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The United States Agency for International Development, USAID, has disclosed that approximately 100,000 children die from diarrhoea in Nigeria annually. USAID Chief of Party, Dr. Ayodele Iroko, made this known at the Strengthening Health Outcomes through the Private Sector, SHOPS, project in Makurdi.
Iroko said to address the situation, “the project trained over 350 clinic level private providers in Lagos State; 500 officers-in-charge of public Primary Health Care facilities, and 4,500 Proprietary Patent Medicine Vendors, PPMVs, in Abia, Benue and Nasarawa states to recommend zinc and ORS for diarrhoea treatment.
Two Non-governmental Organisations (NGOs), Connected Development (CODE) and ONE Campaign, have commended the Federal Government for increasing funding for the healthcare sector in 2017.
The organisations expressed their satisfaction in separate statements made available to the News Agency of Nigeria on Thursday in Abuja by their respective chief executives. Mr Hamzat Lawal, Chief Executive Officer, signed for CODE, while Mr Edwin Ikhuoria, the Country Representative, signed for ONE Campaign.
Global progress on controlling malaria risks stalling due to an urgent need for more funding, the World Health Organization (WHO) warned in its annual report on Tuesday.Overall, the number of new cases fell by 21 percent between 2010 and 2015, and mortality rates fell by 29 percent 31 percent in the African region.
But globally there were still 212 million new cases and 429,000 deaths last year which could be prevented.
For example, 43 percent of the population in sub-Saharan Africa was not protected by treated nets or indoor spraying. The unprecedented progress in malaria is one of the biggest successes in healthcare history, Pedro Alonso, director of the WHO Global Malaria Programme, told reporters in London.
Some medical experts in Nigeria are asking the government to empower the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) to enable people at the rural areas have access to affordable medical treatment.
They expressed concern about the rising incidence at the Wellington Foundation's fourth annual continuing medical education course in Abuja, where they introduced a neuro-navigation system machine.Medical Tourism: Stakeholders lament superfluous sponsoring of overseas treatment
The Director, Purple Source Healthcare, Abayomi sule has said that despite government is not investing adequately in the health sector, it is also contributing to capital flight out of the country through sponsoring and reimbursing people who seek healthcare in countries like Indian, for health services available in the country.
Delivery his keynote address at the 2016 Annual General Meeting and Scientific Conference of the Association of Residence Doctors (ARD), National Orthopaedic Hospital Chapter, Lagos, with the theme, Medical Tourism in Nigeria: Reversing the Trend and Repositioning the Health Sector, Sule, bemoan the continued deteriorating state of the country's healthcare system. He said though medical tourism has been a long-standing issue, it has become so pervasive in Nigeria, as a result the healthcare system is being out outsourced to other nations.
Health Management Organisations (HMOs) under the aegis of Health and Managed Care Association of Nigeria (HMCAN) has denied receiving N351 billion in the last 11 years from the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS).
Lagos State governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode, on Thursday warned all child centered institutions both public and private, that the state government would no longer tolerate negligence in ensuring the safety and protection of children under their care.
The governor in a statement made available by the state’s Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Mr. Adeniji Kazeem also announced ratification of the first ever Executive Order establishing a Safeguarding and Child Protection Policy in the country. “Failure to adhere to the content of the policy would warrant significant repercussions varying from withdrawal of licenses to filing of criminal charges due to negligence,” Ambode warned.
Health Workers To Masari: Don’t Delay Restoration Of Suspended Salary
The Medical and Health Workers Union of Nigeria (MHWUN), Katsina State council, has reminded the state governor, Aminu Bello Masari, of his seven months old commitment that he would not tolerate any delay in restoring the Consolidated Health Salary Structure (CONHESS) in the local government councils across the state after verification.
The state chairman of the union, Comrade Hussini Hamisu, quoted the governor as initially giving the ad hoc committee on the verification of CONHESS and related allowances inaugurated in July, 2016, two week to submit its report.
Dr Mustapha Jibril, Niger State Commissioner for Health and Health Services, on Thursday urged health workers in the state to deliver quality health care to the people to reduce maternal and infant mortality.
Jibril, who made the call at a management retreat in Abuja, said the meeting was aimed at evaluating how far Niger State Ministry of Health had gone during the year.
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FG commits N550m for revitalisation of 110 Primary Health Centres – Minister
The Federal Government on Thursday said it has committed N550 million to renovate 110 primary healthcare facilities in the country as a pilot programme for the revitalisation of Primary Health Care Centres (PHCs) in Nigeria.
The Minister of Health, Prof. Isaac Adewole, made this known while briefing newsmen after inspecting the renovation of Kuchingoro PHC in Abuja.
Maternal, Child Mortality: Researchers Advise FG On Free Mother/Child Health
Researchers at the University of Nigeria Nsukka (UNN) have urged the Federal Government to reactivate Free Mother and Child Health (FMCH) Programme and initiate a law that will further back up the program to ensure sustainability.
Federal Government in 2008 initiated the FMCH programme to tackle the issue of poor maternal and child health indices. The programme however came to an end in 2015 with just little achievement to show for it.
Resident doctors of the University of Uyo Teaching Hospital (UUTH) on Tuesday protested against what they termed as poor healthcare system in the country. The doctors, who came out in their numbers at the hospital, wore black ribbons, saying that it was to signify the poor state of the healthcare system in the country.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the doctors displayed placards with inscriptions as, “The health system is dead, pay us our entitlement”; “Health institutions across the country are in a state of disrepair”.
The Ecuadorian Embassy has pledged to canvass support for improved healthcare delivery in Nigeria. To this end, the embassy said it would solicit financial support for Ukaigwe Health Empowerment and Learning (UHEAL), a charitable organisation.
Ecuador Ambassador to Nigeria, Leopoldo Rovayo, said this at a news conference in Abuja, on Friday, January 6.
