Falsified drugs: PWDAN, APDA seek Africa-wide crackdown
By Chioma Obinna The Pharmaceutical Wholesalers and Distributors Association of Nigeria, PWDAN, and the African Pharmaceutical Distributors Association, APDA, on Tuesday called for stronger collaboration among African countries and regulatory authorities to combat the circulation of falsified and substandard medicines across the continent. The associations said the cross-border movement of pharmaceutical products made stronger cooperation […]
66 children benefit from free cataract surgery
A TOTAL of 104 free eye surgeries have been carried out on 66 children from the less privileged homes in Abuja by an Indian NGO – Tulsi Chanrai Foundation (TCF).
Nigerian health experts seek lasting cure for malaria, HIV
Health experts have lamented inability of medical researchers to find a lasting cure in the form of a reliable vaccine for malaria and HIV even though potential benefits of efficacious malaria or HIV vaccines are not in doubt.
NOHE seeks improved nurse-patient ratio
With the ratio of one nurse to 30 patients in most hospitals across the nation, management of National Orthopaedic Hospital Enugu (NOHE) says the establishment of a Post Basic School of Nursing in the hospital is aimed at improving the poor ratio of nurses to patient in the country, particularly in the area of orthopaedic, burns/plastic nursing.
Health Bill to become law soon — OBASANJO-BELLO
By Chiyere Amalu The health Bill before the National Assembly stipulating 2 per cent of the nation’s annual budget will be domiciled into Primary Health Care (PHC) will soon be signed into law.
NGO worries over smoking by youths
A Non-governmental Organisation, Kidcare Consults, has embarked on aggressive enlightenment campaign against the debilitating effects of smoking, especially in youths. The campaign is executed partly by convening of workshops where young children are exposed to the dangers of smoking.
