Curfew: Lagos Doctors Begin Indefinite Sit-at-Home Wednesday

HealthLabourNewsNigeriaCurfew: Lagos Doctors Begin Indefinite Sit-at-Home Wednesday

PilotnewsMay 20, 2020

The Nigerian Medical Association in Lagos has directed its members to immediately proceed on an indefinite sit-at-home strike starting from 6.00p.m on Wednesday. The association gave the directive in a joint statement signed by its Chairman and Secretary, Dr Saliu Oseni and Dr Ramon Moronkola, respectively in Lagos. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that to strengthen compliance of the curfew, the police in Lagos on Tuesday mounted road blocks in different parts of...

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Trump Threatens to Pull U.S. Funding to WHO Permanently

HealthWorld NewsTrump Threatens to Pull U.S. Funding to WHO Permanently

PilotnewsMay 19, 2020

U.S. President Donald Trump has threatened to permanently pull funding from the World Health Organisation (WHO) if it does not commit to “major substantive improvements” within 30 days, according to a letter to the WHO chief shared by Trump on Twitter. In a four-page letter to WHO director general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Trump set out what he called “repeated missteps” by the organisation. Trump claimed that the WHO shares the responsibility for the large number of...

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Taiwan Protests Exclusion From World Health Assembly

HealthPoliticsWorld NewsTaiwan Protests Exclusion From World Health Assembly

PilotnewsMay 18, 2020

Taiwan is protesting its exclusion from the World Health Organisation’s annual two-day meeting which opened on Monday. Taiwan and dozens of friendly countries have urged the WHO to invite the island nation to the online meeting to discuss its containment of the novel Coronavirus (COVID-19), which is seen as a success story. “It’s a loss for the WHO that the Taiwan model won’t be able to be shared at such an important meeting,’’ Health and...

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Corona Virus: ‘We Only Build Immune System’

CoronavirusHealthNewsNigeriaCorona Virus: ‘We Only Build Immune System’

Beloved John (Staff Writer)May 16, 2020

The Coordinator in charge of all the isolation and treatment centres in Oyo state, Professor Temitope Alonge has revealed how patients who tested positive to the coronavirus are been treated at the various isolation centres in the state. He revealed this while discharging eleven patients from the State Infectious Disease Centre, Olodo, Ibadan on Friday Alonge, a former Chief Medical Director, University College Hospital (UCH), Ibadan stated that the medical and healthcare workers only seek...

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Antenatal, Outpatients Visits to Hospitals, Immunization Drop as COVID-19 Spread – FG

HealthNewsNigeriaWellnessAntenatal, Outpatients Visits to Hospitals, Immunization Drop as COVID-19 Spread – FG

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)May 15, 2020

The Federal Government had said that the outpatients, antenatal visits to hospitals had dropped by 50%. The drop also reflected in the immunization services. This was disclosed by the Minister of Health, Dr. Osagie Ehanire at a press briefing of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 on Thursday. According to the minister, this is shown in the latest statistic obtained by the FG, the statistics showed that pregnant women and other outpatients visit to hospitals...

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Picking Disposed Face Masks from Dump Sites Will Worsen COVID-19 Spread – FG

CoronavirusHealthNewsNigeriaPicking Disposed Face Masks from Dump Sites Will Worsen COVID-19 Spread – FG

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)May 13, 2020

The Federal Government through the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 had warned against the unhealthy practice of some Nigerians who pick disposed face masks from dumpsites, wash and sell them. The Chairman of the PTF and Secretary to the Government of Federation, Mr. Boss Mustapha, gave the warning at the PTF Press Briefing in Abuja on Tuesday. He warned that such a practice would worsen the spread of the coronavirus in the country. Mustapha disclosed...

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COVID-19: Ekiti’s Testing Centre Ready this Week – Fayemi

CoronavirusHealthInfrastructureNigeriaCOVID-19: Ekiti’s Testing Centre Ready this Week – Fayemi

PilotnewsMay 11, 2020

Arrangements have been finalised for the take-off of the Ekiti State’s COVID-19 Testing Centre, Gov. Kayode Fayemi disclosed on Monday. He said that testing for Coronavirus would commence at the centre before the end of the week, thereby put an end to what hitherto obtained when past blood samples of suspected victims had to be sent to Abuja. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the governor made the disclosure during an on-the-spot assessment...

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Tambuwal Loses Commissioner for Lands, Housing

HealthNewsNigeriaTambuwal Loses Commissioner for Lands, Housing

PilotnewsMay 11, 2020

Governor Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto State on Sunday announced the death of his Commissioner for Lands and Housing, Alhaji Surajo Marafa-Gatawa. A statement by Tambuwal’s Special Adviser on Media and Public Relations, Malam Muhammad Bello, said late Mafara-Gatawa passed away on Sunday (today) after a brief illness. Bello said the late commissioner, born on Sept. 15, 1957, was an astute politician. He said that the deceased had been a Councillor in Sabon Birni Local Government...

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COVID-19: 47 Health Workers Infected in Kano

CoronavirusHealthNewsNigeriaCOVID-19: 47 Health Workers Infected in Kano

PilotnewsMay 10, 2020

The Kano State Government has confirmed that some 47 medical workers tested positive to the coronavirus (COVID-19) disease in the state. Dr. Tijjani Husaain, the Coordinator, Kano State Taskforce on COVID-19, made the disclosure at a news conference of the Taskforce on COVID-19, on Sunday in Kano. Hussain said that the health workers were confirmed to had infected the virus in the past weeks, noting that no new case of the virus infection was recorded...

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AFRICA: Why Spending In Healthcare Is A Healthy Investment

AfricaHealthInvestingAFRICA: Why Spending In Healthcare Is A Healthy Investment

PilotnewsMay 10, 2020

There’ve been several reminders in recent weeks about the pledge African leaders made to dedicate 15% of their budgets to healthcare back in April 2001 at an African Union meeting. The pledge is known as the Abuja Declaration (pdf). The reason for those stories or social media posts is that few of these countries have come close to matching that reasonable target and we’re all in the middle of a health crisis. As Quartz Africa covered last week, many...

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