Anambra State Government has embarked on recertification of health facilities in order to eliminate quackery and check illegal and unwholesome practices in the health sector, says Commissioner of Health Dr. Joe Akabuike.
Health economists estimate Nigeria will need to invest at least $603 million (around N189.7 billion) by next year in family planning to reach its target of ensuring at least 36 out of every 100 women of child-bearing age get access to modern contraception methods.
The hospital was built by Senator Mohammed Hassan, of the Yobe South Senatorial District, and donated to the Federal Government.
Three weeks after Prof. Maduike Ezeibe of Michael Okpara University of Agriculture, Abia State claimed to have discovered a cure for Human Immuno-deficiency Virus/Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (HIV/AIDS), Spanish scientists over the weekend said five patients living with the disease are virus-free seven months after taking a new vaccine.
According to a study published in New Scientist but first reported by DailyMailUK Online, the treatment, developed by researchers in Spain, allowed the patients to stop taking regular antiretroviral (ARV) drugs – the current method of suppressing HIV.
The Governor of Ondo State, Arakunrin Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, SAN, on Monday appealed to the striking health workers and doctors of the state to end their industrial action.
Health workers, under the umbrella of Nigerian Union of Allied Health Professionals (NUAHP), have called on the Federal Government to declare a state of emergency in the health care system, because the sector needs urgent revamping.
President Muhammadu Buhari’s wife, Aisha, has commissioned a mobile clinic programme to provide basic and essential health care services to people, especially those living in hard to reach areas of the country.
The World Health Organisation (WHO), on Monday, published its first-ever list of antibiotic resistant “priority pathogens”, a catalogue of 12 families of bacteria that posed threat to human health.
The Federal Government says it has equipped 1,000 healthcare centres for comprehensive HIV treatment in the country.
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.
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 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.
The United Nations Population Fund, UNFPA, on Wednesday said Nigeria would be saving $1.5 billion annually by investing in maternal health.
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.
