National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has raised the alarm over the increasing rate of irrational use of antibiotics which could further accelerate the process of Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) leading to avoidable deaths. A statement from NAFDAC indicated that its Director General, Mojisola Adeyeye, raised the alarm at the virtual … [Read more…]
Enugu State Government says it recorded 100 per cent success in its just-concluded polio vaccination, which targeted 1,014,953 children aged between 0 and 5 years. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalls that the state embarked on a five-day vaccination programme to prevent polio after receiving 1,306,700 doses of the new oral polio … [Read more…]
The World Health Organization on Wednesday endorsed the RTS,S/AS01 malaria vaccine, the first against the mosquito-borne disease that kills more than 400,000 people a year, mostly African children. The decision followed a review of a pilot programme deployed since 2019 in Ghana, Kenya and Malawi where more than two million doses were given … [Read more…]
Nigeria’s health sector faces total shutdown as JOHESU issues 15-day ultimatum The current challenges in the Nigeria public hospitals could further be compounded as the joint health sector workers union has issued a 15-under day ultimatum to the federal government. The Joint Health Sector Unions (JOHESU) and Assembly of Healthcare Professional Association say they will … [Read more…]
The National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA) said NAFDAC had approved Sinopharm BBIBP-CorV COVID-19 vaccine, to step up efforts to battle a third wave of infections in the country. The Executive Director, NPHCDA, Dr. Faisal Shuaib, said this on Tuesday, in Abuja, at the National Vaccines briefing. The BBIBP-CorV, also known … [Read more…]
The Nigerian Medical Association in Enugu State has urged the Federal Government to withdraw the case instituted against the Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors to bring about an amicable resolution. Chairman of NMA Enugu State Branch, Dr Jude Onyia, made the call in Enugu while speaking to newsmen. The Ministry of Health, … [Read more…]
Health professionals and workers in Enugu State under the auspices of Joint Health Sector Unions (JOHESU), yesterday went wild with jubilation as Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi announced an upward increase of their Consolidated Health Salary Structure (CONHESS) from 41 percent to 60 percent, effective from September 2021, in spite of the nation’s economic, security and … [Read more…]
Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) has distanced itself from the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) drafted by the Federal Government and vehemently refused to sign the document as a commitment to ending its ongoing industrial action. The association described the MoU as a veiled punishment for doctors, who are to bear the brunt … [Read more…]
Mr Buhari and members of his entourage returned to Nigeria last Friday after about two weeks in London, UK. President Muhammadu Buhari will go on isolation in line with COVID-19 protocols after spending about two weeks in London, United Kingdom, the presidency has said. Also billed to go on isolation are officials … [Read more…]
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control on Monday said medical interventions would not stop the outbreak of Cholera in the country. This is just as it put the current death toll at 816. This was contained in a statement by the centre’s Director General, Chikwe Ihekweazu, and titled ‘Cholera in Nigeria: Urgent call to … [Read more…]
Victims of bandits attack, others abandoned at FMC Gusau as doctors’ strike enters day four. As the Nationwide strike embarked by the National Association of Resident Doctors enters day four, Medical services in Zamfara state have been paralyzed. The doctors’ body in the state said the strike has negatively affected clinical services as patients, including … [Read more…]
The National Association of Resident Doctors says the COVID-19 pandemic dealt a devastating blow on the nation’s medical practice, especially with the death of 19 members. NARD President, Dr Okhuaihesuyi Uyilawa, said this on Thursday during the association’s first National Executive Council post-COVID-19 meeting in Umuahia. Uyilawa expressed regret that the pandemic … [Read more…]