Prof. Yusuf Usman, the Executive Secretary of the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS), has said that over 90 per cent of Nigerians eligible for the scheme have not been covered. Usman said this on Thursday in Sokoto at a public hearing on a bill to provide for Contributory Health Care Management scheme organised by the […]
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Nigerian Health workers under the aegis of the Joint Health Sector Unions (JOHESU) and Assembly of Healthcare Professional Associations have issued a 21-day ultimatum to the federal government to meet their demands or face a nationwide strike action. Comrade Biobelemoye Josiah and Comrade Ekpebor Florence, the national chairman and secretary of JOHESU respectively, said the […]
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A young man (name withheld) in China was rushed to hospital in the middle of the night after noticing his rectum had fallen out of his body. He told doctors that he had been using his mobile phone while on the toilet for over half an hour trying to poo. When they went to check […]
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Ninety per cent of households in Nigeria consume contaminated water and other impure substances, the Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey (MICS) has revealed. Mrs Maureen Zubie-Okolo, a Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist with UNICEF, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that the water and sanitation situation in the country was worrisome. She said although 64.1 per […]
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A woman in Cross River state has been reportedly killed by suspected Lassa Fever at the Intensive Care Unit of the University of Calabar Teaching Hospital. The woman, who was transferred from the Navy Hospital in Calabar to UCTH, was said to have come into the state from Taraba State. Although, a hospital source denied that […]
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Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State has confirmed the outbreak of Lassa fever, recording nine deaths He said on Saturday in Akure that 36 cases have also been confirmed. In a Akeredolu a state broadcast, he said a total of 102 suspected cases of Lassa fever were reported in eight local government areas of the […]
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Chinese scientists have made a breakthrough in infertility treatment that enables young women with damaged reproductive organs to have children. NAN reports that regenerative medicine experts at the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) and doctors at Nanjing Drum Tower Hospital have successfully used human umbilical cord mesenchyme stem cells to rehabilitate a woman’s damaged ovary. This […]
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Prominent African business and healthcare sector leader Dr Awele Elumelu welcomed her appointment as a Gavi Champion for Immunisation in Africa. “Childhood immunisation is a critical intervention and I am honoured to play a role in this important programme, targeting almost 10 million African children, who are not fully immunised,” said Dr Elumelu during the […]
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The Nigerian Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) says 10 states of the country are battling with Lassa fever with 107 suspected cases and 16 deaths recorded since the beginning of the year. The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of NCDC, Dr. Chikwe Ihekweazu, in a statement yesterday said the Centre has activated its Emergency Operations Centre […]
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The Anambra State government has prohibited the drinking of garri in the state as a measure to prevent the contraction of Lassa fever. The state Commissioner for Health, Dr. Joe Akabuike, announced the ban while educating residents of the state on how to prevent the disease. “The garri you see spread along the highway while […]
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