Following the launching of its first large-scale vaccination campaign against the Ebola virus, Rwanda’s health minister Diane Gashumba said at the weekend that at least 200,000 people will be vaccinated over the next year in areas bordering the Democratic Republic of Congo. There have been no confirmed Ebola cases in Rwanda, although priority will be … Read more
Malaysia has reported its first polio case in 27 years, health authorities said Sunday, announcing a three-month-old baby had been diagnosed on Borneo Island. The Malaysian health ministry’s director-general, Noor Hisham Abdullah, said the baby from Tuaran in eastern Sabah state had been admitted into intensive care after experiencing fever and muscle weakness. “The patient … Read more
Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Prof Akin Abayomi, has restated the government’s commitment to the treatment and elimination of Neglected Tropical Diseases among its citizens. Abayomi said this on Friday during a news briefing on Mass Administration of Medicine for the Control of Schistosomiasis in Lagos State. Read Also: LASG Explains Reasons For Special Interest … Read more
The governor of Lagos State, Babajide Sanwo-Olu has disclosed that the state needs more specialised health workers in the health sector. The governor made this disclosure while speaking on The Platform, an event hosted by the Covenant Christian Centre to make the 59th Independence Day ceremony. He said, “On health, we are making progress. We … Read more
-LASG set to revitalise the Primary Healthcare Centres (PHCs) in the state -The state government has developed policies and currently implementing strategies aimed at reviving the PHC system -The current administration, as part of the THEMES mandate, has pledged to gradually increase allocation to health sector from the present eight per cent to approach 15 … Read more
The Imo State Chapter of the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) has called off their two-month strike after meeting with the state Governor, Emeka Ihedioha on Wednesday. It was gathered that the doctors had embarked on strike in April following the non-implementation of the agreement reached with tThe Imo State Chapter of the Nigerian Medical Association … Read more
The Rotary Club of Omole Golden has performed the foundation laying ceremony of a new Neo-Natal Clinic in General Hospital, Ifako-Ijaiye in addition to donating a new incubator to the facility. The President of the Club, Rotarian Ibironke Alaba said the Club decided to donate a new clinic to the hospital to facilitate the … Read more
To make the State House Medical Centre perform optimally, the Presidency will turn it into a clinic. However, some staffers at the State House are kicking against the proposal, alleging that the idea was to privatise the centre and make cost of medical services unaffordable. But the Permanent Secretary, State House, Jalal Arabi, said the … Read more