By Abujah Racheal The Executive Secretary, National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA), Prof. Mohammed Sambo says effecient health insurance is key to driving health outcomes. Sambo said this in Abuja at the Health Financing Policy Dialogue forum with the theme: “Accelerating the Implementation of NHIA Act to Improve Health Insurance CoverageContinue Reading
By Folasade Akpan Federal Ministry of Health (FMoH) is seeking partnership with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) to foster health promotion and literacy among Nigerians. The ministry’s Director, Health Promotion Division, Mrs Ladidi Bako-Aiyegbusi said this during an advocacy visit to NAN in Abuja on Friday. According to her,Continue Reading
By Abujah Racheal The Chairman of the Senate Committee on Health, Sen. Ibrahim Oloriegbe, says he is hopeful that President Muhammadu Buhari will assent to the Public Health Emergency Bill before the end of his administration. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) the bill, when approved, would revoke the 96-year-oldContinue Reading
Prof. Oyinlola Oduyebo By Oluwafunke Ishola A Professor of Clinical Microbiology, Oyinlola Oduyebo, has appealed to medical practitioners to conduct laboratory investigations before prescribing antibiotics to patients to reduce Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) incidence. Oduyebo of the Department of Medical Microbiology and Parasitology, College of Medicine, Idi-Araba, Lagos, said this during aContinue Reading
Her Excellency Ellen Johnson Sirleaf and Rt Hon. Helen Clark have called on political leaders to commit to reforms in six essential areas in order to transform the international system for pandemic preparedness and response. They made the call in a statement on end of COVID-19 as a publicContinue Reading
By Abujah Racheal The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) said it was transiting the country from acute emergency response to managing COVID-19 as part of integrated healthcare delivery for all infectious diseases. This is followed by the World Health Organisation’s (WHO) declaration that COVID-19 is no longerContinue Reading
By Ekeoma Ogwo and Augusta Uchediunor No fewer than 1,685 school children in some communities in Ikorodu, Lagos State, have benefited from a “Free Eye Check, Diagnosis, Treatment and Eye Glasses Outreach’’ by the RESTORE Foundation For Child Sight, an NGO. The Executive Director of the Foundation, DrContinue Reading
By Oluwafunke Ishola Health experts in cancer care say there is need to upscale the number of mental health staff and support groups for cancer patients in order to improve treatment outcomes. The experts said this during a Cancer Summit organised by a coalition of NGOs operating underContinue Reading
By Salisu Sani-Idris Former Chief of Army Staff, Brig.-Gen. (rtd) Tukur Burutai, has expressed concern over the high rate of cervical cancer in Nigeria. Buratai raised the concern at the Public Presentation and Launch of a book titled: ‘NADAMA’, authored by Mrs Fatima Usara, held in Abuja. The News AgencyContinue Reading
By Aderogba George Mr Faruk Abubakar, the Secretary General/Registrar, Nursing and Midwifery Council of Nigeria (NMCN), has reiterated the council’s commitment toward having healthy mothers and babies in the country. He made the pledge during an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja on Friday on theContinue Reading
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