Lagos to Launch Community Health Insurance June
At last, The Lagos State Government has announced plans to begin a soft launch of the much-awaited Community Health Insurance Scheme come June this year.NUAHP Declares Nationwide Indefinite Strike
The Nigerian Union of Allied Health Professionals (NUAHP), yesterday , declared an indefinite strike action due to the inability of the federal ministry of health to meet the demands of the union.
The president, NUAHP, Comrade Obinna Ogbonna who revealed this to journalists said the union had waited patiently, shown enough restraints and had exhausted all other industrial means to ensure that the strike does not hold.
UBTH Partners Abbott Nigeria to Boost Healthcare Delivery
The University of Benin Teaching Hospital (UBTH), with support from Abbott Nigeria Limited has installed two state of the art machines, Architect i1000SR and Architect c4000 to provide quality medical laboratory services at the hospital.Nigeria Will Save $1.5 Billion Yearly by Investing in Maternal Health – UNFPA
The United Nations Population Fund, UNFPA, on Wednesday said Nigeria would be saving $1.5 billion annually by investing in maternal health.Nigeria Does Not Need Ministers For Health – Atiku
Former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, has restated his call for true federalism as panacea to Nigeria’s problems. He stated this while speaking at the Obafemi Awolowo University at a programme organised by the Faculty of Law. Mr. Abubakar said in a true federal system, the federal government would have little or no need for some ministers as their issues would be handled by the federating units.
“We have a government that gives power to the central government and leaves the federating units with nothing,” he said “The current structure can be called unitary federalism.”
14m People Develop Cancer Annually – Minister
The Chief Medical Director, Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH), Prof. Chris Bode, has stated that the present Federal Ministry of Health’s policy on no-work no-pay has greatly saved the health of most Nigerians, who otherwise would not have been accessing treatment due to incessant strike actions in the health sector.
He said it was heartwarming to know that most medical and health workers were beginning to understand that strike actions in the sector do not solve any issue, but rather affects patients negatively, with some losing their lives because of inability to be attended to.
PACFaH Seeks Media Role in Health Budget Reportage
In an effort to ensure that government meets its commitment towards adequate funding of the health sector, the Partnership Advocacy for Child and Family Health (PACFaH) has urged the media to actively report issues surrounding health budget and finance in the media space.Bauchi Distributes 1m Doses of Antimalarial Drugs to Health Centres
The Bauchi state government has commenced the distribution of over one million antimalarial drugs and other medical consumables to healthcare centres across the state.Nasarawa Deputy Governor Explains Reasons for Poor Health Services
The Nasarawa State Government says incessant strike actions by health workers has truncated health activities in the state giving rise to poor health conditions of the people.House of Reps steps down bill on free healthcare for pregnant women
A bill for an Act to authorise the provision of free prenatal and postnatal health services for pregnant women in government hospitals has been stepped down in the House of Representatives.
The bill which was to be read the second time on the floor of the green chamber was not debated because copies were not made available to members on time in line with the rules of the house.
