Doctors Begin Strike Over Unpaid Salaries

HealthLabourNewsDoctors Begin Strike Over Unpaid Salaries

PilotnewsNovember 3, 2020

By Njideka Goldie Chukwu – Staff Reporter Resident doctors at the Ondo State University Medical Sciences Teaching Hospital (UNIMEDTHC), Akure, have begun a three-day warning strike over non-payment of their salaries. The health workers who downed tools on Monday, November 2nd, said they are being owed four months’ salary arrears by the Ondo State government. Speaking with pressmen at a protest they held before announcing the strike, their spokesman, Taiwo Olagbe, said that the doctors threatened...

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HealthNewsPeopleWellnessFoundation To Cater For Widows, Orphans Launch In Adamawa

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)November 2, 2020

Wife of the Majority Leader Adamawa State House of Assembly, representing Jada/Mbulo constituency, Hajiya Fatima Hammantukur Yettisuri has launched a nongovernmental organization “Fati Mbulo Foundation” (FMF) to cater for poor widows, orphans and vulnerable in the society. At the formal launch in Jada town, the founder said the NGO will revolve around the wellbeing of the widows and orphans not only in Jada local government area of Adamawa State, but Nigeria as a whole. “The...

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World Polio Day: Stakeholders Advocate More Surveillance, Immunization in Adamawa

HealthNewsNigeriaWorld Polio Day: Stakeholders Advocate More Surveillance, Immunization in Adamawa

Ibrahim Abdul' Aziz (Correspondent)October 24, 2020

By Ibrahim Abdul’Aziz, Regional Correspondent As the world marks the world polio day, stakeholders in Adamawa State have prevailed on the need for more vigilance, surveillance and immunization to keep the dreaded virus at bay. At a sensitization rally organised by Adamawa State Primary Healthcare Development Agency, (ASPHCDA) funded by UNICEF, the stakeholders explained that despite the declaration of Nigeria and Africa as polio virus free, it is not yet Uhuru as the virus can...

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BHCPF: 484 Facilities Accredited in Kano

HealthNewsPeopleBHCPF: 484 Facilities Accredited in Kano

Ibrahim Abdul' Aziz (Correspondent)October 24, 2020

By Ibrahim Abdul’Aziz, Regional Correspondent National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) has revealed that, as part of implementing the Basic Health Care Provision Fund (BHCPF) in Kano state, 484 health facilities in the state have been accredited to participate in the programme which seeks to remove financial barriers to accessing primary healthcare, particularly for the poor and vulnerable. NHIS representative Malam Saídu Adamu stated this at a 2-day orientation for Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) and Media...

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The Chief Army Staff (COAS), Lt.-Gen Tukur Buratai, Has Inaugurated a 30-bed Hospital at Tigi Community of Riyom LGA of Plateau.

HealthInfrastructureNewsThe Chief Army Staff (COAS), Lt.-Gen Tukur Buratai, Has Inaugurated a 30-bed Hospital at Tigi Community of Riyom LGA of Plateau.

PilotnewsOctober 20, 2020

Inaugurating the project in Riyom on Monday, Buratai said the hospital was built and equipped by the Nigerian Army. According to him, the gesture is part of Civil-Military Cooperation, aimed at winning the minds and hearts of the rural populace. He said the hospital would address the medical needs of the local people as well as commuters plying the Jos-Abuja road, especially victims of road traffic accidents. He explained that the facility would handle maternity...

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Iya Abbas Foundation Offer Free Medical Services To Over 5, 000 People

HealthNewsPhilanthropyIya Abbas Foundation Offer Free Medical Services To Over 5, 000 People

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)October 17, 2020

The Iya Abbas foundation will offer free medical services to more than five thousand people with various health ailments in Uba/Gaya Constituency of Hong Local Government Area of Adamawa State. The exercise which was kicked off at Marraban-Mubi will last for six days where Physicians would consult patients, offer minor surgeries and make referrals where necessary. Speaking at the commencement of the free medical outreach Speaker Adamawa State House of Assembly, Alhaji Aminu Iya Abbas...

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One Egg a Day, Good for Human Health — Nutritionist

HealthNewsWellnessOne Egg a Day, Good for Human Health — Nutritionist

PilotnewsOctober 9, 2020

Dr Adekoya Owosibo, a Nutritionist and Provost, Federal College of Animal Health and Production Technology, Ibadan, says the consumption of one egg in a day will promote good health. Owosibo made the assertion in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Friday in Ibadan on the sideline of activities to mark this year’s World Egg Day. The nutritionist said that this year’s theme of the Day — “Eat Your Egg Today and...

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NIPRD Trains 80 Traditional Herbal Practitioner on Phytomedicine in Adamawa

HealthNewsNigeriaNIPRD Trains 80 Traditional Herbal Practitioner on Phytomedicine in Adamawa

Ibrahim Abdul' Aziz (Correspondent)October 6, 2020

By Ibrahim Abdul’Aziz, Regional Correspondent No fewer than 80 traditional herbal medicine practitioners were trained  on Phytomedicine in Yola, by the National Institute for Pharmaceutical Research and Development (NIPRD). The training was tagged “Harnessing Indigenous Phytomedicine from Traditional Knowledge, Developing High Quality, Safe and Effective Products for Economic Empowerment”. In his presentation, the Director General of NIPRD, Dr. Obi Adigwe said with traditional medicine government stand to earn a lot of foreign exchange. Dr Adigwe...

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Study Shows Osun, Anambra and Three Others as States with Efficient Healthcare Services

HealthNewsNigeriaStudy Shows Osun, Anambra and Three Others as States with Efficient Healthcare Services

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)October 5, 2020

A new study has shown Osun, Anambra, Ogun, Lagos, and Rivers states have the most sufficient healthcare services in Nigeria. The study then rated Sokoto, Kebbi, Yobe, Bauchi and Niger states as the least states when it comes to healthcare services. The study was published by a health technology company – the WellNewMe, adding that the COVID-19 pandemic had brought to the fore the importance of having a strong health system, as many countries were...

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NAICOM Rolls Out Digital Insurance Strategies to Eliminate Fake Insurance

HealthNewsNigeriaScience & TechnologyNAICOM Rolls Out Digital Insurance Strategies to Eliminate Fake Insurance

PilotnewsOctober 3, 2020

The National Insurance Commission (NAICOM) says it has rolled out some digitisation strategies through its new portal to transform the sector and improve insurance penetration. Mr Abiodun Aribike, the Deputy Director in charge of Information Technology in NAICOM, said this on Friday in Uyo at a seminar for insurance journalists with the theme: “Digital Transformation of the Commission and Market Development Initiatives’’. He said the strategies, which would be made available through the portal would...

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