AMR: FG warns of growing threat of drug-resistant infections
…Ministers seek stronger surveillance, responsible antibiotic use By Sola Ogundipe The Federal government has raised the alarm over the growing threat of antimicrobial resistance (AMR), warning that patients are suffering prolonged illnesses, failing to respond to treatment and dying from infections that antibiotics should ordinarily help control. The Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare, […]
DELSUTH sets the pace in quality health care delivery
By Chioma Obinna & Emmanuel Ebeleke IT is a fact that at least 50 per cent of Nigerians live on less than one dollar a day – a development  emphasised by the quite poor critical health indicators such as maternal and infant mortality.
NHIS spends N1.2bn on maternal and child health
By Sola Ogundipe As part of efforts aimed at further reducing the high rate of maternal and child mortality, in the country, the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS), has so far committed a total of N1.2 billion in the second year of implementation of the NHIS/Millenium Development Goals (MDGs) maternal and child health project.
Pharmacists task FG on wages in health sector
By Sola Ogundipe Pharmacists under the aegis of the Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria (PSN) have reiterated the call on Federal government to urgently tackle the issue of discriminatory salary wages in the health sector to avoid unwarranted industrial disharmony in this potentially volatile sector. Making the call in a communique issued at the end of […]
World AIDS Day: Access to HIV treatment still a challenge
THE need for affirmative action and essential support in educating Nigerians about the HIV and AIDS epidemic while ensuring greater protection for pregnant women and children from HIV transmission, coupled with enablement of greater financial resources for Behaviour Change Communication (BCC) and improved access to HIV treatment remain key issues in Nigeria even as the country joins the rest of the world to mark the 11th World AIDS Day (WAD) today.
NHIS spends N1.2bn on maternal, child health
As part of efforts aimed at further reducing the high rate of maternal and child mortality, in the country, the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS), has so far committed a total of N1.2 billion in the second year of implementation of the NHIS/Millenium Development Goals (MDGs) maternal and child health project.
