Cholera: Adamawa Conducts First Vaccination Campaign
The first round of the two-phase Oral Cholera Vaccination (OCV) campaign has kicked off in high-risk wards of Mubi North, Mubi South and Maiha local government areas (LGAs) of Adamawa, the World Health Organisation ( WHO) has said.‘Insecurity Causing Medical Brain Drain in Nigeria’
The Chief Medical Director of the Yariman Bakura Specialist Hospital, Zamfara State, Dr Bello Muhammad Kotorkoshi, yesterday attributed medical brain drain in the country to insecurity and lack of conducive work environment.
HIV/AIDS No Longer Death Sentence in Nigeria, say HUGIN, ACPN
Dr Dorothy Oqua, country director of Howard University Global Initiative Nigeria (HUGIN) and Dr Albert Kelong Alkali, national chairman of Association of Community Pharmacists of Nigeria (ACPN), have said that the war against the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) and the Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) in Nigeria will soon be won.NAFDAC to strategies on regulatory mandate
The National Agency for Food, Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) says it would step up its regulatory mandates to curtail unwholesome drug distribution in the country.
Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye, the Director-General of NAFDAC, disclosed this on Wednesday in Abuja when she paid a courtesy visit on the Registrar, Pharmacists Council of Nigeria (PCN), Mr Elijah Mohammed.
Healthcare providers urge government to increase budget for positive outcomes
Healthcare providers and technology experts have urged the government to inject more funds into the health sector to achieve positive outcomes in the country.
They said access to financing has remained a major burden in the achievement of the Universal Health Coverage (UHC) in Nigeria, which enables all citizens to access healthcare across all levels.
New Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Health, Assumes Duty
The new Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Health, Abdullahi Mashi, has assumed duty. Mashi, who addressed directors and management staff of the ministry on his resumption in Abuja earlier in the week, emphasised the need to improve on service delivery at hospitals, particularly, the Accident and Emergency (A&E) departments, in order to address the current worrisome situation experienced by patients across the country.Nigeria’s Dependence on Donors for Immunisation Vaccines Shameful — Tomori
With report showing that vaccination eludes 75 percent of Nigerian children, a professor of virology, Prof Oyewale Tomori, has said that the country has no business depending on donor agencies in the provision of resources for children’s vaccination even as he stressed the need to increase the awareness of parents and caretakers for vaccination to ensure that every child receives the full complement of vaccine at the right time.“NAFDAC Chief, Others Warn Against Selling Breast Milk Substitutes
The National Agency for Food, Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has raised the alarm over the continued violation of the International Code of Marketing of Breast-milk Substitutes (BMS) and national regulations by manufacturers of BMS products.Sokoto Sponsors 100 Medical Students in India
One hundred Sokoto students, offered scholarship by the state government to study Medicine and other medical-related courses in India, were yesterday warned against drug abuse“Radical Cure” Perfect Treatment For Common Malaria – Study
Researchers on Friday said that “radical cure” is the best treatment for a type of malaria affecting 13 million people. A team of international malaria experts, led by the Menzies School of Health Research in Darwin, published a study analyzing the treatment of Plasmodium vivax malaria.
Plasmodium vivax is the most common cause of recurring malaria, affecting more than 13 million people every year with 40 percent of the world’s population at risk of infection.
