With the number of individuals living diabetes expected to rise to 592 million in the next 20 years, British Medical Journal (BMJ) has introduced an online postgraduate diabetes qualification program.
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
New Study Advocates Integration Of Healthcare And Social Care
A new study published today in the British Medical Journal recommended the incorporation of healthcare and social care. According to the researchers, there shouldn't be barrier between both services.
In Nigeria and other parts of the world, healthcare and social care are separate but according to this new study, both types of care are interwoven. They noted that social ills such as abuse, poverty, and lack of social connectedness had been strongly linked to poor health outcomes by many researchers.
"Individual needs can affect each other, amplifying disabilities, resulting in more complex and profound harms. Immobility breeds isolation, and isolation breeds depression. Health and social needs are two halves of a whole person," they stated.
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