Nigeria Launches National Guideline On Self-Care To Improve Sexual, Reproductive And Maternal Health

As part of efforts to reduce the burden of care at health facilities and improve access to sexual, reproductive and Maternal health services, Nigeria has launched the National Guideline on Self- care. The guideline which was launched on Wednesday 9th March 2022, along with Family Planning 2030 documents and several other policy documents was adopted by Nigeria in 2020 through […]

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Health: “We Revitalized Our PHCs To Reduce Burden On Secondary Health Facilities, Improve Access To Quality Healthcare”- Gov. Inuwa

Governor Muhammadu Inuwa Yahaya says his administration revitalized and strengthened the Primary Health Centres, PHCs in Gombe State in order to reduce the burden on secondary health facilities and ensure easy access to quality healthcare by all and sundry. In a press release on Thursday, 24th February, 2022  signed by the Director-General (Press Affairs) Gombe Government House, Ismaila Uba Misilli, […]

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Lagos Will Be Free Of Flood – Sanwo-Olu

Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State, yesterday, assured residents of his administration’s commitment towards ensuring the state remains flood free all year round. Sanwo-Olu said this while commissioning the second batch of 19 high capacity drainage clearing and maintenance equipment, aimed at enhancing capacity. Speaking at the event, which took place at the EFAG Yard, in Oregun, Sanwo-Olu, who was […]

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Sanwo-Olu To Build N49billion Medical Park In Lagos

Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu’s administration says plans are ongoing to develop a medical park to make the state a medical tourism hub. Deputy Governor Obafemi Hamzat announced this on Sunday at the Duchess Royal Medical Check-Up unveiling in collaboration with Lagos Marriott Hotel at Ikeja. The medical outfit is an exclusive three-day comprehensive total body health screening and wellness programme. Mr. […]

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Sanwo-Olu Inaugurates Health Centre In Amuwo-Odofin

Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has inaugurated the newly-constructed Senator Oluremi Tinubu Amuwo-Odofin Modern Primary Healthcare Centre. The governor, who was accompanied by his deputy, Obafemi Hamzat, and members of the State Executive Council, said that the project was a demonstration of the modest achievement entrenched in the T.H.E.M.E.S. agenda. He said his government was committed to ensuring developmental projects, […]

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Trained In Nigeria, Enjoyed Abroad: The Current Exodus Of Nigerian Healthcare Workers

By Dr. Otabor Christopher Two thousand Nigeria trained medical doctors leave Nigeria annually to seek employment abroad. The number is more than triple for nurses, especially the specialist nurses such as critical care nurses, nephrology nurses, oncology nurses, etc. Other medical professionals such as radiographers, medical laboratory scientists and physiotherapist are not left out. The trend of migration of our […]

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Bayelsa, Sterling Bank, Two Other Firms Sign $5m MoU On Innovative Medical Supplies

….Project Trailblazing, Says WHO Bayelsa State government has signed an agreement with a consortium comprising Sterling Bank, Zipline, Health Spaces and DrugStoc for the Bayelsa Health Supply Chain Transformation Project (BHSCTP). The project, estimated at $5million to be provided by the firms, is expected to provide a 21st century supply system and other supply chains using drone technology in the […]

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Health: Gombe Partners West African College Of Surgeons, To Begin Residency Training in O&G/ Family Medicine

…As College’s Accreditation Team Praises Governor Inuwa For Remodeling & Providing Ultra-modern Facilities At Specialist Hospital, Others The West Africa College of Surgeons has described the structures and facilities at the Gombe specialist hospital as ones that bear all the hallmarks of a system that is susceptible to progressive change and will therefore need the support, encouragement and disposition of […]

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Health: X-Raying Governor Inuwa Yahaya’s Mid-Term Score Card

By Yakubu E. Bayambe I find it absolutely expedient to interrogate the mid-term score card of Governor Muhammadu Inuwa Yahaya given the long list of accomplishments attributed to his administration which I find rather unbelievable to swallow at face value. However, the long list of the milestones contained in the mid-term score card accompanied by pictorial evidence makes it almost […]

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NMCN Upgrades Bayelsa Nursing School

….Commends Gov. Diri For Facilities At Institution The Nursing and Midwifery Council of Nigeria (NMCN) has upgraded the Bayelsa State School of Nursing and Midwifery to the status of a college. The NMCN Secretary General/ Registrar, Dr Farouk Abubakar, who led the accreditation team to the institution, stated this on Tuesday when he visited Governor Douye Diri in Government House, […]

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