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The Chief of Surgery, Lagoon Hospitals, Dr Jimi Coker, has said that a third of patients that travel abroad for medical services, especially in cases of emergency, die in transit.
Coker, who spoke on the impact of medical tourism on the country during a panel discussion at the Healthcare Stakeholders Conference 2017 in Lagos, said it was high time Nigerians looked inward for their medical needs.
Health Minister Isaac Adewole has submitted the weekly report of the state of the Nation’s public health to the Federal Executive Council. He told statehouse correspondents at the end of the weekly FEC meeting in Abuja that the ministry was tracking four major diseases out breaks. “Council received the weekly report on the state of public health in Nigeria and we did inform council about four major outbreaks that we are currently tracking. “One is Lassa Fever and we are quite happy that there is a major decline in a number of reported cases. We have also not reported any deaths in the last two weeks but we still have two cases reported from Edo last week.New antibiotics cannot combat growing threat of antimicrobial resistance – WHO
Few new antibiotics currently in the pipeline cannot combat the growing threat of antimicrobial resistance, a World Health Organisation (WHO) report has said. “Most of the drugs currently in the clinical pipeline are modifications of existing classes of antibiotics and are only short-term solutions. “Antimicrobial resistance is a global health emergency that will seriously jeopardise progress in modern medicine,” WHO Director-General, Tedros Adhanom, said in a statement on Thursday in New York.
“The report found very few potential treatment options for those antibiotic-resistant infections identified by WHO as posing the greatest threat to health, including drug-resistant tuberculosis which kills around 250,000 people each year.
GOOD news for Nigerians prone to common health issues and disorders related to lifestyle such as diabetes, cardiovascular disorders, stroke , cancer etc., as the 1st lifestyle clinic in the country – Grover Medical’s Lifestyle Clinic, in collaboration with Artemis Hospitals Gurgaon, India – made its debut in Lagos recently.
INAUGURATION: Guests at the inauguration ceremony of Grover Medical’s Lifestyle Clinic and Artemis Hospital, made its debut in Lagos. Speaking during the inauguration ceremony, the Medical Director, Dr Mrs Arvinder Grover, said the Clinic has been established as a special purposed vehicle to drive the campaign and necessity for preventive health through effective lifestyle modification and clinical management.
Nigerian health workers ignore minister, commence nationwide strike
The Joint Health Sector Union, JOHESU, has insisted on going on strike in spite of the Minister of Health’s plea with the association not to do so. The strike commenced in the early hours of Thursday, the union, whose membership includes other hospital workers apart from doctors, said.
The strike is coming a few days after the National Association of Resident Doctors called off its ten days national industrial action that crippled health activities at both secondary and tertiary health institutions
A vaccination campaign for Yellow fever is planned to begin in Ifelodun local government area of Kwara by September 30 to prevent further spread of infection.Ifelodun is site where a girl in the community of Oke Owa is reported yo have contracted Yellow fever on September 12.
Barely 10 days after the Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) called off their strike, National Hospital Abuja is facing a total grounding of health activities due to health workers strike.
Health workers under the aegis of Joint Health Sector Unions (JOHESU) had commenced strike on September 21, 2017 citing lack of commitment on the side of the federal government to improving health infrastructure and welfare of workers.
HEALTHPLUS LAUNCHES HEALTHY HEART CHECK SERVICE
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In a groundbreaking historic event, a first in the history of Nigerian health sector initiatives, HealthPlus Pharmacy, partnering with HealthCheck Diagnostics and Wellness Ltd , launched the Healthy Heart Check Service today, 26th of September 2017.
To celebrate the World Heart Day, (September 29th) HealthPlus launched the Healthy Heart Check Service, which is one of the many value-adding services that they offer to meet the health needs of the communities and environs in which they serve. In her keynote address, the Founder/CEO, Mrs Bukky George stated that "Heart disease is one of the greatest causes of premature death. In Nigeria, 436 males and 476 females out of every 100,000 die as a result of cardiovascular diseases and diabetes. These deaths can be prevented.
The Nigerian Medical Association has appealed to the Delta State Government to suspend the state Contributory Health Scheme until the scheme is gazetted in line with the enabling laws establishing it.
NMA also demanded the refund of deductions made by the state government from civil servants August salaries, stressing that government was not ready for the commencement of the programme. In a communiqué issued on Wednesday, the state chairman and secretary of the NMA, Dr. Cletus Otene and Dr. Omo Ekene, described the August deductions as illegal.
25.5 Million Unsafe Abortions Performed Annually, Mostly in Poor Regions – WHO
The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Thursday said dangerous methods were used in nearly half of the 55.7 million abortions carried out each year globally. A WHO study shows that anti-abortion laws raise health risks for women. More...
Indigenous funding, key to effective health, economic development
The Civil Society Platform on Health (CSPH) has called on the Federal Government to move healthcare to a first line charge and concentrate on indigenous funding as vaccine-preventable disease continue to claim many lives.
The call was made in a media chat with journalists to showcase contributions for better health outcome and to encourage the media to take up advocating health issues with their news items as indigenous funding is key to effective healthcare delivery.
There appears not to be any headway in the negotiation between the Federal Government and the striking health workers in the country.
At the end of their reconciliation meeting in Abuja, which was chaired by the Federal Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige and Health Minister, Issac Adewole, both parties differed over the legality of the ongoing industrial action by the Joint Health Sector Union (JOHESU).
HIV: FG providing ARV treatment for additional 50,000 persons annually
The Federal government has committed to provide antiretroviral drugs to additional 50,000 Nigerians living with HIV each year.
Nigeria’s commitment was announced in a speech by President Muhammadu Buhari at the high-level side event convened by Ugandan President of Uganda, Yoweri Museveni, in collaboration with UNAIDS, during the 72nd United Nations General Assembly in New York, USA.
AHAPN REJOINDER TO NMA CALL TO FG TO REJECT SALARY INCREASE FOR JOHESU MEMBERS
ASSOCIATION OF HOSPITAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE PHARMACISTS OF NIGERIA (AHAPN) NATIONAL HEADQUARTERS
The Honourable Minister, 3rd October, 2017
Federal Ministry of Labour and Employment,
Federal Secretariat,
Abuja
Sir,
RE: AN URGENT CALL FOR AN INTERVENTION TO REDRESS ABERRATIONS IN HEALTH SERVICE IN NIGERIA
The recent letter from the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) to your office with the above caption refers. The Association of Hospital and Administrative Pharmacists of Nigeria (AHAPN) is the umbrella of all Pharmacists that work in hospitals (government and private) and administrative positions such as Ministry of Health (both State and Federal), regulatory agencies such as NAFDAC, Pharmacists Council of Nigeria (PCN) and others.
