APBN Holds Professional Summit To Tackle Challenges In Health Sector

HealthNewsNigeriaAPBN Holds Professional Summit To Tackle Challenges In Health Sector

PilotnewsNovember 10, 2023

The ongoing issues of rivalry, leadership positions, and unequal remuneration among healthcare professionals in Nigeria have been recognized as major factors contributing to the dysfunctionality of the healthcare system. In response to these challenges, the Association of Professional Bodies of Nigeria (APBN), Anambra State Chapter, today organized the 2023 Professional Summit The summit aimed to address these issues and promote collaboration in the healthcare sector. The event, with the theme “Professional Synergy in Healthcare Provision;...

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Foundation Advocates For Establishment of Mental Health Desk In Police Stations

HealthNewsNigeriaFoundation Advocates For Establishment of Mental Health Desk In Police Stations

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)November 8, 2023

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...

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Over 4,000 Unsafe Abortions Averted In Nasarawa State

HealthNewsNigeriaOver 4,000 Unsafe Abortions Averted In Nasarawa State

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)November 8, 2023

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...

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Reps set to declare state of emergency on malaria

HealthNewsNigeriaPoliticsReps set to declare state of emergency on malaria

By Uzoamaka Ikezue (Staff Reporter)November 2, 2023

The House of Representatives is set to declare a state of emergency on malaria which it noted will be a step in the right direction given the spate of the disease across the country. The House called on the Federal Government to subsidise malaria drugs if it cannot make them free at all Government-owned health centres for the benefit of Nigerians. Speaking at the inaugural meeting of the Committee on HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria Control...

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Brain Drain: Over 7,000 Pharmacists Left Nigeria – PSN

HealthNewsNigeriaBrain Drain: Over 7,000 Pharmacists Left Nigeria – PSN

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)November 1, 2023

Prof. Cyril Usifoh, President of Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria (PSN) has says more than 7,000 pharmacists emigrated from Nigeria in search of better practice environment abroad in the last two years. Usifoh told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) said on Tuesday in Gombe that the issue of brain drain which remained one of the major challenges in the health sector needed serious attention in the interest of the well-being of Nigerians. Usifoh said government...

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Cervical Cancer: About 6 Million Girls To Receive HPV Vaccines

HealthNewsNigeriaCervical Cancer: About 6 Million Girls To Receive HPV Vaccines

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)October 18, 2023

About 6 million girls aged 9-14 years will receive vaccination with over 6 million doses of Gardasil HPV vaccine and essential supplies under the first phase of HPV vaccination in the country. According to experts, Nigeria alone contributes an estimated 12,000 new cases of global cervical cancer and 8 thousand deaths annually. Faisal Shuaib, Executive Director of the National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA) who stated this in Abuja, at a joint briefing with...

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Adamawa State Receives 258,041 Doses of Human Papillomavirus Vaccine

HealthNewsNigeriaAdamawa State Receives 258,041 Doses of Human Papillomavirus Vaccine

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)October 14, 2023

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...

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Menstrual Health: Foundation sets up sanitary pad bank in Akwa Ibom School 

HealthNewsNigeriaMenstrual Health: Foundation sets up sanitary pad bank in Akwa Ibom School 

By Uzoamaka Ikezue (Staff Reporter)October 14, 2023

AIDS Health Foundation (AHF) Nigeria has promised to work with Akwa Ibom State government to set up a sanitary pad bank in Aka Community Secondary School, Uyo. The decision was taken in line with efforts to improve the menstrual health of school children in the state. Advocacy and Marketing Manager, AHF,  Mr Steve Aborisade made the disclosure while speaking at an event to mark the 2023 International Day of the Girl Child in Uyo. According...

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Nigeria Records Highest Maternal Deaths In The World

HealthNewsNigeriaNigeria Records Highest Maternal Deaths In The World

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)October 10, 2023

…82,000 Deaths Annually Nigeria has the highest number of maternal deaths in the world with 82,000 deaths per year, making up 13% of the world’s total. Associate Professor of Public Health at the College of Medicine, University of Lagos, Dr Mobolanle Balogun who lamented over the situation, called for collective action to reverse the trend. Balogun, spoke in Lagos during the inauguration of the #weMenforHer campaign by the Maternal and Reproductive Health Research Collective (MRHRC)....

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NHIA Chooses 7 States, FCT For The Production Of Medicines

HealthNewsNigeriaNHIA Chooses 7 States, FCT For The Production Of Medicines

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)October 6, 2023

The National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) has chosen seven states: Delta, Enugu, Gombe, Jigawa, Niger, Osun, Sokoto and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) for the production of medicines. Prof. Mohammed Sambo, Director-General of NHIA disclosed this on Thursday in Abuja at the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) with 12 pharmaceutical companies and eight Drugs Management Organizations (DMOs). He said the states would be pilot phase of...

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