At 56, Nigeria Yet to Meet WHO Health Standards – VP, CMA
The Vice President, Commonwealth Medical Association, Dr. Osahon Enabulele has decried the current state of the country’s health sector, saying that 56 years after, the sector is still struggling to meet the World Health Organisation, WHO, set standards for health. Genome Engineering Paves The Way For Sickle Cell Cure
A team of physicians and laboratory scientists has taken a key step toward a cure for sickle cell disease, using CRISPR-Cas9 gene editing to fix the mutated gene responsible for the disease in stem cells from the blood of affected patients. For the first time, they have corrected the mutation in a proportion of stem cells that is high enough to produce a substantial benefit in sickle cell patients.Nigeria Facing Shortage Of Anti Retro-Viral Drugs – UNAIDS
The Joint UN Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS), says it is working to address the growing shortage of anti retro-viral drugs in various health facilities in Nigeria. Dr Bilali Camara, the Country Director, UNAIDS, described the situation as an emergency.
He said that UNAIDS was discussing with the Federal Ministry of Health, Network of People Living with HIV/AIDS (NEPHWAN) and some major donors over the issue.
In Oyo Assembly passes Health Insurance Agency Bill 2016 into law
The Oyo State House of Assembly on Tuesday passed the Health Insurance Agency Bill 2016, after it scaled through the third reading.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the bill, which was passed into law, was aimed at allowing residents to have financial protection, physical access to quality and affordable healthcare services.
Gov tasks medical practitioners on more 'hypertension' awareness
Gov. Olusegun Mimiko of Ondo State on Wednesday tasked the medical practitioners in the country to create more public awareness on hypertension.
Mimiko gave the charge in Akure at the 3rd Medical and Dental Consultants Association of Nigeria (MDCAN), Ondo State chapter 2016 Annual General Meeting and Scientific Conference.
In Imo Workers shut down Federal Medical Centre, demand removal of CMD
Workers at the Federal Medical Centre, Owerri, Imo State, on Wednesday, October 19, paralysed all activities following the reinstatement of the suspended Chief Medical Director, Dr Angela Uwakwem.
The Federal Ministry of Health had on Wednesday reinstated Uwakwem, saying her appointment was a presidential issue that can only be reversed through the same channel.
Govt is not Investing Enough in Health, Says Idris
Commissioner for Health Lagos State, Dr. Jide Idris, has said that financial and human resources are inadequate in both primary, second-ary and tertiary health care in the country because government at all levels are not investing enough in the sector. Angry Workers Shut Down NAFDAC Headquarters
There was little drama at the National Agency for Food and Drugs Administration and Control(NAFDAC), Tuesday, when some of the agency ‘s aggrieved workers, locked up its headquarters in abuja, while forbidding others to work.
It was learnt that, continued protests by the workers, had been on for the past two weeks, which had also climaxed in shutting down of the agency’s premises.
USAID re-launches $10,000 reward for whistle-blowers on fake malaria drugs
The office of Inspector-General (OIG), of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), has re-launched its reward for persons who would help it with information on stolen and falsified anti-malaria drugs and other commodities for treating or preventing the disease in the country.
The reward had earlier been offered by USAID at the launch of the campaign in the country last year to help apprehend persons involved in falsification and illicit trading in malaria drugs and commodities funded by USAID.
NMA to Stage Protest March Over National Health Act
The Nigerian Medical Association has warned that the Federal Government may not implement the National Health Act in 2017. Consequently, the association will today (Wednesday) stage a protest march in Abuja that will terminate in the Aso Rock Villa, where its leaders plan to submit a letter to President Muhammadu Buhari.
