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
Strength and fitness would determine who wins the UEFA Champions League Final tonight
Countries will make decisions on the implementation of RTS,S malaria vaccine - PATH
PATH
Malaria Vaccine Initiative has revealed that individuals would decide whether to implement the RTS,S malaria vaccine in their immunization programs or not.
Q&A: lodox CIT will save the lives of many trauma patients in Nigeria - Pieter de Beer
Pieter De Beer is the Chied Executive Officer of lodox critical imaging technology. He spoke to HealthNewsNG.com about how the technology would improve trauma care at the National Hospital Abuja, the principle behind the technology and plans to have more lodox machines in the 6 geographical zones of Nigeria.
Abasha African salad, others responsible for cholera outbreak - health commisioner
Lagos state has become the latest Nigerian state affected by cholera outbreak that has affected many states of the federation. Addressing an emergency press conference, the state’s Commissioner for Health, Dr. Jide Idris confirmed
there have been 13 cases of the disease while people are dead.
Expert makes case for proper management of stroke
Dr Peter Alabi, Chief Medical Director of University of Abuja Teaching
Hospital, has made case for the proper management of stroke. This according to
him is essential to reduce the risk of subsequent episodes.
Q&A: No end in sight for Nigerian resident doctors’ strike - Dr. Lawal Ismail Akinlade
Dr. Lawal
Ismail Akinlade is the immediate past national president of the Nigerian Association
of Resident Doctors (NARD) which is currently trading
blames with the Nigerian government over the protracted strike that is truncating
healthcare services in many tertiary teaching hospitals across Nigeria.
Prolonged strike connotes irresponsibility on the side of government – resident doctors
The Nigerian
Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) has disclosed that the prolongation of
the strike its members embarked on is a sign of irresponsibility on the side of
the Nigerian government. Dr. Lawal Ismail Akinlade, Immediate Past National President,
Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) stated this in an exclusive
interview with HealthNewsNG.com.
Q&A: Charlotte Paige-Smith speaks on Africa Healthcare Summit 2014
On February 20th and 21st 2014, Africa's health ministers and professionals would gather in a 5-star hotel in London for the first-ever Africa Healthcare Summit organised by Oliver Kinross, an international business research organization. In this exclusive interview, Charlotte Paige-Smith, a rep of the Oliver Kinross explains why an African healthcare summit would be held in London and what the continent would gain from the summit.
Only a small fraction of African population can afford private healthcare - Oliver Kinross
Oliver Kinross, an international business research organization has revealed that a large proportion of the African population cannot afford private healthcare and rely on the public health sector.
Medic West Africa Conference and Exhibitions set to kick off this Wednesday
informa life sciences and exhibitions, organizers of the Medic West Africa 2013 conference and exhibition have expressed their readiness to stage the event which holds this week at the Eko Convention Center, Eko Hotel Lagos, Nigeria.
Minister and doctors trade blames over protracted strike
The ongoing strike embarked on by Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) will enter its third week tomorrow despite the health minister's declaration that the strike is illegal and unwarranted.
Measles Immunization Programme Underway In Northern Nigeria
As part of efforts aimed at immunizing 35 million Nigerian children against measles, the Nigerian National Primary Healthcare Development Agency (NPHDA) has announced it is carrying out immunization exercise in the northern region of Nigeria from October 5 to October 9.
Ado Muhammad, NPHDA Executive Director said the ongoing exercise is the first of two phases of immunization programmes aimed at reducing the incidence of measles in Nigeria.
According to him, children in the southern region of Nigeria would participate in the second phase that would be held from November 2 to 6, 2013.
In the first phase, he said the 19 northern states of Nigeria including the federal capital city of Abuja would be covered in the first phase.
The decision to embark on the immunization exercise he said is to prevent the serious implications of measles which is caused by a virus.
In September, Nigeria recorded more than 53,000 cases of measles with about 330 deaths. This represents a sharp increase from last year's figures when Nigeria only recorded 8,243 cases and only 104 deaths
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