By Emmanuel Elebeke For the physically challenged in Lagos State, the 25th anniversary of the  Committee for the Disabled (CODISA) will remain evergreen in their minds. Never in the last 25 years had physically challenged persons been so celebrated. In the country today, little or no attention is paid the physically challenged, but thanks to  […]

By Chinyere Amalu HER one-year-old son firmly tied to her back, Hadiza dragged her two-year old daughter inside the house  where she lived in Kafrim-Liman, settlement in Ganjuwa Local government area of Bauchi State and slammed the door shut. The 25-year old mother had just refused to let vaccinators immunise her children with the oral […]

By Sola Ogundipe FOLLOWING the closure of the Ilupeju branch of Sweet Sensation Confectioneries by the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration & Control, (NAFDAC), many fast food outlets in Lagos are taking measures to comply with standard sanitation and  environmental regulations. A number of the outlets visited last week had stepped up effort […]

By Chioma Obinna THE  Health Bill before the National Assembly would create a fund out of the consolidated revenue of the government to purchase health insurance for the less privileged. Endorsing the Bill, Managing Director, Premium Health -  a leading Health Maintenance Organisation (HMO) – Dr. Ladi Okuboyejo  lamented the poor health indices in the […]

By Sola Ogundipe THE call by Ministers of Health of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) for the passage of abortion laws all its member States including  Nigeria, has been received with mixed feelings. The call which was contained in a communiqué issued after the First Extraordinary Assembly of ECOWAS Health Ministers held […]