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FG orders free fistula surgeries in tertiary hospitals
Cross River receives EngenderHealth team OGOJA – The Federal government has directed all teaching hospitals and Federal Medical Centres in the country to wave payment of surgery and laboratory fees
Malnutrition: How UNICEF, Kaduna govt rescue children from early graves with RUTF
It was difficult to believe that children with such acutely-malnourished looks and in such huge number could be seen in just two local government areas of Kaduna state. They looked
Stakeholders laud UNODC as ‘Support to Justice Sector in Nigeria’ Project ends
New EU ‘successor project’ takes off ABUJA – The United Nations Office for Drugs and Crime (UNODC) formally ended its five-year ‘Support to Justice Sector in Nigeria’ project today amid
CMUL inducts new doctors
Provost stresses need for ethical practice and team work The first batch of 2016 Medical & Dental graduands of College of Medicine, University of Lagos, Idi-Araba have been charged to
FUNAAB to get diabetes centre
The Board of Trustees, Centre for the Advancement of Research in Diabetes in Nigeria, has concluded plans to establish a diabetes research centre in the Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta
Accountability Coalition group lauds FG on transparent immunization data
Urges concerted effort to improve nationwide coverage Accountability Coalition group, Community Health and Research Initiative (CHR) and Track Health have lauded the Federal Government for improved transparency in reporting the
Lassa fever: Lagos calls for calm
LUTH confirms 3 cases on admission, says they are responding to treatment The Chief Medical Director of the Lagos University Teaching Hospital, Prof. Chris Bode, today confirmed that three out
LUTH confirms Lassa fever cases
Two dead, two on admission Edo state also reports two cases The Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH) today confirmed the death of two patients from Lassa fever. Two others, one
Free fistula repairs moves to Kwara
Health Commissioner says government will increase fistula budget SOBI, KWARA STATE – The Commisioner for health, Kwara State, Dr. Sulaiman Alege, said the state government has plans to increase budget
TBAs, others urged to promote exclusive breastfeeding
To increase the rate of exclusive breastfeeding in Lagos, private sectors as well as traditional birth attendants, (TBAs) have been charge to encourage pregnant and lactating mothers seeking health care
Emir of Shonga urges subjects to embrace maternal death prevention care
Cautions against prolonged labour at home SHONGA, KWARA STATE – In a bid to prevent child birth complications and deaths, the Emir of Shonga in Edu Local Government Area of
Young lab scientists charged on future of Nigerian medical diagnosis
FG not serious with Lassa Fever epidemic, Prof. Dennis Agbonlahor, ex-AMLSN President says ABUJA – The future of medical diagnosis in Nigeria lies in the hands of upcoming medical laboratory
Groups urge men to encourage their wives to sustain exclusive breastfeeding
As part of its activities to commemorate the 2017 World breastfeeding week, members of Save the Children, Stop Diarrhoea Initiative (STI), in partnership with Lagos State government with support from
Why Nigerians shun PHCs – Okara
Immediate past president, Association of Medical Laboratory Scientists of Nigeria, AMLSN, Dr. Godswill Okara, on Friday decried ‘increasing’ neglect of primary health centres, PHCs, by Nigerians for secondary and tertiary
Lagos moves to sustain exclusive breastfeeding
Commemorates the 2017 World Breastfeeding Week The Lagos State government today appealed to residents including nursing mothers and care givers to embrace the practice of Exclusive Breastfeeding and visit any
Group solicits funds for indigent patients
Says monthly N500 donation will save a soul Launches ‘NONE SHOULD DIE’ project for accident victims Health Emergency Initiative (HEI) a nongovernmental organization that stands in the gap for the
Nigeria’s exclusive breastfeeding rate rises to 25%
As FG launches fresh campaigns to rev practice ABUJA – For the first time ever, exclusive breastfeeding of new-borns in Nigeria is 25 percent. The rate jumped from 17 percent
Nigeria constitutes GFF CSOs working group
Targets increased funding, accountability on maternal, child health ABUJA – Pursuant to recent approval of the Global Financing Facility (GFF) for Every Woman Every Child Investors Group which unanimously approved
MeCAM partners GAIN, SBN on ‘2017 Nutrition Symposium’
ABUJA – As part of strategies to provide adequate information that would help improve nutrition in Nigeria, a non-governmental advocacy group, Media Centre Against child Malnutrition (MeCAM) in conjunction with
NCDC cautions against health hazards associated with flooding
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, says Nigerians should resist some habits that might result in health hazards during flooding, as rains continue to pound some cities across Nigeria.
How testing prevents hepatitis spread, death – Anyaike
● We support Nigeria against virus – WHO‘ ABUJA – Testing for hepatitis in health facilities remains a major strategy for controlling the virus, public health specialist and Head, Prevention,
‘More Nigerian children may die from vaccine-preventable diseases from 2021 unless…’
● Chairman, National Immunization Financing Task Team, Dr. Ben Ayene says there’s N101.5bn deficit in local funding of immunization ● Says each Nigerian child needs “only” N13,000 for vaccination, yearly
World Hepatitis Day: Translate plans to action for elimination
• WHO urges countries GENEVA – Amid staggering statistics showing that viral hepatitis caused no fewer than 1.34 million deaths and affected 325 million people worldwide in 2015, The World
Checking the menace of TB in Nigeria: The Agbami example
Tuberculosis, popularly known by its abbreviation, TB, has existed for millennia and remains a major global health problem. It causes ill-health in millions of people each year and in 2015