A Former Minister of Health, Prof Onyebuchi Chukwu, has said that Nigeria about is losing N175 billion annually to medical tourism. Chukwu made the claim at opening ceremony of the 2017 Faculty of Clinical Sciences 10th Faculty Week & Scientific Conference, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, on Tuesday, with theme: “Medical Tourism in Nigeria”. He said […]
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Six suspected cases of Mokeypox have been recorded in Agbor, Delta State. This is according to information made available to newsmen by the state’s commissioner for health, Dr. Nicholas Azinge. Three of the suspected cases have been treated and discharged. Two of the cases are still being treated at the Federal Medical Centre in Asaba, […]
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Residents of Maiyola, a community of 3,000 residents in Kajuru Local Government Area of Kaduna State, have said that they lose an average of one pregnant woman monthly due to absence of antenatal services. The residents said in separate interviews with the News Agency of Nigeria that they also lose a lot of children under […]
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As part of efforts to decrease maternal and infant mortality rate in Nigeria, the Federal Government has said that it plans to launch a new campaign on family planning. The government also plans to ensure that about 7.3 million Nigerian women have access to family planning. Dr. Adebimpe Adebiyi, Director, Family Health Planning, Federal Ministry […]
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The Bayelsa State Government has opened a Dialysis Center in the state to bring relief to people with kidney and other related health challenges. The centre, according to Dickson is part of his reform of the health sector. The governor disclosed this on Wednesday in Yenagoa after undertaking a tour of the newly equipped Government House […]
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At least 269 Nigerians have been killed in the last few weeks by meningitis, across the country. The death toll in Zamfara is as high as 80, leading residents of Gusau to appeal for government help to prevent the disease. The appeal was made by a cross section of residents interviewed by newsmen. Earlier this March, the […]
Continue ReadingThe Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Friday said Nigeria recorded the largest outbreaks of Lassa fever in its history between 2015 and 2016, with 273 reported cases resulting to 149 deaths. Dr Chikwe Ihekweazu, Chief Executive Officer of NCDC said this in a statement in Lagos. Ihekweazu said the cases were reported from […]
Continue ReadingThe National Association of Resident Doctors, NARD, has given the Federal Government up to January 2 to implement the National Health Act and other demands or face withdrawal of service. Addressing journalists in Enugu after its emergency executive committee meeting in Abuja, its President, John Onyebueze, said the government should also implement the July 14 […]
Continue ReadingFive confirmed cases of Lassa fever were reported from four states of Nigeria within the ending of August and early September, the Nigerian Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, said. The agency said two cases were reported in Plateau State, one each in Rivers, Bauchi and Gombe states. “The case reported from Gombe died on 22nd […]
Continue ReadingThe Delta State Ministry of Health has confirmed one person dead and 32 others on surveillance following the reported case of Lassa fever.The state Commissioner for Health, Dr Nicholas Azinge, in a statement on Monday in Asaba, said that the state recorded one death from Lassa fever after a medical doctor in the state died […]
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