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The Federal Government on Tuesday assured aggrieved workers in the Ministry of Health (FMoH) that their grievances were being addressed.
Mrs Winifred Oyo-Ita, the Head of Service of the Federation, told the protesting workers at the Federal Secretariat that a committee had been constituted by her office to study their demands and make recommendations.
The National Research Institute for Chemical Technology, Zaria, today said it had developed a vaccine for Tuta Absoluta, popularly known as ‘tomato ebola’. The Public Relations Officer of the institute, Alhaji Bala Aliyu, told theNews Agency of Nigeria in Zaria, Kaduna State that an end had come to the disease, which had been ravaging tomato farms.
According to him, the Director-General of the institute, Prof. Idris Bugaje, has worked extensively to provide a solution to the menace destroying the tomato farm in the country. “This vaccine has been found to be very effective after undergoing various scientific testing,’’ he said.
A coalition of Nigerian-based health NGOs has called on the Federal Government to safeguard the achievements of the Global Fund for HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis (TB) and Malaria (GFATM) by finding the fund’s misappropriated money, blocking loopholes to prevent further underhand dealings in donor funds management and committing adequate local funding to TB, HIV/AIDS and Malaria.
The National Association of Resident Doctors of Nigeria(NARD) will begin an indefinite strike on Thursday, June 9, 2016. This was disclosed by NARD president, Muhammad Askira, on Tuesday, June 7, 2016, The Cable reports.
“Sixteen out of 58 federal tertiary institutions or centres were exempted from the initial centre based strike for the commitment of the chief medical director of the hospitals to implement the federal government’s directives,” he said.
American billionaire, Bill Gates is reportedly willing to invest N9billion ($50m) annually on the Nigerian health sector. The Chairman, Senate Committee on Health, Senator Lanre Tejuosho made this revelation in a recent chat with Punch Newspaper.
On meeting Gates, Senator Tejuosho disclosed that he had attended a World Bank Programme in Washington DC, when he and the Health Minister, Prof. IsaacAdewole were invited for a sideline meeting which was organised by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.
The Zamfara Government on Tuesday said it had procured malaria drugs worth of N120 million as part of its commitments to improve healthcare delivery in the state.
The Commissioner for Health, Alhaji Sulaiman Gummi disclosed this in Gusau when he received members of Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) who paid him a courtesy visit in his office.
The United Nations Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) and the Canadian government in partnership with Taraba State Primary Health Care Agency yesterday commenced a free healthcare project tagged, ‘Hard To Reach.’
The project aimed at offering free medical services to children, women and the less-privileged in rural communities, with special focus on immunisation, polio, nutrition, malaria and community mobilisation on health matters was flagged off at Suriwa village, near Jalingo.
The Medical Director (MD), Federal Medical Centre(FMC), Keffi, Nasarawa State, Dr. Joshua Giyan–Ndom has called on health workers in the country to respect the rights of patients to medical care and stop incessant strike actions to press home demands for improved welfare packages.
Giyan –Ndom made the call yesterday while addressing newsmen at the medical facility in Keffi, Keffi local government area of the state.
The World Health Organization has congratulated Thailand as the first country in the Asia-Pacific region to eliminate mother-to-child transmission of HIV and syphilis.
Vice President, Commonwealth Medical Association, Dr. Osahon Enabulele Monday expressed disappointment at the news of President Muhammadu Buhari’s10-Day medical trip to London for an Ear, Nose and Throat, E.N.T, infection, saying, “it as a tragic blot on Nigeria’s collective professional and National image.”
The former President, Nigerian Medical Association, NMA, who condemned frequent medical trip by government officials, said Nigeria has suffered a great loss to medical tourism in recent past.
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In line with its commitment to resuscitate 10, 000 Primary Healthcare Centres (PHCs) across wards in Nigeria, the federal government has urged Tertiary healthcare institutions across the nation to look more in the area of Public Private Partnership as a necessary tool for more development. 
The registrar and chief executive officer of the Medical and Dental Association of Nigeria, Dr. Abdulmumini A. Ibrahim has said that doctors trained in Nigeria are qualified and can practise anywhere in the world.
He made the remark yesterday, while fielding questions in his office.
The advocacy journey to convince our past and current ministers of health to establish a mechanism that will promote transparency and accountability in the health sector has been on for a while now. We have experienced hopes and hiccups but the civil society organizations have remained resolute.
Blood transfusion saves lives and helps improve the health of patients, but to achieve this, the blood must be safe. The need for transfusion amongst Nigerians is high, and this is upped with casualties from bomb blasts, insurgency, communal crises and accidents, among others. However, the Nigerian government has neglected its role in ensuring blood safety in thehealth care system.
Blood safety, according to the World Health Organisation (WHO) encompasses actions aimed at ensuring that everyone has access to blood and blood products that are as safe as possible; available at reasonable cost, adequate to meet the needs of patients, transfused only when necessary, and provided as part of a sustainable blood programme within the existing health care system.
