WHO Adopts Noma as 'Public Health Priority'
The World Health Organisation has adopted Cancrum Oris (Noma), an infection said to be promoted by extreme poverty and malnutrition as a "high public health priority." The adoption was taken at a recent WHO meeting in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. NOA, UNICEF to raise awareness in 1, 300 communities on preventable diseases
The National Orientation Agency (NOA) is working with United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) to raise awareness in 1, 300 hard-to-reach communities in Kaduna State, on preventable diseases.
Malam Lawal Danrokal, a Deputy Director of the agency in the state, made this known in an interview with News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Kaduna.
NARD: We Cannot Guarantee Industrial Harmony in the Health Sector If Current Situations Persists
FG Inaugurates National eHealth Governance Structure to Address Nigeria’s Health Sector Challenges
In a bid to tackle the daunting challenges be-devilling the Nigeria’s health sector, the Minister of Health, Prof. Isaac Adewole has inaugurated eHealth Steering Committee in Abuja. This is to address some of the challenges ranging from data collection and management, human resource and issue of universal health coverage.Ngige Minister leads FG committee to resolve health sector crisis
Chris Ngige will join Isaac Adewole and Dr. o Ehanire in resolving and finding a permanent solution to the crisis rocking the health sector. The Minister of Labour and Employment, Sen. Chris Ngige, will lead the committee set up by the Federal Government to help resolve crisis in the health sector.
This is contained in a statement issued in Abuja on Wednesday, September 14, 2016. Other members of the the Federal Government negotiating team, included Minister of Health, Prof. Isaac Adewole and Minister of State for Health, Dr O. Ehanire.
Doctors plan to reduce medical tourism by 50%
The Guild of Medical Directors in Nigeria has said it would cut over $500 billion estimated to be spent by Nigerians on medical treatment abroad by a half to help save the nation’s economy and health care services from crisis.
National President of the guild, Dr Tony Philips, stated this in Abuja recently when the organization signed a memorandum of understanding on instalment payments for the purchase of health equipment with Siemens Biostadt.
Diabetes Association subsidise drugs to patients in Bauchi
Bauchi chapter of the Diabetes Association of Nigeria (DAN) has introduced a 50 per cent subsidy on drugs purchased by diabetic patients at the Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University (ATBU) Teaching Hospital, Bauchi.
Secretary of the association in the state, Mrs Uwa Abubakar, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Bauchi on Thursday that the measure was aimed at making the drugs affordable to the over 3000 registered members of the association in the state.
Polio: Immunise Your Children or Face Prosecution, Kaduna Warns Parents
The Kaduna State Government has asked parents to allow their children below the ages of five to be immunised against Polio or face prosecution.2.5m Nigerian Children Suffer Acute Malnutrition –UNICEF
The United Nation Children’s Fund (UNICEF) estimates that every single day, Nigeria loses about 2,300 under-fives and 145 women of child-bearing age, making Nigeria the second largest contributor to the under-five deaths and maternal mortality rate in the world. Also, UNICEF’s estimate showed that Nigeria has been adversely affected by Severe Acute Malnutrition (SAM) with the number of malnourished children put at 2,539,704.New Fertilization Without an Egg Technique Produces Healthy Baby Mice
For the first time, a study shows that female eggs may not necessarily be required to create offspring; scientists from the University of Bath in the United Kingdom have developed a technique that involves using sperm to fertilize embryos instead of eggs, and the method has resulted in the birth of healthy baby mice.
