Vanguard summit: Nigeria risks losing gains of Mental Health Act, experts warn
By Chioma Obinna As Vanguard Newspapers holds its fourth Mental Health Summit in Lagos, stakeholders have warned that Nigeria’s Mental Health Act is dying from neglect, with critical provisions of the law remaining largely unimplemented amid a widening treatment gap and a severe shortage of mental health professionals. The 4th Vanguard Mental Health Summit, scheduled […]
Polio eradication: How Nigeria faced the world at World Health Assembly
WHEN the 62nd World Health Assembly opened at the Palais de Nations in Geneva Switzerland on May 18, 2009, one of the major health concerns of international interest, besides the (then) looming H1N1 influenza (swine flu) pandemic, was the race towards global target for eradication of poliomyelitis.
MTN Nigeria flags off Y’ello Care
Staff of MTN Nigeria last week embarked on series of community-based activities under the company’s annual staff volunteerism programme, tagged “21 Days of Y’ello Careâ€. The exercise, which is the 3rd edition is expected to take place in all its 21 operations in Africa, Asia and the Middle East simultaneously.
National statistics on polio still not cheering — HAMZAT
As the 3rd Round of the National Immunization Days ended last week In Lagos State, Special Adviser to the Lagos State Governor, Pharm. Toyin Hamzat declared that the statistics on Wild Polio Virus (WPV) in the country is not yet cheering.
NAFDAC impounds fake vegetable oil, salt
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, (NAFDAC) has impounded fake and substandard vegetable oil as well as salts packaged in 50kg and 25kg respectively.
