This is not the best of times for sex workers, adherents of safe sex and couples who no longer desire to have children following the unprecedented rise in the cost of basic contraceptives like condoms, and oral family planning pills among others. Fears abound that the situation may escalate not the only challenge of overpopulation […]
•NLC President Joe Ajaero The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has urged the federal government to remove impediments on healthcare workers’ paths to migrating to greener pastures. Mr Joe Ajaero, NLC President, made this submission at the 11th Quadrennial National Delegates Conference of the Medical and Health Workers Union of Nigeria (MHWUN) tod...
The federal government has raised the alarm over maternal and infant mortality in Sokoto State, saying 44 out of 100 newborn babies in the state die. It, therefore, sought homegrown solutions to maternal and infant fatality in and across the state. The Special Adviser in charge of the Presidential Advisory Committee on Health, Salma Ibrahim, [...
•Pregnant woman A gynaecologist and Deputy Vice Chancellor (Administration) of Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Professor Joseph Ikechebelu has said that with breakthroughs in science, the era of barrenness among women is gone. Speaking at the take off of a two-day programme Organised by a nongovernmental organization, the All for Women Initia...
•Muhammad Ali Pate The Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Muhammad Ali Pate, says other nations recruit health workers who left Nigeria for greener pastures overseas because of the level of training the health workers received back in Nigeria. Pate stated this today during a briefing organised by the Ministry of Information an...
•Pregnant woman The Chief of Field Office, UNICEF Bauchi Field Office, Dr. Tushar Rane, has said that nearly half of adolescent girls in UNICEF programme countries suffer from anemia and lack access to essential health and nutrition services in the event of pregnancy. Dr Tushar stated this in a welcome remarks at a Media Dialogue […]
•Doctors on strike Members of Association of Resident Doctors (ARD), University College Hospital (UCH), Ibadan, yesterday began a three-day warning strike over an assault on one of them by a patient’s relation. The President and Vice-President of ARD-UCH Ibadan, Dr. John Oladapo and Dr. Sunday Adegbite, in a statement said they were demanding ...
•A pregnant woman Women have been urged to refrain from delivering babies at home to increase their chances of survival during and after childbirth. A Health Officer with the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) Bauchi Field Office, Oluseyi Olosunde, gave the caution today, Wednesday, March 6, during a media dialogue to mark this year’s Int...
•A pregnant woman Some residents of Lagos have decried the non-implementation of the state government’s free antenatal and child delivery services at some General Hospitals and Primary Healthcare Centres in the state. The residents spoke in separate interviews with our correspondents yesterday in Lagos, reports NAN. Lagos State Governor, Babaj...
•Aliyu An initiative to tackle diabetes and mental health issues has been launched in Lagos with a focus on empowerment, awareness, prevention and management of the diseases. Under the auspices of Oni na Foundation (love of a mother), the initiative will galvanise research on diabetes care and treatment including assessing the efficacy of some...
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