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The Nigerian Union of Allied Health Professionals says it will go ahead with its nationwide indefinite strike until the Federal Government meets its members’ demands.
Members of NUAHP who commenced indefinite strike on Monday include dental therapists, medical physicists, health information officers, clinical psychologists and medical social workers.
NAFDAC to Order NBC to Put Written Warning on Dangers of Fanta and Sprite Bottles When Consumed with Vitamin C
Lagos High Court sitting at Igbosere has ordered the National Agency For Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) to order the Nigerian Bottling Company (NBC) Plc to put a written warning on Fanta and Sprite bottles stating that both soft drinks are poisonous when consumed along with Vitamin C.Medical Doctors under the aegis of NMA in Ondo state have called off their 5 weeks long strike following the payment of one month salary out of the seven months owned it members. The decision to call off the strike was arrived at after an emergency general meeting of the association. Below is the message sent to its members :
The Hon. Minister of Health, Prof. Isaac Adewole has inaugurated Inter- Agency Primary Health Care revitalization Supply Chain Committee and also commissioned health centre power kits to coordinate logistics in the supply chain and distribution of drugs and other health commodities in the health sector.
In his remarks during the inauguration on Thursday 9th march, 20 17 in Abuja, the Minister of Health, Prof. Isaac Adewole said that the committee would work with the existing structure of the national product supply chain management programme and Nigeria supply chain integration project.
Doctors in the country have expressed worries over the rise in non-communicable diseases in Nigeria and said the trend was a development that needed an urgent attention.
The Oyo State Commissioner for Health, Dr. Azeez Adeduntan, on Tuesday said the state would launch a N50b endowment fund to resuscitate the health sector in the state.
The federal government has been urged to address the inequity and inequality in the healthcare sector by strengthening manpower and infrastructure in the health system.
Kogi Governor, Alhaji Yahaya Bello (2nd right) at the official flag off of Health Intervention Programme in Lokoja on Tuesday.
The Nigeria Medical Association, NMA, Imo state, yesterday, gave Governor Rochas Okorocha, 21 days ultimatum to fix the health sector of the state. In a press statement issued to newsmen in Owerri, by the state Chairman of NMA, Dr. Darlington Akukwu, said the health sector is in danger. 
The Federal Government has inaugurated a committee to supervise the $500 million grant disbursement to the 36 states of the federation and FCT to address maternal and child health challenges in the country.
The Minister of Health, Prof. Isaac Adewole, inaugurated the committee during a retreat organised by the federal programme management unit of the Saving One Million Lives (SOML) Programme for Results (PforR) on Wednesday in Abuja.
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The Federal Government has approved Sayana Press injectable contraceptive for self-injection by users, a change which advocates hope will improve access to the product.
The United Kingdom has already approved self-injection. Other countries are considering doing the same.
Consultant, Public Health, University of Benin Teaching Hospital, Dr. Bodeno Ehis, says no fewer than 100,000 new cases of cancer are diagnosed yearly in Nigeria.
In a speech entitled: “Cancer Awareness and Prevention’’at a lecture in honour of the late Mrs. Omawunmi Udoh, a lawmaker in Delta State House of Assembly on Sunday in Warri, he observed that the figure accounted for 12.5 per cent globally.
Over 1,222 students of Queens College (QC) in Yaba, Lagos State have been reportedly treated at the school’s clinic for abdominal pain, fever, vomiting and diarrhea.
In a report by SaharaReporters, a recent laboratory report shows that since the beginning of January 2017, several students of the institution have been treated for various pipe borne water and other diseases.
Akwa Ibom is to begin its first-ever survey of HIV/AIDS statewide to fill gaps in its data about the condition. Some 3,257 households and 16,936 individuals, including 7,791 children, are mapped to be sampled across all 31 local government areas of the state starting on April 1.
The survey is funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), with technical support from FHI360 under a project called Strengthening Integrated Delivery of HIV/AIDS Services (SIDHAS).
