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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. 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.
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. 
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.
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.
The Nigeria Medical Association, Bayelsa State chapter, has urged the Governor Seriake Dickson-led government to revive the Bayelsa Health Insurance Scheme. The NMA also urged the governor to take steps to join the National Health Insurance Scheme to achieve universal health insurance cover in the state.
Stakeholders at the 2016 Nigerian Medical Association(NMA) annual physicians week have demanded for a 15 per cent budget allocation to boost the country’s healthcare delivery.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the theme for this year’s celebration is: “Healthcare in a frail economy: Challenges and way forward’’.
The National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS), desirous of re-positioning itself and all its principal Actors has decided to re-struture its insurance arrangements for better service deliveryMore...
The Nigeria Medical Association (NMA) in Bayelsa on Wednesday pledged to provide accessible and affordable healthcare to the people to cushion the current economic challenges.
The doctors assured the public that they were bound by their Hippocratic oaths to provide accessible and affordable life saving services to the society at large.
The National Agency for the Control of AIDS (NACA) says there is no shortage of anti-retro viral drugs in Nigeria. The agency also assured that it is working to enhance distribution of the drugs in the country.
Dr Emmanuel Alhassan, Director Partnership, NACA, made this known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday in Abuja.
In Kebbi US doctors begin free surgery, treatment for cancer, diabetes patients
A 35-member medical team from America is providing free surgery and treatment of patients suffering from cancer and diabetes in Kebbi State. The state’s Deputy Governor, Alhaji Samaila Yombe, told newsmen in Birnin Kebbi on Wednesday that the surgical operations were part of government’s efforts to provide effective service delivery to the people.
“The surgical operation is free; it is an assistance to patients suffering from various ailments who can hardly afford the cost of the treatment,” Yombe said.
Margaret Boemer went for a routine ultrasound 16 weeks into her pregnancy with her third child. She quickly found out that things were far from routine.
