Expert advocates citizen-focused new health system for Nigeria
Emeritus Professor Oladipo Akinkugbe has called for a new health system that is tailored to the needs of the ordinary man in the street
Why Nigerians defecate publicly
Special report on why improved public awareness is not enough to reduce public defecation in Nigeria
First aid tips to save accident victims
The first few minutes of a medical emergency are always critical, but nearly two thirds of us admit we wouldn’t know what to do
Study identifies risk factors associated with neonatal deaths in Nigeria
A new study has identified risk factors associated with neonatal deaths in Nigeria using the 2008 Nigeria Demographic and Health Survey
Doctors call for Lassa fever treatment centers in south east Nigeria
The South East zonal caucus of Nigeria Medical Association (NMA) has enjoined the Nigerian government to establish health centres and facilities where Lassa fever patients could be treated and managed
Laboratory test results are the cornerstone for diagnosis and treatment - Akinwale EA (PhD)
Air Commodore EA Akinwale (PhD), Air
Commodore, Commanding
Officer, 445 Nigerian Air Force Laboratory, has described laboratory test results as the cornerstone for patient diagnosis and treatment, he added that laboratory results are responsible for about 70 per cent of decisions on patients' diagnosis and treatment.
Nigerian pharmacists accuse health minister of favoritism
Olumide Akintayo, President of the Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria (PSN), has accused the Nigerian minister for health, Prof. Onyebuchi Chukwu of favoring doctors over healthcare professionals. He stated this in a chat with Guardian.
Strike cripples hospitals nationwide, state and local government hospitals set to join
HealthNewsNG partners Jobberman for latest medical jobs
HealthNewsNG has partnered with Nigeria's number one job recruitment Jobberman to make authentic health jobs accessible to all cadres of health professionals in search of job opportunities. With the development, readers can now access latest health jobs from all HealthNewsNG pages.
Nigeria's leaking condoms
Special Report by Paul Adepoju
Condoms, public health experts
believe are to a large extent the most popular and widely accepted method of
safe sex since it has become almost impossible to preach abstinence without
being taunted.
Furthermore, they are the cheapest tools in the global fight against HIV/AIDS and in many parts of the world including Africa condoms are freely distributed to everyone who care to have one.
Furthermore, they are the cheapest tools in the global fight against HIV/AIDS and in many parts of the world including Africa condoms are freely distributed to everyone who care to have one.
Expert recommends community health insurance scheme for Nigeria
Nigerian leaders are very bad examples - Yeni Kuti
Ms. Yeni Kuti, Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of The New Afrika Shrine and daughter of the late Fela Anikulapo-Kuti has described Nigerian leaders as bad examples whose lives are not worthy of emulation by Nigerian youths.
Invest in indigenous vaccines, experts urge Nigerian government
As the world anticipates the final results of the RTS,S vaccine for malaria, stakeholders in the Nigerian health sector have advised governments at all levels to support local vaccine projects with adequate funding.
Nigerian doctors make case for rejuvenation of primary health centers
Nigerian doctors through the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) have made case for the revamp of the nation's primary healthcare centers (PHCs). According to the association, this is necessary to ensure that qualitative healthcare services get to Nigerians at the grassroots.
International Youth Day - WHARC resurrects Fela's legacies
Yesterday in the ancient city of Benin city, Edo state, Nigeria, the Women’s
Health and Action Research Centre (WHARC) celebrated this year's International Youth Day with an event through which it sought to mainstream Nigerian youths into the development and social change agenda of the country.
Through PMTCT, we can protect future generations from HIV, says expert
As part of HealthNewsNG's special focus on HIV/AIDS, maternal and child health issues, Jennifer Ehidiamen spoke to Nurse Egga, an expert in Antiretroviral Therapy (ART) and Prevention of Mother-To-Child Transmission of HIV (PMTCT) who works in a general hospital in Nasarawa state, northern Nigeria.
New study links high glucose levels with dementia
A new study published in the New England Journal of Medicine has concluded that individuals with higher glucose levels are at greater risk of suffering from dementia even in the absence of diabetes.
Outbreak of cardiovascular disorders imminent in Nigeria - experts
Experts have enjoined Nigerian government and citizens to be conscious of cardiovascular conditions that are silent killers. These conditions they said have high public health significance.
Mandela is recuperating slowly and steadily - Zuma
Jacob Zuma, president of South Africa today announced that the nation's ailing former leader, Nelson Mandela is recording slow but consistent improvement in his health.
HealthNewsNG signs partnership deal for Pathology 2014 International Conference and Exhibition
HealthNewsNG.com is glad to officially announce it recently signed a partnership agreement with OMICS Group, organizers of the third International Conference and Exhibition on Pathology holding from April 14 to 16, 2014 in San Antonio, USA.
ExxonMobil partners Akwa Ibom state on malaria eradication
Vacancies at Babcock University Teaching Hospital and Delta State Government Health Mgt Board
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Babcock University Teaching Hospital, Ilishan Remo, Ogun state and Delta State Government Health Management Board have announced vacancies for various healthcare professionals.
UNILAG announces deadline for postgraduate admission application
The University of Lagos has announced the deadline for the submission of applications for the 2013/2014 admission into various programmes at the institution's postgraduate school is Thursday August 15, 2013.
Call For Abstracts: Global Health and Innovation Conference at Yale University
Organizers of the Global Health & Innovation Conference at Yale have made an official call for abstracts. In a statement, Unite for Sight described the conference as the world's largest and leading global health conference as well as the largest social entrepreneurship conference.