Stockouts, provider bias deny women access to contraceptives – Experts
Jagun, Azege, Shokunbi urge journalists to expose barriers By Sola Ogundipe Nigeria’s contraceptive shelves may be stocked, but many women and girls still cannot obtain or freely use family planning services because of cost, stockouts, provider bias, stigma, misinformation and other barriers, reproductive health stakehoders have warned.The Executive Director, Centre for Bridging Health Gaps, Dr […]
Access Bank donates to fresh medical students at CMUL/LUTH
The College Provost University of Lagos College of Medicine , CMUL, has said that there is a huge deficit in the health sector, pointing out that Nigeria health indicies is one of the lowest despite her rich oil wells. Speaking during the official presentation of thousands of laboratory coats to fresh students in the College of Medicine by Access bank Plc which co-sided with the 2014/2015 freshman orientation of the College, the Provost, Dr.Folashade Ogunsola said compounding these inadequacies in the healthcare sector is the deficit in workforce.
Foundation to power free medical screening in Ekiti
Igbole Ekiti, a town in Ido/Osi Local Government Area of Ekiti State, will on Saturday host the Babatunde Femi Owolabi Memorial Heart Foundation, as the foundation is set to facilitate a public lecture and organise free diabetes and hypertension screening for the people in the locality, as part of activities lined up in its campaign for the prevention of cardiovascular diseases and other related conditions.
Succour beckons as Lagos solves heart, kidney puzzles
IN 2012, the World Health Organisation, WHO, reported that Non Communicable Diseases, NCDs, notably Cardiovascular Diseases have attained epidemic proportions particularly in developing countries like Nigeria.
Community celebrates 50-bed cottage hospital
EKET—INHAIBITANTS of Nduo-Eduo community, Eket Local Government Area, Akwa-Ibom State, have commen-ded the chairman of the area, Mr. Aniekan Akpan, for establishing a multi-purpose 50-bed capacity Cottage Hospital in the town. Niger Delta Voice gathered that the hospital, which is 95 per cent completed, will undertake the diagnosis, prognosis and treatment of children-related ailments, women and adults health challenges.
Glaucoma: Silent rage of a blinding disorder
SINCE she was 13, Concilia Umunnakwe, has coped with glaucoma, a silent but irreversible eye disorder. Today, at 25, she has lost 60 percent of her sight to the dreaded ailment.
