Health
Nigerian doctors proffer solutions to ‘brain drain’ in health sector
About 1200 doctors, of 1600 produced yearly, leave the country.
NCDC inaugurates public health emergency centre in Kogi
He assured that the NCDC would provide training and capacity building for the health surveillance team in the state.
360,000 adolescents expected to die of AIDS by 2030, says UNICEF
The figures show the world is “off track’’ in its goal to end AIDS among children by 2030.
Nigerian govt to launch HIV Trust Fund
NACA says the seed money for the takeoff of the Trust Fund is about $15 million.
World AIDS Day: Why Nigerians need to know their HIV status – Health Minister
The United Nations has set a target for 90 per cent of people to know their HIV status by 2020
World AIDS Day: FG committed to end HIV epidemic by 2030-Osinbajo
The official promised that more funds would be committed to the treatment of HIV and AIDS.
ANALYSIS: How government failure renders Nigeria’s Health Act ‘ineffective’ (2)
The Act, though signed into law in 2014, has been largely unimplemented.
Court reinstates 894 redeployed health workers, orders refund of deducted salaries
The state government had on September 6, 2016, redeployed the affected workers to other agencies
Nigeria’s HIV/AIDS survey out ‘by March 2019’ – NACA
The Nigeria AIDS Indicators and Impact Survey is the largest in the world
Brain Drain: About 12 doctors leave Nigeria weekly — Resident doctors
NOI polls stated 88 per cent of doctors practising in the country wishes to relocate abroad.
Yellow Fever: Nigeria to have WHO-approved reference laboratory next year – NPHCDA
Nigeria currently takes its samples to the WHO laboratory in Senegal for confirmation.
Nigerian govt. rallies northern traditional rulers on immunisation
Nigeria hopes to attain polio-free certification by the end of 2019.
Major health reports last week
New blood test can detect ovarian cancer in early stages, other reports published.
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NCDC confirms yellow fever outbreak in Edo
There are ongoing plans to begin a vaccination campaign in the state in response.
World Toilet Day: Experts worried Nigeria may overtake India as number one in open defecation
The Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey (MICS) 2017 reports reveal that 28.5 per cent of the Nigerian population practise open defecation, while 110 million citizens lack access to improved sanitation.
9.4m people living with HIV unaware — UNAIDS report
The report says 75 per cent of all people living with HIV or 27 million people, know their HIV status.
Lassa Fever: FG asks state govts to start enlightenment campaigns
Health authorities have confirmed 143 deaths in Nigeria from the disease this year.
60 per cent Kebbi children suffer malnutrition
The wife of the state governor says the figure is above the national average of 32 per cent.
NCDC confirms 143 Lassa fever deaths in 22 states
A five-year strategic plan to tackle Lassa fever in Nigeria is underway, says an official.
GMO: Commercialising transgenic cotton varieties, disaster for Nigerians – Activists
The activists say the manner the government is trying to persuade Nigerians to accept agricultural biotechnology and GMO food/crops is embarrassing.
VIDEO: What you need to do to prevent Meningitis – Expert
Fortunately, in 2018, the casualties from the diseases were not as high as that of the previous year.
Fibroids: Physician warns against drugs with estrogen content
Fibroid is a non-cancerous growth in the uterus that can develop during a woman’s childbearing age.
Australian researchers look to skin cancer self-diagnosis via smartphone
The most critical cue for early diagnosis of skin cancer is a change in the appearance of moles and lesions over time.
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Nigerian doctors, nurses commit to harmonious relationship
Nigerian doctors and nurses have been at loggerheads in recent years.