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
Ghana investigating first suspected case of Ebola virus disease
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation announces new grant awards
The Bill & Melinda Gates
Foundation have announced the latest set of grant awards for the Grand Challenges Explorations program.
National check-up day will reduce sudden deaths - NMA
The Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) has called for a National check-up day to tackle the menace of sudden deaths in the country.
OJB Jezreel Discharged From Hospital Following Successful Kidney Transplant Surgery
Ace Nigerian music producer, OJB Jezreel has been discharged from hospital following successful kidney transplant surgery in India. We can also exclusively reveal that the kidney was donated by his wife, Mabel.
Pregnant women in Nigeria confront many challenges - FHI 360
Pregnant women in Nigeria, according to Chamberlain Diala (PhD, MPH), Associate Director, the Global
Health, Population and Nutrition at FHI 360, are confronting a myriad of challenges, especially access to healthcare.Diala stated this in a chat with HealthNewsNG.com.
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.
National Hospital Abuja acquires lodox critical imaging technology
HealthNewsNG.com has exclusively gathered that the National Hospital Abuja has acquired lodox critical imaging technology and has become the first hospital in West Africa to acquire the only medical device in the world that gives high quality full body x-ray scan within 13 seconds.
UCH Ibadan debuts open heart surgery in Nigeria
Nigeria's premier teaching hospital, the University College Hospital Ibadan has become the first hospital in Nigeria to perform an open heart surgery. The surgery was performed on a 19-year old boy to correct a leaking heart valve.
According to Prof. Temitope Alonge, the operation lasted more than four hours and was carried out by the hospital in conjunction with a team from Tri-State Cardiovascular Delaware, USA, led by Dr. Kamar Adeleke.
“We are the pioneer teaching hospital in Nigeria, and we should be
taking the lead. We are going to do this and we intend to make it a
continuous exercise. In fact, within the next six months, we intend
carrying out not less than 30 heart related surgeries and at a price
that will be easily affordable to Nigerians," Alonge said.
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