The National Joint Health Sector Unions (JOHESU) on Monday in Ibadan suspended its one-week nationwide strike with effect from Tuesday. Felix Faniran, the Acting National Chairman of JOHESU, announced the suspension at a press c...
The Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) has said the Lagos State government acted responsibly and in accordance with the state’s civil/public service rules in sacking the striking doctors in its employment. In a statement issued in Lagos on Sunday b...
On May 4, 2012, Nigeria joined the rest of the world to celebrate this year’s World Malaria Day. The event, which was hosted by the Rivers State government, was attended by the minister of health, Professor Onyebuchi Chukwu as well as representat...
The Chief Executive Officer of a non governmental organisation, known as Afribaby, Dr. Odion Oscar Odiboh, in a chat with FLORENCE UDOH, is canvassing for a six months maternity leave for women. He disclosed that his organisation  ...
But for the few whose relations have cried out, quite a large number of women still die giving life due to sheer carelessness by health workers in the nation’s health institutions, WINIFRED OGBEBO reports. Mrs. Uloma Egbuchulam Anyanechi died on ...
Citing the lack of clear guidelines for ordering blood transfusions during surgery, Johns Hopkins researchers say a new study confirms there is still wide variation in the use of transfusions and frequent use of transfused blood in patients who don&rsq...
Residents of Lagos and Ogun states yesterday defied the heavy downpour of rain that fell in the early hours of the day to participate in the partnership on advocacy against polio held at the border town between both states. The two governors, Mr. Babat...
Health services are gradually being restored in Lagos State hospitals as some 373 newly-recruited doctors have started assuming duty. A News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) correspondent who visited some hospitals in the state on Thursday confirmed that some o...
Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State on Monday came very hard on the striking Lagos doctors. He was surely not happy about the effects of the lingering action by 800 doctors under the employ of the Lagos State government clamouring for the full im...
A recent survey in low- and middle-income countries have indicated that, about 3000 young people are newly infected with HIV daily This was revealed when youth leaders from around the world recently presented a set of youth-defined recommendation...
With the rising claims of the efficacy of herbal medicines across the country, the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) says it can only guarantee the safety of such drugs but not their efficacy. Mr Abubakar Jimoh, the ...
Human Rights Watch (HRW) Deputy Programme Director, Babatunde Olughobi has said over 2500 children have been treated for high level of lead poisoning by Medecins Sans Frontiers (MSF) (Doctors Without Borders). He also said that thousands more cannot be...
The National Environmental Standards and Regulatory Enforcement Agency (NESREA) has expressed its determination to implement environmental laws. The agency stated this in a statement issued in Abuja on Saturday by Mr Sule Oyofo, the agency’...
Dr Osahon Enabulele, has emerged as the new president of the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA), at an election which ended in the early hours of Saturday. The election which began late Friday night in Abuja was part of activities marking the associati...
Dr Chioma Amajor, the Chairman of the National Malaria Control Programme, said on Friday that more than 200,000 Nigerians died of malaria annually. Amajorsaid at the commemoration of World Malaria Day in Rivers in Port Harcourt that the figure was worr...