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‘With BHPF people do not have to pay for healthcare when they are in need’
Prof. Isaac Adewole is the Minister of Health. Adewole in this exclusive interview with us unveils the Federal Government’s health plan for 2019 and what the ministry is doing to address the major challenges faced by the sector especially poor access to affordable and quality care. CHUKWUMA MUANYA writes. Excerpts:
What is the health plan for 2019? What does President Muhammadu Buhari plan to do for health if re-elected?
Psychiatric Hospital, Yaba declares war against drug abuse in Lagos
Wife of the Lagos State Governor, Mrs Bolanle Ambode, recently tasked new graduates of the International Centre for Credentialing and Education of Addiction Professional (ICCE) to utilise their acquired knowledge to curb drug addiction among Nigerian youths.
Speaking during the Certificate Presentation Ceremony/launch of the “Lagos Against Drug Abuse Campaign”, LADAC an initiative of the Federal Neuro-Psychiatric Hospital Yaba, FNPHY, Ambode who was represented by Mrs Kemi Durosinmi-Etti, called for the replication of knowledge and expertise with a view to bringing help for victims of drug abuse.
Pharmacist Urges Firms To Comply With NAFDAC On Mobile Authentication
Pharmaceutical companies have been asked to comply with the Mobile Authentication Service initiated by the National Agency for Food, Drugs Administration and Control (NAFDAC) in order to combat fake drugs.
The representative of Geneith Pharmaceuticals Limited, Ngozi Onwuka, gave the advice when a non-governmental organization (NGO), Project 25 Klubb of Nigeria, Okpanam, Oshimili North Local Government Council of Delta State, in conjunction with Geneith Pharmaceuticals and World Health Organization (WHO), embarked on its maiden edition of free medical outreach and sensitisation against common ailments.
Experts x-ray challenges in Nigeria’s healthcare system, set agenda for 2019
After over 58 years of Nigeria’s political independence from her colonial overlords, the performance of her healthcare delivery system remains unpleasant due to several conspiring factors and challenges. However, with the successful berthing of the National Health Act (NHA), Nigeria now has a historic significant opportunity to improve her healthcare delivery system and attain Universal Health Coverage (UHC) predicated on the constitutional imperatives of social justice, equity and egalitarianism.
In a bid to rescue Nigerian youths and adolescents from the alarming menace of drug abuse, especially in the North, the Presidential Advisory Committee on the Elimination of Drug Abuse said it was taking steps to curb the menace.
The Chairman of the committee, Brigadier General Mohammed Buba Marwa (rtd), told THISDAY on Thursday in Yola that data had shown that a good number of youths were exposed to drugs, particularly in the northern part of the country.
In recent times, the advocacy for family planning has become crucial as demand for reproductive, and population reduction, economic, health care grows. There is no doubt anymore that the benefits of family planning are numerous and if properly executed will go a long way in enabling countries to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
At July 11, 2017, Family Planning Summit in London, U.K., the Federal Government of Nigeria updated its commitment and pledged to achieve a modern contraceptive prevalence rate (mCPR) of 27 per cent among all women by 2020.
President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday rolled out the Basic Health Care Provision Fund (BHCPF) appropriated by the National Assembly in the 2018 budget. The BHCPF is the one percent of the federal government Consolidated Revenue and contributions from donor grants set aside to fund the basic health needs of Nigerians.
It is the fundamental funding provided under the National Health Act and was appropriated for the first time in the 2018 budget since the Act was signed in 2014.
The Nigerian government will host the first Lassa Fever International Conference in Abuja to mark the 50th anniversary of the discovery of the disease.
Lassa fever, also known as Lassa hemorrhagic fever (LHF), is a type of viral hemorrhagic fever caused by the Lassa virus. The virus was first isolated 50 years ago in Lassa, a town in Borno State in northeast Nigeria, for which it has been named.
Nigerian govt disburses $49 million to Yobe, Osun under ‘save one million lives’ fund
Impressed by the outstanding performance of some states under the Saving One Million Lives Programme for Result (SOML-PforR), the federal government has disbursed more funds.
Yobe State was awarded the highest amount of the newly disbursed funds as it got $29 million (appox. N10.5 billion) being the highest performing state under SOML- PforR in 2018.
The federal government says the yellow cards that were issued in the country will be rendered invalid starting from April 1. The yellow card is the international certificate of vaccination or prophylaxis. The ministry of health said to obtain an e-yellow card, one has to register on the official website in addition to paying N2,000.
The payment receipt will then be taken along with the applicant’s international passport to any port health services office to get vaccinated so as to complete the process.
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There’ll Be No Corruption in Use of N55bn BHCPF, Buhari Assures Nigerians
President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday said his administration has put in place mechanisms to prevent the possible diversion of the N55bn Basic Healthcare Provision Fund, BHCPF, into private pockets at the expense of vulnerable members of the society. He gave this assurance while speaking at the rollout of the pioneer implementation programme for Nigeria’s BHCPF held at the State House Banquet Hall Abuja, under the brand name “HUWE” which means life.
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control has said that at least 992 people died of cholera, Lassa fever, yellow fever and monkeypox in 2018. The center made the data available on its website and stated that Cholera caused 830 deaths, Lassa fever caused 149 deaths, yellow fever killed 13 persons, while there was one confirmed death caused by monkeypox.
On cholera, the NCDC said, “As at October 29, 2018, a total of 42,466 suspected cases including 830 deaths have been reported from 20 States. The affected states were, Adamawa, Anambra, Bauchi, Borno, Ebonyi, FCT, Gombe, Jigawa, Kaduna, Kano, Katsina, Kebbi, Kogi, Kwara, Nasarawa, Niger, Plateau, Yobe, Sokoto, and Zamfara.
Akwa Ibom State Government has purchased medical equipment worth N5 billion for Ibom Specialist Hospital to boost healthcare delivery in the state.
Dominic Ukpong, the state Commissioner for Health, disclosed this when members of the Divine Mandate Campaign Team visited the Paramount Ruler of Eket, Edidem Etim Abia, in Eket recently.
The Network of People Living with HIV/AIDS in Nigeria (NEPWHAN) has called on governments to ensure Antiretroviral Therapy (ART) is completely free, accessible and without user fee in 2019.
Peter Obialor, Lagos State Coordinator of the group, made the plea in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recently in Lagos.
