Vanguard summit: Mental health neglect threatens Nigeria’s stability – Sheikh
…Charges FG to enforce 2021 Act, expand services By Sola Ogundipe Nigeria’s neglect of mental health is threatening social stability, weakening public trust and deepening despair among young people struggling with insecurity, and diminishing their confidence in the future, Professor Taiwo Lateef Sheikh, a leading psychiatrist, has warned. Sheikh, a professor of psychiatry and psychopharmacology, […]
Centre counters high cost of infertility treatment
MEDICAL records show that 1 in 4 Nigerian couples are challenged by infertility even as studies reveal that most infertile couples could benefit from treatment.
Sexual Health: RB Durex establishes partnership with PPFN
To promote sexual health, Reckitt Benckiser, RB has signed an agreement with the Planned Parenthood Federation of Nigeria (PPFN) to help improve the sexual health and wellbeing of Nigerians.
Resolve this lingering crisis, LAUTECH doctors urge hospital
IN the wake of the protacted industrial action called by the Association of Resident Doctors, Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, (LAUTECH) Teaching Hospital Ogbomoso, the aggrieved doctors, have urged the management of the hospital to be sincere towards ensuring speedy resolution of the crisis.
Polio: Optimism as Nigeria edges towards elimination
With just 11 confirmed polio cases so far in 2017, the world is on the brink of eradicating polio, a vaccine-preventable disease that once paralysed hundreds of thousands of children each year.
Our hospitals, medical schools will continue to lag behind except… — Adeyeye
The Special Adviser to Ondo State Governor on Health, Dr. Jibayo Adeyeye has faulted the approach and manner in which the nation’s medical colleges and government hospitals are run, stating that failure to accept that things are not normal in the health sector will continue to hamper moves to enable Nigeria compete favourably with other countries.
