Renowned cardiology expert and Senior lecturer at the Department of Vascular Medicine, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Prof. Lansberg Peter Jan, as well as Prof. Vincent Idemyor, a Nigerian professor of Clinical Pharmacology and Medicine at the University of Illinois, USA, are among leading cardiologists, nephrologists (kidney specialists) and other experts in the study and management of heart diseases expected at the 2nd Pfizer’s Cardiovascular Summit holding tomorrow in Lagos.

IF there is one thing African governments need to do to ensure that their efforts in tackling the menace of the HIV & AIDS pandemic is more effective, it is for them to be more committed and realistic in approach, particularly in the face of the current global economic meltdown.

APPARENTLY worried by the rising incidence of chronic ailments in the country, coupled with the increasing need for continuous improvement in clinical training and specialised care, management of Lagoon Hospitals, Apapa, Lagos, recently commissioned its new treatment wing housing a six-bed Intensive Care Unit (ICU) and High Dependency Unit (HDU) in line with its quest to benchmark its services against the best global standards.

Towards facilitating government search for healthcare solution in the country, the Association of Nigerian Physicians in the Americas (ANPA) is focussing on strategies for assessing and identifying populations at high risk to health-related problems with special emphasis on hypertension, diabetes, HIV&AIDS and other chronic and infectious diseases.

The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria has announced that 2.3 million people living with HIV have been reached with lifesaving antiretroviral (ARV) treatment through AIDS programmes it supports, a 31 per cent increase over results reported a year ago.