Nigerian doctors rated above foreign counterparts
The Minister of Health, Prof. Isaac Adewole, on Monday canvassed patronage for Nigerian doctors, declaring their services better than their counterparts abroad.
Adewole said this during the commissioning of the Maternity and Neonatal Wards and Central Pharmacy Building at the Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospital Complex (OAUTHC), Ile-Ife in Osun.
FG approves new National Health Policy
The Federal Executive Council has approved a new National Health Policy aimed at promoting the health of Nigerians to accelerate socio-economic development in the country.
The Minister of Health, Prof. Isaac Adewole, made this known when he briefed State House correspondents on the outcome of the FEC meeting, which was presided by the Acting President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo.
Wike Sacks Health Commissioner
The Rivers State Governor, Chief Nyesom Wike, on Wednesday, sacked the state Commissioner for Health, Dr. Theophilus Odagme. The news of Odagme’s sacking was contained in a statement issued by the Special Assistant to the Governor on Electronic Matters, Mr. Simeon Nwakaudu.Ezeibe’s HIV Experiment Illegal – Health Minister
The Minister of Health, Prof. Isaac Adewole, on Wednesday said it had been established that the experiment carried out by a professor of veterinary medicine and clinical virology was illegal.Drug Insecurity Persists as Customs Implements 20% Duty on Imported Medicines
Most Nigerians may not be able to afford even essential medicines as the Nigerian Customs Service (NCS) begins the implementation of 20 per cent duty on imported pharmaceutical products.ABUTH Health workers demand improved welfare
Workers of Ahmadu Bello University Teaching Hospital (ABUTH), Zaria, Kaduna State, on Wednesday staged a peaceful protest demanding for improved condition of service.
The aggrieved workers, acting under the umbrella of Joint Consultative Forum (JCF), protested against what they alleged as anomalies in the 2016 promotion and non-payment of accumulated arrears of entitlements.
Rivers has adequate PHC Centres, lacks facilities –Director
Dr Clement Edet, Director, Planning and Statistics, Rivers Primary Healthcare Management Board says the state has adequate Primary HealthCare centres (PHC), but lacked facilities.
Edet disclosed this in Port Harcourt on Wednesday at a training workshop on “Healthcare financing.”
Overseas treatment: Health workers protest in Abuja
Health workers under the aegis of the National Union of Allied Health Professionals took to the streets, in Abuja, on Tuesday, to protest what they described as rot in the health sector.
Specifically, the workers condemned the overseas medical trips by senior citizens of the country, saying if the health sector was running properly, Nigerian elite would not need to travel abroad for treatment.
‘We are in the next phase of the malaria vaccine trial’ – Bill Gates Foundation
The Director for Vaccines at the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Dr. Orin Levine, has said that scientists are going to the next phase of evaluation for the malaria vaccine candidate.
Levine, in a telephone conversation with our correspondent in Lagos on Monday, spoke on the Bill and Melinda Gates 2017 Annual Letter. He said that experts, researchers and physicians at the organisation were working towards finding solutions to neglected infectious diseases killing children and adults in Africa.
LASUTH Signs MoU with Indian Hospital
The Lagos State University Teaching Hospital, Ikeja, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Yashoda Hospitals, India.
