MEDICAL laboratory scientists who run foul of the codes and ethics of the profession are to face stiff sanctions from the Medical Laboratory Science Council of Nigeria (MLSCN).

FOLLOWING the empowerment of erstwhile Vice President Dr. Goodluck Jonathan as Acting President, a Nigerian medical practitioner based in the United States of America has enjoined all Nigerians to put heads together with the view to develop strategies that would promote the overall health and well-being of the entire populace.

AVAILABILITY of toll free hotline telephone counselling to increase awareness on HIV and AIDS and promote reproductive health issues has been recognised as one of the effective means of enabling the media to effectively advocate for issues related to sexually transmitted infections (STI) in the country.

The need for people to understand the vital role the brain plays in their lives as well as care for it was at the front burner at a one day workshop in Lagos organsied by Venivici Health Spain.

Lagos State Governor, Babatunde Fashola has vowed to ensure that child bearing mothers in Lagos would no longer die during birth in any of the State’s hospitals.

PRIDED as an internationally acclaimed laboratory operating ultra modern medical pathological laboratories in Nigeria, offering a wide range of medical tests that guarantee accurate diagnosis and improved monitoring/treatment of medical conditions, PathCare Nigeria, has a vision to be the benchmark for laboratory testing in the country.

EVEN as Nigeria gradually inches towards eradication of Vaccine Preventable Diseases (VPDs) particularly polio, concerns about the overall state of immunisation coverage in the country and the general state of public health institutions continue to make the rounds.

The GSK African Malaria Partnership last week announced four new grants totaling $2.5m to the Planned Parenthood Foundation of Nigeria (PPFN) projects in Nigeria.

Efforts by the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) to stamp out fake drugs from Nigeria may still be far from eradicating the scourge, no thanks to tactics of counterfeiters to beat the regulators.

FOLLOWING an alleged Federal government proposal to include eight additional drugs on the Import Prohibition List (IPL), the average Nigerian who is currently spending 23 per cent of his/her income on drugs, may have to brace up to purchase these same drugs and others yet to be determined at even higher prices.