Self-care key to curbing Nigeria’s rising disease burden — Experts
… Say hospitals can’t cope if Nigerians ignore prevention, rational drug useBy Chioma Obinna As Nigeria battles a growing burden of chronic and non-communicable diseases, health experts have called for an urgent shift from hospital-centred healthcare to preventive self-care, warning that the country’s health system and household finances cannot withstand the rising cost of treating […]
NMA seeks restriction of overseas treatment for public officers
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.
GSK awards $2.5m malaria control grants to Nigeria, 3 others
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.
With Truscan, NAFDAC turns the heat on fake drug merchants
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.
Stakeholders worry over proposal to ban more drugs
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.
Children at high risk of pneumonia from vehicular pollution, study indicates
MILLIONS of Nigerian children who live in houses close to a main road may be in greater danger of coming down with pneumonia as a result of pollution from passing traffic which causes damage to their lungs.
