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Challenges of tackling prescription medicines’ abuse, other psychoactive substances, by NAFDAC
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has expressed concerns about the abuse of prescription medicines and other psychoactive substances not under international control.
The fundamental objective of the drug control conventions is to achieve a balance between ensuring availability for medical and scientific purposes and preventing diversion to illicit use and abuse.
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) on Monday said Nigeria might face a drug abuse epidemic due to increasing influx of Tramadol into the country.
Mr Garba Ahmadu, the NDLEA Commander, Murtala Muhammed Airport Command, gave the warning at an event to mark the “UN International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking” in Lagos.
President Muhammadu Buhari has said Nigeria was committed to the provision of affordable healthcare facilities in the drive to have a healthy population.
At the commissioning of the Nigerian Navy Reference Hospital in Calabar on Tuesday, Buhari said that Nigeria’s primary health care system needs to be innovative and quality driven.
The CEO of Global Health Resources, Dr. Wale Alabi, has made a case for Public-Private Partnership in the delivery of quality health service to Nigerians. Alabi made the statement at the fifth edition of the Nigerian Healthcare Excellence Award held last Friday at the Eko Hotel and Suites, Victoria Island, Lagos.
Michael J.Porter is a lecturer in Molecular Genetics at the University of Central Lancashire. He insists that by understanding what happens inside our bodies we can learn to control stress and use it to our benefit.
Stress is great. It makes us faster, stronger, agiler and our brains have better recall and flexibility. That’s why people are willing to put themselves in stressful work situations or engage in extreme sports.
Stakeholders in the health sector are set for a roundtable discussion on the lack of sustainable healthcare in Nigeria.
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) on Tuesday said it had commenced training of 20,000 young pharmacists across the country as parts of its effort to stem menace of drug abuseAdamawa Attack : Hospital Decries Shortage of Materials to Cater for Victims
Dr Nuhu Tari, Principal Medical Officer (PMO) of the General Hospital Numan, Adamawa, on Tuesday decried inadequate medical materials to cater for the victims of recent attacks in Numan and its environs.
An outbreak of Lassa fever has allegedly claimed the life of Mr Henry Ehimati, a male nurse working with Okomu Oil Palm Company staff clinic, located in Ovia South-West Local Government Area of Edo.
The victim, said to be in his 30s and married with a child, works at the clinic, but lives with his family at Upper Sakponba area of Benin whenever he was off duty.
Minister Wants TB Test Result to Be Pre-Requisite For Employment, Admission in Schools
The Minister of health, Professor Isaac Adewole has advocated for the inclusion of TB test result in the basic requirements for employment in the federal and state civil service as well as admissions into secondary and tertiary institutions with a view to fast-tracking diagnosis and total eradication of the disease from the country before 2030.
He made the suggestion in a keynote address at opening ceremonies of the 61st National Council on Health Meeting in Kano with a theme “the second national strategic health development plan: a roadmap to achieving health coverage.
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HealthPlus Limited, Nigeria’s first integrative pharmacy and fastest growing pharmacy chain in West Africa, has again emerged winner of the Healthcare Excellence Awards (NHEA) for the pharmaceutical retail outlet of the year, the fourth consecutive time since 2014.
The company was, once again, adjudged the best in the category based on its excellent performance in all NHEA parameters such as Leadership, Customer Focus, Strategic Planning, Measurement, Analysis, and Knowledge Management, Workforce Focus and Operations Focus.
The United Nations Children Funds (UNICEF) says it will distribute 358,134 insecticides treated nets in four local government areas of Borno for malaria prevention and control.
UNICEF’s Communication Specialist, Kusali Kubwalo, said in a statement in Maiduguri that the nets would be distributed to children under the age of five, expectant and breastfeeding mothers. According to Kubwalo, “The exercise will be conducted in collaboration between the UNICEF, Borno State Primary Health Care Development Agency (SPHCDA) and the State Ministry of Health.
The Hon. Minister of Health, Prof. Isaac Adewole has charged State Governments to review their population policy and implementation approaches with a view to encouraging families to see the need for moderate family size.
The Abia state Chapter of the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) has been thrown into turmoil following the disputed election. The election, which took place during the 2018 Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the association, produced two claimants to the Chairmanship position.
