TOWARDS mitigating the burden of multi-drug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) in Nigeria, the Federal government in collaboration with the Global TB Partnership and USAID, is conducting a prevalence survey of persons with TB that is resistant to treatment with first-line anti-TB drugs in the country.

AN estimated seven million safe injection commodities worth over N104 million was procured and distributed in
Nigeria over the last five years and 10,000 health workers trained in injection safety under the Making Medical Injections Safer (MMIS) project funded by the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR).

I have been taking laxatives every day for years with out any problems, usually containing senna, but recently, I was told by a doctor that they can be harmful and I must stop. Without them, I will be constipated. What can I do?

Managing Director, Clearline HMO, Dr. Olusegun Ogundimu has called on Federal government to focus on community based health insurance scheme to engender growth in the nation’s health sector. This based on the need that community based health insurance is low in Nigeria and there should be concerted efforts by all the stakeholders to address the situation.

Deans of Faculties of Medicine and Nursing Schools have called for the strengthening of the front line health
facilities in the country in adopting the use of the CDI strategy for multiple health interventions.