FG Targets 25,000 Free Cataract Surgeries by 2027
By Chidinma Chukwu, Abuja The Federal Government has announced plans to perform 25,000 free cataract surgeries across the country by the end of 2027 as part of efforts to reduce avoidable blindness and expand access to quality eye care. The Minister of State for Health and Social Welfare, Dr Iziaq Adekunle Salako, disclosed this on […]
NGO sensitises Lagos residents about Sickle Cell Disease
A non-governmental organization, Crimsonbow Sickle Cell Initiative is organizing a programme aimed at educating the people, especially the unprivileged on sickle cell prevention and management.
Boska reaches out to traders in Kano
HUNDREDS of traders at the Wappa market in Kano weekend benefitted from the ongoing nationwide free medical services organised Dexa Medica makers of Boska, under its Pain Free Day initiative programme.
We need Universal Health Coverage to attain maternal health — MIMIKO
THE immediate past governor of Ondo State, Dr Olusegun Mimiko, has declared that political will and public financing are key to attainment of Universal Health Coverage, UHC, in Nigeria and the developed world.
Nigerian mothers denying babies exclusive breastfeeding
Seated among hundreds of nursing mothers at the Adeoyo Hospital, Ibadan, Oyo State, was 29-year-old Mrs Saidat Ganiyu. Her face was radiating with smiles, while she proudly breastfeed her baby.
LUTH gets new diagnostic, training centres
Medical services at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital, LUTH, have received a boost with the commissioning of new sets of Crystal Optics Centre, Stroke Centre; Modular Theatre; Blood Donor Clinic; and the School of Biomedical Engineering training centre.
