The Anambra State Aids Control Agency, ANSACA, has said no fewer than 98,960 people are living with HIV/AIDS in Anambra. Dr Afam Obidike, Commissioner for Health in Anambra, gave the statistics today in Awka. It was during a media briefing ahead of 2023 World AIDS Day, observed every December 1 since 1988, reports NAN. World […]
The Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria has called on the federal government to probe alleged corrupt cases made against some of the Chief Executive Officers of the Federal Health Institutions. A communique of the 96th annual national conference of the PSN, titled, ‘Jewel City 2023,’ also raised alarm over the unregistered two million drug selle...
•FMC inspection by Reps panel The House of Representatives Committee on Health Institutions has vowed to take necessary steps to reverse the brain drain in the health sector and the medical tourism to reduce the outflow of Nigerians seeking medical care abroad and doctors travelling outside the country to seek greener pastures. The committee h...
•Prof Adeyemo The last is yet to be heard about the widespread criticism which has trailed the alleged flawed nomination process leading to the appointment of the current Chief Medical Director of Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH), Prof. Wasiu Lanre Adeyemo. Following the rash of protests and petitions against the appointment, the pres...
The Nigeria Medical Association (NMA) has confirmed the escape of an abducted resident doctor, Dr Orockarrah Orock attached to the University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital (UNTH), Ituku-Ozalla, Enugu State. It was learnt that Orock attached to the Anasthesia Department of the UNTH was on Saturday night kidnapped within the hospital premises, wh...
•NAFDAC DG Prof Mojisola Adeyeye The National Agency for Food and Drugs Administration and Control (NAFDAC), has notified the public that the recalled G Fuel brand Energy Drinks by T&E Imports and GPAE Trading Corp, contains high levels of caffeine. The notification of this product is contained in a public alert with No. 034/2023, issued [...
•Medical doctors Former Ekiti State governor, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, has expressed worries about the manpower crisis that might befall Nigeria soon with the spate of exodus of medical doctors and other health care professionals for foreign practice, thus challenging the government to take urgent measures to forestall the imminent crisis. He, howev...
Lately, the Nigerian media landscape has witnessed an upsurge in a campaign led by Olufemi Akinbode and his Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Group (CAPPA). Their mission revolves around advocating for an increase in the current 10 naira per litre tax on sweetened beverages, as stipulated in the 2021 Finance Act, to 30 naira. T...
The Saudi Medeval plane, marked: HZ-MS4C, yesterday airlifted the Kano conjoined twins, Hassana and Husaina Hassan lsa, for surgical separation in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Together with their mother and other family members, the conjoined babies departed through the Aminu Kano Airport, reports The Nation. The story of the conjoined twins h...
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