Doctors in Kaduna state under the aegis of Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) have described as a national disaster, the declining immunization coverage in Nigeria, saying, there is urgent need for more direct community engagement on issues of routine immunization to improve community participation and ownership.
The first 2017 round of Maternal Neonatal tetanus Elimination Campaign had vaccinated 124,852 women against tetanus in seven local governments in Oyo State.
Chairman, Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) in Oyo State, Dr Mojisola Atalabi-Oladele, has asked female medical doctors to sponsor health bill and laws in Nigeria that will promote good health.
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has recorded more than 90 per cent decrease in polio outbreak in Africa in 2012, an official, Mr Basi Wadzin, has said.
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo yesterday lamented that Nigeria loses billions of naira to overseas medical trips annually. He spoke in Ado Ekiti, the Ekiti State capital, while commissioning the 400-bed Afe Babalola University Teaching Hospital (ABUADTH), Ado Ekiti.
The Federal Government said it has, in partnership with the World Diabetes Federation (WDF), established about 390 diabetes clinics in different parts of the country to address the growing problem of diabetes, which experts say, has assumed an epidemic proportion in Nigeria and several other countries in the world.
With greater accessibility to mobile technology and data, which have outpaced other forms of communications infrastructure in African, stakeholders in the health sector have been urged to harness opportunities of the disruptive and converging technology to promote access to quality healthcare for patients. According to a new report published by Jumia, Nigeria’s largest online retailer, Africa has 960 million mobile subscribers and 216 million Internet users at penetration rates of 80 percent and 18 percent, respectively, with Nigeria having 150 million mobile users.
Speaking at the Healthcare Federation of Nigeria (HFN) 2017 Digital Conference, with the theme: “Digital Health Technology Platform: Engaging Health Systems to Expand Access and Improved Quality”, the President, HFN, Clare Omatseye said, the rise of mobile technology is a new game-changer in healthcare as, it plays many role in ensuring access to quality healthcare both for patients and the professional.
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) and Rivers State Traders and Market Women Association (RSTMWA) has resolved to partner with each other to check the incidence of fake and counterfeit products in stores and market in Rivers State.
Three weeks ago, the Federal Government chose to be decisive and confrontational by speaking out on the air of arrogance and impunity flaunted by medical personnel under full government employment.
The United Nations Childrens Fund, UNICEF Wednesday said that with the recent 2 cases reported in Benue State yesterday, the number of cases so far recorded in Nigeria since the outbreak of the diseases now stands at 94 suspected cases with only 9 confirmed.
The Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) Kaduna State branch has applauded the contribution of the federal, state government alongside development partners such as the World Health Organisation (WHO) United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF) and a host of other stakeholders in the provision of vaccination services across the country.
The need to revitalise Federal Government-owned hospitals on Tuesday caught the attention of the Senate as the lawmakers charged the Finance Ministry to prioritise release of funds to the Ministry of Health.
Though there has been a substantial decline in global measles death, Nigeria still tops the chart of number of children not vaccinated against measles. A new report published by the World Health Organisation indicates that 20.8 million children worldwide are still missing their first measles vaccine dose and more than half of these unvaccinated children live in six countries.
