Kaduna state government has confirmed a case of Lassa fever in Chikun local government area but said that the patient is being treated at the designated infectious disease control centre. A statement signed by the […]
Moved by the successes recorded during his first medical outreach and increasing demands of his people, the senator representing Adamawa South senatorial district, Senator Binos Yaroe, has organised another medical outreach for the people of […]
Association of Resident Doctors, Alex Ekwueme Federal University Teaching Hospital Abakaliki (AE-FUTHA) branch has called on the management of the institution to pay their December N50 million salary shortfall. The group which embarked on a […]
Despair is the word as Otuo residents in Edo state await endlessly the commissioning of women/children hospital 40 years after the foundation was laid. AIDELOJE OJO takes a look at the political intrigues associated with […]
The Chairman, Senate Committee on Health, Senator Ibrahim Yahaya Oloriegbe, weekend said that the ninth National Assembly had mapped out strategies to discourage medical tourism abroad, parts of the measures, he said, was the creation […]
A physician, Dr Kenenna Obiatuegwu, has called for a review of the Nigeria Medical Association (NMA) constitution to make it tarry with all aspect of Nigeria constitution. Obiatuegwu, in an interview with Blueprint, said it […]
The National Agency for the Control of AIDS (NACA) has urged Nigerians to know their HIV status as we enter into a New Year. NACA Director General Dr Aliyu Gambo said the agency has been partnering with development and […]
The hospital established 60 years ago means different things to different people. BASHIR MOHAMMED writes that due to high cost, only the affluents can afford it’s services at the moment.Sixty years in the life of […]
By putting a round peg in a round hole, Gov Yahaya Bello has been able to turn around the fortunes of primary healthcare in Kogi state as SALIHU OYIBO reports. Apparently, the introduction of primary […]
Kaduna state government has commended Nigerian Breweries Plc for building an accident and emergency ward for Gwamna Awan General Hospital Kakuri and also donating seven boreholes to several communities in the state. Speaking at the […]
Professor Stella Iwuagwu is a public health expert, director of Sustainable Demonstration Farms (SDF) in Orozo, Abuja, and executive director Centre for the Right to Health (CRH). In this interview with PAUL OKAH, she explains […]
Kaduna state Commissioner for Health, Dr Amina Mohammed Baloni, has declared in Kaduna that all obstetric services (ANC), delivery and surgical intervention for pregnant women are free. Speaking during high level conference on Obstetric Fistula […]
Tragedy struck early Wednesday morning when Senator representing Imo North Senatorial District, Benjamin Uwajumogu, slumped inside his bathroom and died. Immediate past Governor of Imo state and the Senator representing Imo West Senatorial District, Rochas […]
During an end-of-the-year score card assessment of UNICEF activities in Jigawa state recently, the global body commended the state government for its commitment towards the well-being of children. BAYO MUHAMMAD ALABIRA writes. The United Nations Children […]
Yobe state government said it’s ready to meet the Universal Health Coverage (UHC) before the 2030 dateline. State Commissioner of Health, Dr. Lawan Gana made the disclosure at the UHC commemoration day with a theme […]
Barely 11 days into the indefinite industrial action embarked by Medical and Dental Consultants Association of Nigeria (MDCAN), Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University Teaching Hospital (COOUTH) Amaku, Awka Chapter, 10 consultants and 35 resident doctors have […]
Inadequate personnel, poor infrastructure and others pose concern to mothers, children and others in accessing basic healthcare in Enugu State. OKECHUKWU ONUEGBU.It was also learnt that the health workers demand registration fees of between N1,000 […]
Inadequate personnel, poor infrastructure and others pose concern to mothers, children and others in accessing basic healthcare in Enugu State. OKECHUKWU ONUEGBU investigates this. On Wednesday June 15, 2017 when Mrs Anastasia Nworie was in […]
South African anti-apartheid icon Desmond Tutu has been discharged from hospital in Cape Town, his office said on Monday, after being treated for a recurring infection. The retired archbishop, who has been receiving treatment for […]
The Director General, National Primary Healthcare Development Agency (NPHCDA) has urged Nigerian politicians and elites to adopt a primary healthcare center close to them and support them with critical needs to boost healthcare in Nigeria. Nigeria […]
To curb brain drain in Nigeria and encourage doctors and other health professionals in Nigeria to stay back and practice their profession, experts have advocated increased budgetary allocation to the nation’s health sector. This advocacy […]
The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), in collaboration with Kaduna state Ministry of Health and Fifth Chukker Polo and Country Club, will organise a one-day conference on the need to urgently end Vesico Vaginal Fistula […]
The South-East geographical region needs improved health care as OKECHUKWU ONUEGBU in this piece reports.Health is wealth as the popular maxim encapsulates its importance to the health of mankind. This is obvious given that only […]
South African Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu, a prominent anti-apartheid activist and Nobel laureate, is back in hospital due to a “stubborn infection,” his foundation said on Wednesday. “The Archbishop has been hospitalised several times over […]
The traditional ruler and Ovie of Otuo kingdom in Owan East local government of Edo state, Uzoyare J. S Ojeabuo, has appealed to Edo state governor, Godwin Obaseki, to commission the women and children hospital […]
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