Members of the House of Representatives Committee on Health, have appealed to the National Association of Resident Doctors, NARD, to shelve the proposed strike this week as government has promised to begin implementation of the Consolidated Medical Salary Structure (CONMESS) and Consolidated Health Salary Structure (CONHESS) this month.

THE Nigerian Medical Association , NMA says the impact of the .National Health Insurance Scheme, NHIS, on efforts aimed at reducing reducing maternal and child mortality in the country has been positive.

NIGERIAN First Lady, Dame Patience Goodluck Jonathan, is among the lineup of First Ladies and 3,000 representatives from an estimated 140 countries attending the Women Deliver 2010 conference which opened yesterday in Washington DC, USA.

The Nigerian Optometric Association, (NOA) has commended the Delta State Governor, Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan for approving internship programme for optometrists in the State.

Nigeria obtained overwhelming support from the United States of America, Russia, China , Australia, the European Union amongst others during the 63rd World Health Assembly, WHA, held in Geneva, May 17-21, 2010, but India, Brazil and Ecuador made presentations that countered the Nigerian position.

Wife of the Kwara State Governor, Mrs. Oluwatoyin Saraki has called for harmonization of all campaign efforts made by Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOS), civil Society and partners towards reduction of maternal mortality and infant morbidity in the country even as she advocated for political commitments by all tiers of government with a view to ensure that mothers do not die needlessly during labour.

By Sola Ogundipe FOR breaching the terms of agreement with the National Health Insurance Scheme, NHIS,  Ayodele Medical Centre in Ilorin, Kwara State, has been given the marching orders. Accreditation licence of the errant Health Care Provider, HCP  was withdrawn based on findings by the health insurance regulator. Announcing the facility’s de-accreditation during a surprise […]

Newly appointed Director General of the Nigeria Institute of Medical Research (NIMR) has said the Institute would be repositioned to respond appropriately to national health priorities that will contribute to the health – related Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and Vision 20-2020 of the Federal government.

May 27 every year provides opportunity to celebrate the Nigerian child. A particular group of children for no fault of theirs would definitely not be part of this celebration even in their homes.

Another Children’s Day had come and gone with fanfare but what impact has it had on the children particularly those with various forms of disabilities? Statistics available shows that these children represent 42 percent of the total population of the country and unfortunately 70 percent of them live below poverty line.

With continued rise in the cost of cancer treatments and management in Nigeria, experts have called for massive but a positive awareness campaign on cancer, saying it would prevent further avoidable deaths from the disease.

The reigning Carnival Calabar Queen, Mayen Ekpo, has called for gender friendly laws to prevent violence against women. Ekpo who stressed that recent statistics have revealed growing proportions of gender violence in Nigeria added that stiffer penalties should be put in place for such offenders.

ACCOLADES continued to pour in for Nigeria’s remarkable polio eradication efforts in the last one year even as the 63rd World Health Assembly closed last Friday in Geneva, Switzerland, but a note of caution from the World Health Organisation, WHO, punctuated the wide acknowledgment of the country’s successful march towards a polio-free world. Expectations are that as efforts continue to wax stronger, Nigeria will not be the last to eradicate polio.

Less than 1000 qualified physiotherapists are serving about 150 million Nigerians. Physiotherapists are health practitioners that implore physical modalities in the management of various disease condition such as stroke.

Today, the burden of cancer in Nigeria is appreciable. Statistics from the World Health Organisation (WHO) show an estimated 100,000 new cancer cases occur in Nigeria each year although observers believe the figure could become as high as 500,000 new cases annually by 2010.