Over 2,000 Get Free Medical Check
The team of Medical Practitioners and health personnel from the Lagos state Ministry of Healt, provided free medical care to over 2,000 patients some of which presented with High Blood Pressure, Diabetes and other non-communicable diseases, NCDs.In Bauchi Govt to introduce whistle blower mechanism in health sector
The Bauchi State Government says it will introduce a Whistle Blower mechanism to fish out medical staff who maltreat pregnant women during delivery.
The Executive Chairman, State Primary Health Care Development Agency (PHCDA), Mr Adamu Gamawa, disclosed this on Wednesday in Bauchi while addressing directors of Primary Health Care and other stakeholders.
Medical directors task Nigerians on hepatitis
The Guild of Medical Directors (GMD), a body of medical doctors who own and run private hospitals and clinics has advised Nigerians to go for regular screening and vaccination in order to protect themselves from hepatitis.
Saraki urges FG to collaborate with stakeholders on sustainable vaccine trends
The President, Well being Foundation Africa, Mrs Toyin Saraki, has called on the Federal Government to collaborate with relevant stakeholders to ensure appropriate frameworks for sustainable vaccination trends in the country. Saraki, wife of the President of the Senate, made the call during healthcare innovation award, roundtable and media briefing organised by GlaxoSmithKline and Save the Children in Abuja.
Alma Sana Nigeria, one of the winners in Africa, won 100,000 dollars award for stimulating uptake and demand for immunisation, by wearing a bracelet.
Hepatitis, FG to adopt strict control measures, says Isaac Adewole
The Federal Government on Saturday assured Nigerians of its commitment to take proactive steps towards controlling the spread of Hepatitis in the country. The Minister of Health, Prof. Isaac Adewole, stated this during the 24th Annual General Meeting and Scientific Conference of the Guild of Medical Directors (GMD) in Abuja.
The News Agency pf Nigeria reports that the minister was represented at the occasion by the Director, Hospital Services , Dr Joseph Amedu. The theme of 2017 conference is ‘ Let Make Nigeria Hepatitis Free’.
In Oyo Govt targets 1.5M children for Vitamin A supplement
The Oyo State Government says it is targeting 1.5 million children who are under five years as beneficiaries of Vitamin A supplement during the forthcoming Maternal, Newborn and Child Health (MNCH) Week.
The state Commissioner for Health, Dr Azeez Adeduntan, made the disclosure on Saturday in Ibadan while giving an update on the preparation for the MNCH week. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the MNCH Week holds between May 29 and June 2.
FG Solicits Support for Mosquito Control Initiative
Sokoto State Govt to Sponsor 200 Girls, Others to Study Medicine Abroad, Says Tambuwal
Sokoto – Gov. Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto State, says his administration has concluded plans to send 200 students to India and other countries to study medicine. Tambuwal made the disclosure in Sokoto on Monday night at a media parley to commemorate the 2017 Democracy Day. The governor said majority of those to be sponsored would be girls. “Discussions are in top gear with a university in India to send one hundred youths, mostly women, to study medicine.Two Eminent Nigerian Doctors Honored in US
The Nigerian Health Care Foundation, one of West Africa’s most beloved non-profit making organizations, comprising Doctors and Nurses, who carry out medical missions to improve the health of Nigerians in rural communities, recently hosted their annual fundraising gala at the Hyatt Regency, Exchange Place, New Jersey City, United States of America. Family Planning to Cost Oyo N2bn Yearly
Going by Oyo State’s new family planning blue print, no less than N2billion would be required ever year to ensure the Oyo state’s contraceptive prevalence rate (CPR) increases from 37.4 per cent to 60 per cent.
