The World Medical Association (WMA) has advocated for a stronger ethical guidance especially in the troubling times of unending conflicts, violence against physicians, and despicable attempts by some repressive governments to undermine the fundamental freedoms, professional autonomy and clinical independence of physicians. Dr. Osahon Enabulele, the immediate past president of WMA disclosed this at the launch of Lancet Commission’s Report on Medicine, Nazism and the Holocaust, held in Berlin, Germany. Enabulele, who represented the WMA...

The National coordinator of Association of People Living with Sickle Cell Disease, Mrs Aisha Edward has given a chilling account of how a member of the association was abandoned in the hospital by his relatives, after his death. Below is the account… Sickle Cell persons often face the worst forms of discrimination and stigmatization from their family members and relatives. Even at death, their troubles never end, as their corpse are subjected to horrific treatments...

In a bid to improve the medical condition of members of the Nigeria Police Force (NPF), the Mind Management Foundation has urged the Federal Government to set up a mental health desk in police stations across the country. Foundation’s Country Director, Barr. Arinze Emmanuel made the plea during a mental health awareness training organized for selected members of the police force in Lagos as part of activities marking World Mental Health Day. It was observed...

The Society for Family Health (SFH) says no fewer than 4,213 unsafe abortions were averted between 2021 and 2023 through the use of modern contraceptives across the 13 local government areas of Nasarawa State. Dr Ibitoye Segun, the Senior Learning Advisor of the Society for Family Health (SFH), disclosed this at a one-day Adolescents 360 mid-project dissemination training in Lafia, the Nasarawa State capital. Segun explained that 54 maternal deaths and 228 child deaths were...

The Adamawa Primary Health Care Development Agency (ADPHCDA) has received 258,041 doses of the Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) vaccine against cervical cancer ahead of its introduction into routine immunization slated from Oct. 24 to 28 in the state. Dr Suleiman Bashir, the Chairman of the agency, disclosed this at a roundtable with journalists in Yola on Friday and said the agency has reached 99 percent in terms of preparedness for the campaign. “The vaccine has...