Health Reporters

By Asma’u Ahmad The Lagos State Government has reiterated its commitment to increase access to quality and affordable healthcare service through the implementation of its much awaited Health Insurance Scheme (LSHS). The State Commissioner for Health, Dr Jide Idris, made ...

By Asma’u Ahmad The Federal Government has pledged to implement a pragmatic and acceptable National Population Policy (NPP) for sustainable national development goal. The Chairman of the Committee on Population Management at the National Population Commission (NPopC), Alhaji Yusuf Anka, ...

By Asma’u Ahmad Medical doctors at the Federal Medical Centre (FMC) Azare, Bauchi State, on Wednesday, said they had yet to join the ongoing nationwide strike by the Nigeria Medical Association (NMA). The NMA chairman of the state chapter, Dr ...

By Asma’u Ahmad The Director of Public Health at the Gombe State Primary Health Care Development Agency (GSPHCDA), Dr Abubakar Joshua, has advised the state government to provide slaughter houses for chicken sellers. Dr Joshua gave the advice in Gombe ...

By Haruna Gimba Ministers of Health and representatives from 26 countries have recommitted to the pledge of women’s and children’s survival. Rising from a two-day high-level summit at Addis Ababa, Ethiopia co-hosted by the Governments of Ethiopia and India, the ...

By Asma’u Ahmad The Brain and Spine Surgery Consortium, Abuja, has urged key organisations handling accidents and emergencies to give necessary training on advanced life support care for road accidents victims. The Consultant Neurosurgeon, Dr Douglas Akor made the call ...

By Asma’u Ahmad The Cross River State Government on Tuesday said it was targeting no fewer than 40 patients to benefit from the state’s second phase of free Vesico Vaginal Fistula (VVF) repair and rehabilitation. The state’s Commissioner for Health, Dr Inyang ...

By Haruna Gimba The National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) have commenced a nationwide indefinite strike. The resident doctors across Nigeria have resolved to proceed on the strike after a meeting of its national leadership that ended in the early ...

By Asma’u Ahmad A public health expert, Mr Nurudden Bello, has cautioned Nigerians living in flood prone areas and along river banks to be wary of water borne diseases. Mr Bello, who teaches at the Shehu Idris College of Health ...

By Asma’u Ahmad The University College Hospital (UCH), Ibadan chapter of the Association of Resident Doctors (ARD), said the resident doctors in the hospital would commence an indefinite strike on September 4. President of the association, Dr Olusegun Olaopa, told newsmen ...