Thursday, began a three-day strike over alleged assault on one of their members by relatives of a patient in the hospital. The ARD President, John Oladapo, told newsmen in Ibadan, the …
Read More »Sachet alcoholic drinks spike mental illness, enforce ban, psychiatrists tell Reps
Mental health experts have urged the House of Representatives to maintain the ban on sachet and small bottled alcoholic drinks, stressing that studies show that high intake is linked to mental health problems, particularly among young people. The psychiatrists stressed that the availability of sachets and small bottled alcoholic drinks …
Read More »Lagos residents decry non-implementation of free antenatal, delivery services
Some residents of Lagos have decried the non-implementation of the state government’s free antenatal and child delivery services at some General Hospitals and Primary Healthcare Centres in the state. The residents spoke in separate interviews with the News Agency of Nigeria on Sunday in Lagos. Freelanews reports that Lagos State …
Read More »FG plans foreign training for select doctors
The Minister of State for Health and Social Welfare, Dr Tunji Alausa, says the Federal Government plans to send some medical personnel abroad for training in certain specialties with a view to checking medical tourism and enhancing research, Alausa said the Federal Ministry of Health was working with the National …
Read More »FCTA enlists pregnant women into health insurance scheme
The Federal Capital Territory Administration has launched the enrollment of pregnant women into the FCT Health Insurance Scheme. The FCTA also launched the distribution of free delivery kits to the pregnant women enrolled in the scheme. The launch held in collaboration with the United States Agency for International Development on …
Read More »FG to crash drug prices, gets $1bn from AfreximBank
President Bola Tinubu will sign an executive order to bring down the cost of drugs in Nigeria, which has been on the rise. The Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Prof. Muhammed Pate, disclosed this on Wednesday at the Ministerial Press Briefing Series with the Minister of Information and …
Read More »Lassa fever: NCDC records 84 deaths in seven weeks
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention has recorded 2,621 Lassa fever cases and 84 deaths with a case fatality rate of 18.6 per cent. The NCDC said 476 cases were confirmed from the suspected cases from 23 states across 84 local government areas, as of February 18, 2024. …
Read More »NACA Call Out Stakeholders: Rallying For HIV/AIDS Sustainability Success
As Nigeria strides closer towards epidemic control of HIV/AIDS, the National Agency for the Control of AIDS (NACA) issues a resounding call to action, urging stakeholders to unite and propel the sustainability agenda forward. In a gathering attended by development partners and key stakeholders committed to ending the AIDS epidemic …
Read More »Oxygen shortage kills 8 patients in besieged Gaza hospital – Minister
Eight patients have died in a major hospital in southern Gaza’s Khan Younis city, after days of power outage and oxygen supply shortage due to continuous Israeli strikes on the facility. Palestinian Health Minister Mai al-Kaila said conditions of some other serious patients became life-threatening due to the cessation of …
Read More »BREAKING: COVID vaccines from Pfizer, others linked to slight increases in heart, brain, blood disorders: study
COVID vaccines from companies like Pfizer, Moderna, and AstraZeneca have been linked to rare occurrences of heart, brain, and blood disorders, according to the largest vaccine study to date. Researchers from the Global Vaccine Data Network analyzed 99 million people who received jabs in eight countries and monitored for increases …
Read More »Nasarawa: 28 persons die of hepatitis
In a bid to address the escalating crisis of hepatitis outbreak in Nasarawa State, the House of Assembly has called upon Governor Abdullahi Sule to declare a state of emergency on the deadly disease. The urgent plea comes following the deaths of 28 individuals in the Ekeh development area of …
Read More »Council raises doctors’ pay to check japa
The Chairman of Ikoyi-Obalende Local Council Development Area of Lagos, Fuad Atanda-Lawal, has approved a 100 per cent pay raise for the medical doctors attached to all the primary health centres in the council area. Freelanews reports that Atanda-Lawal announced this on Thursday after extensive deliberations on the need to …
Read More »Valentine’s Day: Activists urge safe sex among youth, gifts 75,000 condoms across 7 states
AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF), Nigeria, an NGO, has advocated for safe sex among young people for prevention diseases and unwanted pregnancies. AHF Advocacy and Marketing Manager, Steve Aborishade, who spoke on Tuesday in Makurdi, at the end of a road walk and distribution of condoms and flyers, an event being …
Read More »Nigerians are turning to agbo sellers as price of drugs continues to soar
Many Nigerians have continued to decry the increasing price of drugs and called for an intervention from the Federal Government. Residents of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), who spoke to the Press in Abuja on Sunday, said the continuous increase in the prices of drugs was no longer sustainable. Freelanews …
Read More »Why healthcare in Nigeria is unlikely to improve
Last year, I paid close attention to the way the four leading presidential candidates addressed issues affecting health. It was quite clear that no one had a reasonable understanding of the problems in the health sector. We are ranked 203rd of 204 for life expectancy, 198th of 200 for maternal …
Read More »Nurses plan showdown as FG moves to slow down process
Tension is rising among members of the National Association of Nigeria Nurses and Midwives, who are threatening a showdown with the Nursing and Midwifery Council of Nigeria over the new guidelines for verification of certificates. Nurses and midwives in the country had earlier in the week lamented the deactivation of …
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