Ebola: Tomori faults Nigeria’s response timeline, demands full disclosure
…Warns against complacency By Sola Ogundipe Renowned Virologist and chairman of the West African National Academy of Scientists, Professor Oyewale Tomori, has raised concerns over the time it took Nigerian health authorities to confirm the country’s Ebola case, warning that delays in diagnosis and incomplete public information could undermine confidence in the national response. Tomori’s […]
Polio: WHO commends, cautions Nigeria
ACCOLADES continued to pour in for Nigeria’s remarkable polio eradication efforts in the last one year even as the 63rd World Health Assembly closed last Friday in Geneva, Switzerland, but a note of caution from the World Health Organisation, WHO, punctuated the wide acknowledgment of the country’s successful march towards a polio-free world. Expectations are that as efforts continue to wax stronger, Nigeria will not be the last to eradicate polio.
Less than 1000 physiotherapists are serving 150m Nigerians, says Expert
Less than 1000 qualified physiotherapists are serving about 150 million Nigerians. Physiotherapists are health practitioners that implore physical modalities in the management of various disease condition such as stroke.
Cancer survivor shares experience
Today, the burden of cancer in Nigeria is appreciable. Statistics from the World Health Organisation (WHO) show an estimated 100,000 new cancer cases occur in Nigeria each year although observers believe the figure could become as high as 500,000 new cases annually by 2010.
Pfizer partners Royal College of Physician to train Nigerian doctors
Pfizer, a multinational pharmaceutical company, has provided a three-year unrestricted grant for the training of doctors in all secondary and tertiary health institutions in Nigeria and other West African countries through the West African College of Physicians (WACP).
Maternal Mortality: Saraki seeks political commitment
Wife of the Kwara State Governor, Mrs. Oluwatoyin Saraki has called for harmonization of all campaign efforts made by Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOS), civil Society and partners towards reduction of maternal mortality and infant morbidity in the country even as she advocated for political commitments by all tiers of government with a view to ensure that mothers do not die needlessly while giving birth.
