The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) and the Private Sector Health Alliance of Nigeria (PHN), have launched a new initiative known as the Alliance for Epidemic Preparedness and Response (A4EPR) to check disease outbreaks. According to the two bodies, the aim of the initiative is to develop a formal structure for the private sector […]
The Minister of Health, Professor Isaac Adewole has said that an estimated 150,000 women and girls are living with untreated fistula in Nigeria with an annual incidence of 12,000 -15, 000 cases. Speaking during a High Level Awareness Seminar on Fistula, held in Abuja, Adewole said that the unmet need for the treatment of obstetric […]
Today in Nigeria there is a malaise of poverty which has resulted in the problem of insecurity. The twin problem of illiteracy caused by excessive poverty has bedevilled and hampered the development of our country. According to the statistics and data reported and disclosed by the World Health Organisation, the countries in Sub-Saharan Africa are […]
The Minister of Health, Professor Isaac Adewole, has announced that Federal Ministry of Health had commenced disbursement of 2018 funds to States according to States earnings as well as the advancement of $1m to all States. This according to Adewole is to be followed by payment for Disbursement linked Indicator 5 (DL15) to all deserving […]
The World Health Organisation (WHO), recently released its new International Disease Classification (ICD), 11. The ICD, which is the foundation for identifying health trends and statistics worldwide, contains about 55,000 unique codes for injuries, diseases and causes of death. The classification provides a common language that allows health professionals to share health information across the […]
For more than two decades, polio had continue to constitute an intractable challenge to global public health and indeed the African Region. Polio was endemic in most countries in the African Region in the 1990s, with 12,000 cases reported each year in the Region. The virus was resilient and intimidating. In 2008, the World Health […]
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has, for the first time, tagged compulsive video gaming as a mental health condition in its updated classification manual released on Monday. The UN health agency said video game addiction should now officially read ‘gaming disorder’. “For gaming disorder to be diagnosed, the behaviour pattern must be of sufficient severity […]
The Vice Chancellor of Ajayi Crowther University, Professor Dapo Folorunsho Asaju has alerted of an impending calamity in the Nigeria health sector following exodus of Nigeria-trained doctors into the United Kingdom. He noted that his son-in-law’s recent visit to the United Kingdom indicated that ninety percent of those writing examinations to practice medicine in the […]
The Minister of Health, Prof Isaac Adewole, has disclosed that Nigeria needs 1.8 million units of blood yearly to save lives, calling on Nigerians with no health challenge to donate blood. Addressing a press conference to mark the 2017 World Blood Donor Day in Abuja on Thursday, Adewole said that the country’s has a short […]
The wife of the Enugu State Governor, Mrs. Monica Ugwuanyi in keeping with her commitment to the wellbeing of the people of the state, especially the lowly and under-privileged women and children, yesterday donated drugs to the state’s Ministry of Health for distribution to the 17 local government areas to assist in the forthcoming Free […]
…Disease spread to 3 states The recent outbreak of cholera in some states in Nigeria has led to several casualties. Cholera is an intestinal infection characterised by watery stool and diarrhoea. It is caused by the Vibrio cholerae, a bacterium, which releases toxins in the human intestine. This toxin activates excess secretion of water from […]
The Nigerian government, on Monday, June 4, declared the banning of the use of flavoured tobacco, especially shisha, in public places. Minister Isaac Adewole directed security agencies to arrest anyone found inhaling the substance. We learnt that Adewole, a professor and health minister, made the announcement in Abuja at an event organised to mark the […]
…Stakeholders seek rethink of strategy Four weeks after recent ban on codeine-containing cough syrup by the Federal Government, reports from stakeholders have shown that youths are still having access to the drug and other drugs abuse in the country like Tramadol, and Alabukun, among others. The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) documentary, showing the abuse of […]
In its bid to provide more space for the National warehousing system, the Minister of Health, Professor Isaac Adewole has officially commissioned the Premier Central Medical warehouse facility of about 3,465 square meters and a maximum storage capacity of 4,302 palate spaces. Speaking at the commissioning of the facility in Oshodi, Lagos State on Thursday, […]
Joint Health Sector Unions (JOHESU) says it is “considering” suspending the ongoing strike by its members which has crippled services at public hospitals across Nigeria. This decision according to reports followed the intervention of the National Industrial Court (NIC), after serious consideration of the plight of health-seeking persons all over the country and to give […]
Since the strike embarked upon by members of the Joint Health Sector Unions, JOHESU, entered the Seventh week, thousands of patients on admission have been ejected from various hospitals’ wards across the country; forcing their family members to pay through the noses as they scramble to evacuate them to private hospitals. JOHESU began the strike […]
The National Industrial Court (NIC) in Abuja has ordered striking members of Joint Health Sector Union (JOHESU) to resume duties nationwide within 24 hours. The President of the NIC, Justice Babatunde Adejumo, gave the order on Thursday after listening to the ex-parte application by a non-governmental organisation, the Incorporated Trustees of Kingdom Human Rights Foundation. […]
The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has directed the Federal Ministry of Health to step up surveillance at all entry points in the country to prevent the return of Ebola. Briefing journalists at the end of the Council meeting presided over by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on Wednesday, Minister of Health, Prof. Isaac Adewole, said that […]
A total of 17 people have died in the Democratic Republic of Congo from the dreaded Ebola disease virus that made a sudden return to the country this week, escalating global anxiety over Africa’s health. Daily Times reported Tuesday of the death of two people from the disease that is reputed to spread rapidly if […]
Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Mr Femi Adesina on Tuesday said it is only President Muhammadu Buhari that can reveal his ailment or details about his health. Adesina said this during a phone-in-interview on Channels Television Breakfast Programme, Sunrise Daily while reacting to question about the President’s ailment deserving another […]