* As group lauds NASS The President of the Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria (PSN), Prof. Ahmed Yakassi, has reiterated that the one per cent Consolidated Revenue Fund (CRF) provision by the National Assembly for primary healthcare in the 2018 budget will directly benefit the poor in the country. Yakasai spoke when he led other executive […]
To meet the healthcare needs of Nigerians through quality and affordable health system, stakeholders have identified technology as an effective tool that could reposition and address the various challenges confronting the sector. A recent survey conducted by Royal Philips, a global leader in health technology on the current state of Nigeria’s health system, shows that […]
The Chairman, Senate Committee on Health, Senator Lanre Tejuoso, has revealed why the National Assembly included funding for the Basic Healthcare Provision Fund (BHCPF) in the 2018 Appropriations Bill. Senator Tejuoso (APC, Ogun Central) stated this in a statement made available on Monday. He said, ” While the Executive did not include the BHCPF in […]
The Vice President, Prof Yemi Osibanjo, Thursday officially launched the Abia State Tele-Health Initiative and commended the initiative which he said will give people access to affordable healthcare and enhance universal health coverage. Launching the programme at the International Conference Centre, Umuahia, the Vice President expressed the support of the federal government to the programme, […]
The new Egosi-Ile modern primary healthcare centre in Oke-Ero Local Government Area of Kwara was on Thursday commissioned to improve healthcare services in the area. Hon. Joseph Oni, the council Chairman, while performing the commissioning, expressed optimism that the project would assist in bringing healthcare delivery nearest to the people at the grassroots. He praised […]
Ekiti State governorship aspirant under the All Progressives Congress (APC), Dr. Makanjuola Akindele Owolabi has unveiled his campaign manifestoes to the public, brandishing quality education, quality healthcare, infrastructural development, mechanised agriculture and industrialisation and good governance as his 5-point agenda targeted at the states’ holistic development. Dr. Owolabi who spoke recently in Ekiti while unveiling […]
To boost child survival in Nigeria particularly children under the age of five, physicians in the country, have been urged to pay adequate attention to the nutritional needs of infants rather than focus only on their medical needs whenever they are brought to the hospital for medical attention. This is critical to reducing the high […]
The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) has been commended for improving the quality of healthcare services rendered to residents of the city and those from neighbouring states who on daily basis troop into the Abuja for treatment. The commendation was contained in a letter written to the FCT minister, Mallam Muhammad Musa Bello, by members […]
As Nigeria joins the rest of the world tomorrow December 1, 2017, to mark this year’s World Aids Day, stakeholders have enjoined government at all levels to expand access to treatment and other healthcare services to people living with HIV/AIDS in Nigeria. Titled “Right to Health – Making it Happen”, this year’s theme demands that […]
Residents of Idu, Gwagwa, Karmo and Jiwa communities in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) have urged the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) to upgrade the three primary healthcare centres in the communities to general hospitals. Some of the residents told correspondents of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja that the centres were being […]
The Emir of Jiwa in the FCT, Alhaji Idris Musa, has called for the intervention of the FCT Administration in the provision of primary healthcare services. Musa made the call in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday in Abuja. He blamed the overstretching of existing healthcare centres in the territory […]
Prof. Babatunde Osotimehin, UN Under-Secretary-General and the Executive Director of UN Population Fund (UNFPA) has said that it is no longer acceptable for a woman to die during childbirth. Osotimehin told our reporters on the sidelines of an award dinner organized by the Nigeria Health Foundation in Newark, U.S. The UNFPA chief said people should […]
Some stakeholders in the health sector have agreed that incessant strikes would result to inadequate healthcare delivery with government policies adversely affected. The stakeholders stated their position during a chat with newsmen in Lagos against the backdrop of the indefinite strike embarked on by doctors employed by the Lagos State Government. Dr Sa’eid Ahmad, the […]