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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.President of Healthcare Federation of Nigeria, Mrs. Clare Omatsaye Inducted as a Fellow of the Society of Corporate Governance Nigeria
The society for Corporate Governance Nigeria is the foremost Institution committed to the development and promotion of corporate governance best practices in Nigeria. It aims to be the recognized reference point both nationally and internationally in matters relating to corporate governance and provide a template for formulation and enforcement of corporate governance standards for Nigeria and other emerging economies, using the tools of rankings, seminars, workshops and trainings.
ADCEM Pharmaceuticals Limited Celebrates 25 years of Social Enterprise in Healthcare
For the last 25 years, ADCEM Pharmaceuticals Limited, have provided turn-key health services, from a social impact perspective. Their aim has been to ensure the availability and affordability of quality healthcare for all, especially those at the bottom of the pyramid and have partnered with various corporate organizations and Non-Governmental Organization (NGOs) to support public health institution with infrastructure and human resource development.
To commemorate its well documented and laudable strides within the health sector, ADCEM Pharmaceuticals, held a symposium focused on Social Enterprise in the Health Sector. The symposium aimed at elevating awareness among individuals in the health and non-health sectors on public health challenges, particularly as it affects those at the bottom of the pyramid.
The Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar III, on Thursday inaugurated the ultra-modern trauma centre at the Sokoto State Specialist Hospital, Sokoto. The Sultan commended the state government for constructing the centre which would “radically change the face of healthcare delivery in the state for good”.
Ahubakar III further called on people of the state to take full advantage of the facilities. “As leaders, we will continue to support government policies aimed at improving the lives of the people,” he said.
Ms Amina Mohammed, Deputy UN Secretary-General, has said more than 36.7 million people are living with HIV/AIDS and warned that the pandemic was still far from over,
Mohammed told delegations at the General Assembly’s annual review of the Secretary-General’s report. She called for a reinvigorated global response to HIV/AIDS and that tackling it required a life-cycle approach based on community-level solutions.
The World Health Organisation, WHO, says 7 million people die of tobacco use annually even as governments lose US$1.4 trillion to healthcare expenditure due to tobacco-related diseases annually. 
Akwa Ibom State House of Assembly has passed the bill for the establishment of the State Health Insurance Agency and Scheme into law, commending Governor Udom Emmanuel for making budgetary provision of N600 million for the scheme. 
The Australian State of New South Wales’ health department announced on Thursday that it would ban sugary soft drinks in all hospitals and care facilities by the end of 2017. This ban is imposed in order to combat the growing problem of obesity.
The move comes as part of NSW Health’s “Make Healthy Normal’’ campaign, which aims to achieve a five per cent reduction in overweight and obesity rates in adults by 2020.
Every year, on 14 June, countries around the world celebrate World Blood Donor Day (WBDD). The event serves to raise awareness of the need for safe blood and blood products and to thank blood donors for their life-saving gifts of blood.
Blood is an important resource, both for planned treatments and urgent interventions. It can help patients suffering from life-threatening conditions live longer and with a higher quality of life, and supports complex medical and surgical procedures. Blood is also vital for treating the wounded during emergencies of all kinds (natural disasters, accidents, armed conflicts, etc.) and has an essential, life-saving role in maternal and perinatal care.
Minister of State for Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire has enjoined the Medical Laboratory Science Council of Nigeria (MLSCN) to pursue international recognition. He gave the advice at the weekend during the commemoration of the World Accreditation Day organized by the council. More...
Prof. Ganiyu Arinola of the College of Medicine, University of Ibadan, says certain lifestyles including excessive consumption of alcohol may damage the human immune system with high risk of susceptibility to infections and life-threatening conditions such as liver cancer or liver diseases.
"Excessive alcohol may damage the immune system because alcohol reduces white blood cells (cells of defence system) and destroys essential nutrients like vitamins needed by the white blood cells to function well," Arinola, the Chemical Pathology lecturer, told NAN in Ibadan on Sunday, June 11.
Reps summon Minister of Health and others over plastic packaging of food and drinks
The House of Representatives has summoned Prof. Isaac Adewole, the Minister of Health and Yetunde Oni, the Acting Director-General of NAFDAC (National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control) to appear before it.
This summon is in order for the duo to give an explanation on the effect of plastic containers for the packaging of food and drinks. The summon was due to the motion moved by Hon. Sergius Ogun on the need to regulate the use of Bisphenol “A” plastics in the production of bottled water.
Global Health Leaders has reaffirmed their commitment to eradicate polio and provide $1.2 billion to finance efforts to end the disease. A statement made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday in Abuja by Mr Geoffrey Njoku, UNICEF Communication Specialist, said the leaders gave the assurance at the Rotary Convention in Atlanta.
The leaders included UNICEF Executive Director, Anthony Lake; Dr Anne Schuchat, Acting Director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; and WHO Director-General, Dr Margaret Chan.
A disgraced doctor who moonlighted on paid sick leave was today jailed after failing to pay back nearly £100,000 he fiddled from the NHS. Gynaecologist Dr Anthony Madu, 46, secretly carried out well-paid locum work at hospitals while getting sick pay from another hospital. Madu - who was described in court as 'irresponsible and dishonest' - sent £95,000 to a Nigerian bank account.
