healthcare
2 days ago
The government of Israel on Friday, pledged to deepen collaboration with Nigeria in advancing healthcare services in line with President Bola Tinubu’s Renewed Hope Agenda. The Israeli Ambassador to Nigeria, Michael Freeman, disclosed this in Abuja, against the backdrop of the Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary symposium. The theme of the symposium is: “Bridging the gap in Hepato-pancreatic-biliary surgery…
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The Anambra Government has suspended a health worker, Mrs Njideka Ezeihejiofor, for refusing to attend to a pregnant woman who delivered a stillborn baby outside the health facility on Tuesday. The suspension of Ezeihejiofor was approved on Friday by the disciplinary panel chaired by the state’s Commissioner for Health, Dr Afam Obidike, after investigating the…
2 days ago
For over three months, Nigeria’s premier teaching hospital, the University College Hospital (UCH), Ibadan, grappled with an unprecedented power crisis that disrupted surgeries, paralysed diagnostic services, and turned the once-revered facility into a dark abyss.
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The Oyo State government released last year’s Reproductive, Maternal, Newborn, Child, Adolescent Health and Nutrition (RMNCAH+N) Scorecard, which evaluated key performance indicators (KPIs) and assessed progress in the healthcare sector.
6 Feb
Nigeria's leading pharmaceutical company, Fidson Healthcare Plc, has appointed three new directors to its board to enhance governance
23 Jan
A new study has identified technological limitations, inadequate infrastructure, and professional resistance as significant barriers to adopting cloud-based health centres in Benue State.
17 Jan
Governor Ahmed Ododo of Kogi has promised to implement extensive reforms in the state’s healthcare services to maximise benefits for residents. The governor made the pledge at a stakeholders’ engagement on primary healthcare revitalisation on Friday in Lokoja. Ododo, who was represented by his deputy, Joel Salifu, announced the introduction of periodic spot checks on…
16 Jan
The Katsina State Government has strongly condemned the recent attack on Kankara hospital by bandits, who shot a medical doctor and abducted three others. Reacting to the incident, Gov. Dikko Radda of Katsina said that security would be beefed up in all healthcare facilities to safeguard the lives of medical personnel and patients. In a…
16 Jan
The Federal Government plans to strengthen the tertiary healthcare system to curtail Nigerians’ frequent travel abroad to seek critical care services like kidney transplantation.
15 Jan
Tomog Foundation, an NGO owned by German Based Nurse practitioner ‘Omotoyosi Morgas’ recently completed its first activation, a Blood Pressure Awareness Outreach targeting rural areas. The initial phase focused on Lagos mainland, with two successful programs held on November 12th and 14th, 2024, providing care to over 300 elderly individuals. The outreach offered several services,…
7 Jan
The Federal Government, through the Office of the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), has inaugurated a modern 20-bed Primary Healthcare Centre (PHC) in Oreta Community, Igbogbo-Baiyeku Local Council Development Area (LCDA), Ikorodu, Lagos State. The efforts, officials said, are a monumental stride toward enhancing healthcare delivery in Lagos State.…
2 Jan
Experts have urged the government to strengthen healthcare systems and increase local investments in research for new drugs, vaccines and mosquito control methods to combat antimalarial resistance and vector resistance.
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Lagos Waste Management Authority (LAWMA) on Sunday issued a stern warning to property owners, agents, and private occupiers in the state to desist from illegal recycling and scavenging in unlicensed facilities. It also advised them to halt indiscriminate sorting, dumping, storing, and trading of recyclable waste in their facilities and public spaces around them. Commenting…
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Worried by rising security concerns and fraudulent activities within Ogun State’s informal transport sector, the Commercial Motorcycle (Okada) Riders Associations have announced a bold digital transformation aimed at revolutionizing riders’ accountability and public safety. Speaking on behalf of the chairmen of all affiliated motorcycle riders’ associations yesterday, Kayode Showunmi said the decision was reached during…
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The Conference of Speakers of State Legislatures of Nigeria has called on Rivers State Governor Siminalayi Fubara and other stakeholders to engage with the duly constituted Assembly to promote stability and progress in the state. In a communiqué signed by the Director General, Busari Sarafadeen, on behalf of the Chairman, Rt. Hon. Adebo Ogundoyin, the…
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A civil society group, the Rule of Law and Accountability Advocacy Centre (RULAAC), has urged the Police Service Commission (PSC) to order an independent investigation into the alleged kidnapping, extortion, and abuse of power involving members of the Enugu State Command of the Nigeria Police Force. RULAAC's appeal followed allegations by one Mr. Olu Agwu,…
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