World Heart Day: ‘More Nigerians Coming Down with Heart Failure’
As this year’s World Heart Day holds tomorrow, Cardiologists have raised alarm over imminent epidemic of heart failure among Nigerians even as the World Heart Federation, WHF, called for action to prevent 80 percent of premature deaths from Cardiovascular Diseases, CVDs annually. Over 90% of World Breathing Bad Air: WHO
Nine out of 10 people globally are breathing poor quality air, the World Health Organization said Tuesday, calling for dramatic action against pollution that is blamed for more than six million deaths a year. Minister calls for collaboration to attain Universal Health Coverage
The Minister of Health, Prof. Isaac Adewole, has called for increased collaboration by stakeholders in the health sector to attain Universal Health Coverage (UHC) in Nigeria.
Adewole made the call at the 2nd Annual Implementation Science Conference organised by Nigeria Implementation Science Alliance (NISA) on Tuesday in Abuja.
FG to launch first national improvement projects
The Minister of Health, Prof. Isaac Adewole, will on Oct. 4, launch the first National HIV quality improvement projects in Abuja.
Mr Dennis Mordi, the Communication Manager, Institute of Human Virology Nigeria (IHVN), announced this in a statement issued on Tuesday in Abuja.
Experts Advocate Integrated Technology In Healthcare Services
The Country Director, Bill and Melinda Gates, Mrs. Mairo Mandara, has urged stakeholders and technologists to consider use of language peculiar to different regions of the country, as that is the best way technology could serve the rural populace who do not understand the English Language.
Making a presentation at the just concluded Annual Health Watch Conference in Abuja; the director reasoned that language barrier was one thing that could useless the breakthrough of technology as far as health was concerned.
New Initiative Launched To Tackle Cardiovascular Disease, The World’s Number One Killer
“Global Hearts”, a new initiative from the World Health Organization (WHO) and partners launched on the margins of the UN General Assembly, aims to beat back the global threat of cardiovascular disease, including heart attacks and strokes - the world’s leading cause of death.Repositioning the National Health Insurance Scheme
The National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS), conceptualised as a strategy to ensure that Nigerians have easy and affordable access to quality health care delivery, is no doubt due for retooling. This is not just for the purpose of tackling the challenges besetting it, but to unshackle the concept in itself, in order to make it truly effective in the provision of universal health care.
When the scheme became operational in 2005, even though the law that established it was signed way back in May 1999, the then president, Olusegun Obasanjo, gave a presidential mandate that was to ensure that by 2015, the NHIS should have had universal coverage of all Nigerians through the social health insurance.
Physically-challenged group lament difficulty in accessing healthcare in Abuja
Over 4000 physically-challenged residents of Angwa Guragu in Karonmajiji community along Airport Road, Abuja, claim they face difficulty in accessing healthcare.
The residents, alongside their able children and relatives numbering over 6000 told this newspaper they live in fear, especially at night, should they have any problem with their health.
Reps set to review health laws
This was even as the Deputy Chairman, House Committee on Health Care Services, Muhammad Usman, lamented that Nigeria was the only African country with low budgetary allocation to the health sector.
Usman made this known in Abuja during the second international public health conference with the theme “Trending Issues in Public Health Services Delivery”, organised by the National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN).
Day Anambra Doctors Lamented Decay in Health Sector
Recently medical doctors serving in various hospitals in Anambra State gathered at the Dame Virgy Etiaba Centre, Umudim, Nnewi, Anambra State, for a reunion. The doctors, under the auspices of the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA), Anambra State chapter, were in the city for their annual general meeting and scientific conference. The event also featured the second memorial lecture of Emeritus Prof. Festus Aghagbo Nwako, with the theme "Medical Practice in Nigeria: Current Challenges and the Way Forward:' 
