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CONHESS: JOHESU mobilises health workers for showdown with FG

CONHESS: JOHESU mobilises health workers for showdown with FG

… Threatens industrial action over 13-year salary adjustment delay By Chioma Obinna The Joint Health Sector Unions (JOHESU) has begun mobilising health workers nationwide for possible industrial action over the Federal Government’s failure to implement the adjustment of the Consolidated Health Salary Structure (CONHESS), a demand that has remained unresolved for about 13 years. The […]
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When your male ‘engine’ fails to run

When your male ‘engine’ fails to run

Decreased testosterone levels might have no effect on general health, but some men with low testosterone experience one or more of an array of symptoms, including sleep disturbances, loss of motivation or self-confidence, depression, decreased sexual desire, infertility, decreases in memory or concentration, decreased bone density, increased fat levels and loss of muscle tissue and strength.

Maternal healthcare must be affordable

Maternal healthcare must be affordable

We frown at a lot of things that the religions are against but we don’t look at certain modern realities and this question of abortion comes under that. When I was doing my postgraduate training, Britain was one of the first countries that legalized abortion and they had a lot of reasons for that. Those reasons are not peculiar to Britain. Since I was going to work in their maternity unit we had to sign a contract that said when you are there you will be able to carry out abortions.

Robotic medicine:  Healer or killer?

Robotic medicine: Healer or killer?

If there is a field that will forever be grateful to technology, it has to be the field of Medicine. It would seem in fact that from time immemorial, advancements in Medicine have been largely tied to advancements in health technology. Even before the invention of the medical syringe in 1863, and beyond the giant strides in robotic medicine today, this fact lives on.

After Ebola, Nigeria can defeat polio

After Ebola, Nigeria can defeat polio

This month – July – was a very auspicious month for Nigeria in 2014. Two health related occurrences took place in that month. On Sunday July 20 2014, Patrick Sawyer flew into Lagos airport, a sick man with Ebola Virus Disease. He died five days later, but not before infecting other people – his primary contacts -health workers who took care of him and who subsequently infected other people.