FG activates task force over diphtheria outbreak in Katsina, Kano
…Deploys 500,000 vaccine doses, expands treatment centres By Chidinma Chukwu, Abuja ABUJA — The Federal Government has activated an emergency multi-agency task force to contain a diphtheria outbreak affecting children in parts of Katsina and Kano states. As part of the immediate response, the government has deployed 500,000 doses of diphtheria vaccines to the two […]
Household ownership of mosquito nets rises, but use could be better — Report
By Sola Ogundipe OWNERSHIP of an insecticide-treated mosquito net (ITN) in Nigeria does not automatically translate into usage by women and children under 5 – potentially challenging the Federal government target of providing two ITNs per household in the country by december 2010.
HIV: Accurate testing is key — AJAYI
Managing Director, PathCare Medical Laboratory, Dr Pamela Ajayi, has highlighted the importance of accurate testing in the national and global HIV & AIDS response. Speaking on this year’s World AIDS Day, she noted that “It is important to remember that we still haven’t found a cure to for HIV &AIDS. Early detection and proper maintenance […]
Strip clubs: MEDIACON condemns publication of nude pictures
By Sola Ogundipe THE publication by a Lagos-based newspaper of nude pictures of strippers accosted during the recent raid of nude clubs in Lagos recently has drawn the ire of a Non-Governmental Organisation – Media Concern Initiative for women and Children (MEDIACON). In a release signed by the organisation’s Executive Director, Princess Olufemi-Kayode, the action […]
Hygeia obtains fiscal partnership for growth plans
By Naomi Uzor Hygeia, owners of Lagoon Hospitals, Lagos have secured over $26m of strategic financial partnership with Satya Capital, IFC and FMO (the Netherlands Development Finance Company) to support the organisation’s plans for considerable growth and quality improvements in key areas of its integrated healthcare business. Good Health Weekly gathered that Satya’s equity investment […]
LUTH begins free lip/palate surgery
…as 119 matriculate into School of Health Information By Sola Ogundipe A TOTAL of 119 students have been admitted into the School of Health Information Management of the Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH), Idi-Araba, Lagos, just as the health institution is kicking off a free lip and palate surgery week today. A statement by the […]
