Engineer Samson Ameh Opaluwah is the immediate past Director of Procurement in the Federal Ministry of Health where he served diligently and recorded monumental achievements. Opaluwah, during his stewardship, ensured that priority was given to local pharmaceutical manufacturers, following which the nation’s economy recorded multiplier effect, especially in the area of job creation.

BLOOD donors have been said to run low risk of heart attack or developing cancerous tissues by health experts.

THESE are not the best of times for Mrs. Grace Omatie Tijani. The thirty-something-year-old caterer and mother of many children has many concerns. For several weeks, Grace, who hails from Batel in Delta State, has been on admission at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital, LUTH, Idi Araba, Lagos.

Determined to ensure sustainable safe management of healthcare wastes, the Lagos State Government is set to release official guidelines on proper healthcare waste management in 2014, in accordance with the National policy on healthcare.

Private medical doctors under the auspices of the Association of General and Private Medical Practitioners of Nigeria, AGPMPN, Lagos Apapa Zone, have called for the review and appropriate funding of the country’s health sector with a view to enhancing efficiency as well as guarantee patients access to quality care.

The Head of Service of the Federation has been called upon to investigate allegations of unethical practices bordering on corruption at the Pharmacy Department of the Federal Staff Hospital, Jabi, Abuja. Attention of the HoS has also been called to established cases of physical assault orchestrated against staff of the clinic.

NUTRITIONISTS and allied health professionals at home and abroad who gathered in Abuja recently to tackle the menace Non Communicable Diseases, NCDs, such as diabetes, hypertension, chronic respiratory conditions, and obesity, have restated the need for sustained public awareness on the essence of moderation in diets, balanced and safe nutrition, as key to management and control of NCDs in the country.

Minister of Health, Professor Onyebuchi Chukwu, has implored nurses and midwives across the country to always apply humanitarian attitude which the profession is known for, while carrying out their duties, saying that, lack of this has remained a major challenge undermining the development of the health sector.

KEY PLAYERS in the healthcare sector; notably hygiene and healthcare, have harped on the need for Nigeria to take a cue for accelerated development of medicines that is relevant to Nigerians and Africans as a whole.

In line with this, the National Agency for Food and Drugs Administration and Control, NAFDAC, has been tasked to reduce complexities in product requirements so that Nigerian consumers can access the cheapest and most effective medical solutions.

EFFORTS by the Lagos State government to arrest the cholera outbreak in the state appear to be yielding dividend as no new cholera cases have been in the wake of the disease outbreak.