…as NIDOA USA calls for elimination of poverty, insecurity, Others By Levinus Nwabughiogu – Abuja Diaspora Nigerians in the Americas running across four countries have urged the federal government to factor in their contributions in the improvement of the economic well being of the country. This is as Nigerians resident in the United States of […]

Prof. Jesse Otegbayo, the Chief Medical Director (CMD), University College Hospital (UCH), Ibadan, has expressed concern over the mass emigration of doctors to other countries. Otegbayo said this at the inauguration of the renovated Public Relations Department of the hospital on Monday, in Ibadan. According to him, the brain drain plaguing the country’s health sector […]

Dr. Adaeze Oreh, a family physician with the Federal Ministry of Health has called for cheaper health scheme for women and girls in the country. Oreh made the call at an event hosted by Devex and Pathfinder in the ongoing 74th United Nations General Assembly. She said health expenses are driving families, especially women deeper […]

By Chioma Obinna The Lagos State Government through the Health Facility Monitoring and Accreditation Agency, HEFAMAA has shut 20 health facilities for non-compliance with regulatory standards. The Executive Secretary of HEFAMAA, Dr. Abiola Idowu who disclosed this after a monitoring and inspection exercise carried out by the Agency, stressed that the State Government remains committed […]

…Grows patients carrying capacity to 450 beds in 20 years  by Ezra Ukanwa Chief Medical Director of the National Hospital, Abuja, Dr. Jafaru Momoh, yesterday, disclosed that the hospital has delivered 818 babies through the In-Vitro Fertilisation, IVF, between 1999 and 2019. Addressing newsmen on the 20th-anniversary celebration of the hospital, Momoh also stated that […]