Tag: Nigerian Medical Association (NMA)

"If there are too many almajiris in a state, then the government is not following the constitution."

The only way NHIS could be made compulsory is if its old Act is repealed.

The president says his government has “recorded successes” in degrading the Boko Haram insurgency in the Northeast.

The medical doctors say the government did not carry them along in drafting the document of the scheme.

The ‘Turn Nigeria Orange’ Project aims to strengthen the culture of hand hygiene and Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) in ...

The Nigerian HIV/AIDs Indicator and Impact Survey (NAIIS) has shown that Akwa Ibom has the highest prevalence rate of HIV ...

“As at Thursday, February 21, 102 people have been tested positive to Lassa fever this year."

The Lassa Fever outbreak across the country and an agreement on harmony between Nigerian doctors and nurses top health news.

This year's celebration is coming amidst insecurity in parts of the country.

The association wants ''meaningful engagement'' between the government and practitioners that is acceptable to all.

The doctors say adequate and proactive security measures would have prevented the needless act of terrorism.

NMA has given government until Sunday to put the board in place or face industrial action

Nigerian doctors give government deadline to constitute crucial medical board, as ABUTH prepares for first heart surgery in Northern Nigeria.

The two have constituted a Bilateral Technical Working Group (BTWG) to draw up details of the working relationship.

"We have already crossed the Rubicon, so there is no going back,” a union leader said.

The Plateau body says JOHESU members have tampered with laboratory chemicals and shut down medicine stores.

The minister's 'body language' is escalating the matter, a frustrated official says.

Health workers have been on strike for weeks.

The association will elect new leaders next month.

The president noted that not many health workers were involved in active politics.

“The Congress believes that the Kogi Government has been given ample time and opportunity to resolve the issues at stake."

Some 500 doctors sat for qualifying foreign medical examination preparing to move out.

The state government is recruiting 230 new doctors.

The governor says all moves to resolve the problem amicably were turned down by the doctors.

The government says doctors, on strike since September, are asking for the impossible.