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The Director-General of National Agency for Food and Drugs Administration and Control (NAFDAC), Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye, has revealed that only 17 percent of drugs in circulation in Nigeria are substandard.
Stating this at a press briefing in Lagos yesterday, she said the most recent study was done in 2012 by the United States Pharmacopeia and that no other study has been done since then.
Association of Medical Laboratory Scientists of Nigeria (AMLSN) has condemned what “the tacit embargo” on the employment of laboratory scientists in most federal health facilities across the country.
This assertion was made during a press conference held Saturday evening by the association at the end of its 13th public health lecture series and 198th national executive council meeting at Ibom Hall, Uyo, Akwa Ibom State.
The President of Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria (PSN), Pharm. (Mazi) Sam Ohuabunwa was in Plateau State recently on a working visit.
During the visit of the PSN helmsman, the PSN, Plateau State Chapter, held a grand reception to receive him in Jos. The grand reception was graced by members of the Plateau State PSN led by the Chairman, Pharm. (Dr) Dauda Dangiwa.
A new report released by the World Health Organisation (WHO) indicates an alarming increase in the number of reported cases of measles in all regions of the world.
WHO released the data on the state of measles outbreak globally, from 2016 to 2018, on its website on Saturday in commemoration of the 2019 “World Immunisation Week” held on the last week of April annually.
The Federal Ministry of Health with support from MEASURE Palladium, USADID-Funded Project has developed a Master Health Facility Registry List (MHFRL), meant to manage the master facility list in Nigeria. Speaking during the launching yesterday in Abuja, the minister of health, Prof. Isaac Adewole, said a Master Health Facility List (MFL) is a comprehensive list of all the health facilities in the country, with information on the signature and service domain elements.
The minister said, “The major policy of this present government of Nigeria, under the leadership of President Muhammadu Buhari, is to avoid duplication of databases by government agencies in the country. “That is why this government, and my ministry, in particular, is happy with the development of this MFL that will ensure the pooling of resources to reduce duplication of efforts and increase efficiency in the healthcare system in the country.
Dr Betta Edu, the Director-General, Cross River Primary Healthcare Development Agency, says doctors in Nigeria are the least paid anywhere in the world. Edu said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday in Calabar.
The director-general who was reacting to a recent statement made by the Minister of Labour and Productivity, Dr Chris Ngige, that government should concentrate on implementing policies that would keep our doctors at home instead of encouraging the brain-drain.
Evans Industries Ltd on Saturday introduced Nigeria’s first anti-mosquito Meditol Medicated Soap, to reduce increased malaria cases in the country.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Evans Industries Ltd in partnership with Emzor Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd organized a walk to commemorate the World Malaria Day 2019 held every April 25.
Medical workers fighting Ebola in the Democratic Republic of Congo are demanding that authorities provide better protection for them after an attack on a treatment center left one doctor dead.
Distrust of the disease and of the medical personnel working to contain it has led to violence, even as the outbreak, the second-largest ever, enters its eighth month. The outbreak has killed 970 people and sickened 1,480 as of April 30, according to the Ministry of Health.
Anambra assembly passes law banning marriage among sickle cell carriers
The Anambra State House of Assembly has passed a bill banning marriages involving people living with sickle cell anemia or incompatible genotypes.
Dr. John Ahukanna, the Commissioner for Health in Abia, said on Monday that the state would get over N2 billion from the Federal Government’s Basic Healthcare Provision Fund (BHPF).
Ahukanna said this in Umuahia during the inauguration of the World Bank Primary Healthcare Center (WBPHC), which was revamped through the 72-hour Clinic Makeover programme under the state’s Challenge Initiative in Umuahia.
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A new study investigated by a team of investigators from the University of Tokyo in Japan has recently found how ketamine fights depression in the brain. Previous studies have shown that ketamine, an anesthetic can rapidly reduce severe symptoms of major depressive disorder, particularly the occurrence of suicidal thoughts.
Dr Conor Liston, one of the researchers behind the study explains how ketamine is a potentially transformative treatment for depression, but one of the major challenges associated with this drug is sustaining recovery after the initial treatment.
Loneliness could be a nasty and frustrating experience, which happens to everyone, at one point or the other in life, especially as one gets older. This explains the rationale behind the new study conducted by scientists from the University of Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines in France, which validated the link between living alone and common mental disorders (CMDs).
Some common psychological disorders include depression, anxiety disorders, schizophrenia, eating disorders and addictive behaviors.
Two medical consultants have opened a partnership with a Nigerian hospital to stench the flow of Nigerian patients to their practice in United Arab Emirate. Dr Yasir Parviz, an interventional cardiologist, and Dr Basim Alkhafaji, a laparoscopic general and obesity surgeon, both consultants at a Dubai-based hospital have treated a number of Nigerian patients at their practice.
Their partnership with ViewPoint Hospital in Gwarimpa started with a medical camp to see patients. One way we can collaborate with Nigerian hospitals is clinical, said Parviz. We can get involved in the management of patients and also teaching and training for medical personnel. As well, we can share ideas and experiences that we have. Parviz said what is happening in the rest of the world, is that people link-up, people collaborate and share ideas and things move. It is not done by only one hospital or one personnel, he said.
Australia is headed for a bad flu season after a surge in cases in summer and autumn.Experts predict about 4000 people will die from complications due to influenza this year as the number of infections increases again following a quiet 2018.
There have already been 40,000 laboratory-confirmed cases of influenza in 2019, almost three times the number recorded at the same time in recent years.
