NAFDAC ALERTS PUBLIC ON CIRCULATION OF FALSIFIED BETACLOX ANTIBIOTIC IN NIGERIA
By Aishat Momoh. O. The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has issued a public warning over a suspected substandard and...
LAWMAKERS MOVE TO EXPAND NACA’S MANDATE INTO NATIONAL MULTI-DISEASE CONTROL AGENCY
The National Assembly has begun the process of transforming the National Agency for the Control of AIDS (NACA) into a multi-disease control agency with an...
UCH GROUNDED AS NARD STRIKE ENTERS DAY 10, SURGERIES HALTED AND REVENUE DROPS
Healthcare operations continue to be hindered at the University College Hospital (UCH), Ibadan, as the Association of Resident Doctors (ARD) strike approaches its tenth day....
PATIENTS GROAN AS RESIDENT DOCTORS’ STRIKE ENTERS THIRD DAY, PARALYSING SERVICES IN MAJOR HOSPITALS
By Aishat Momoh. O. As the indefinite strike by the Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) entered its third day, the corridors of major government-owned...
AFRICA CDC CALLS FOR CROSS-BORDER COOPERATION TO CURB DISEASE OUTBREAKS
The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) has called for stronger cross-border collaboration among African nations to effectively prevent and control the...
NMA TO CONDUCT MONTHLY PSYCHIATRIC EVALUATION FOR INMATES NATIONWIDE
By Aishat Momoh. O. The Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) has unveiled plans to commence monthly psychiatric evaluations for inmates across all correctional facilities in Nigeria...
BENUE PLACES 50 CONTACTS UNDER SURVEILLANCE AFTER WOMAN DIES OF LASSA FEVER
By Aishat Momoh. O. The Benue State Government has placed about 50 persons under strict surveillance following the death of a 54-year-old woman from Ogbadibo...
IG APPOINTS FIRST FORCE MEDICAL SERVICES DIRECTOR
HOTJIST NEWS The Inspector-General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, has sanctioned the appointment of Assistant Inspector-General of Police, Nkechi Eze, as the inaugural Director of the recently created Directorate of Force Medical...
NIGERIA COMMITTED TO ENDING TUBERCULOSIS BY 2030 – FIRST LADY
The First Lady, Oluremi Tinubu, has reaffirmed Nigeria’s commitment to ending Tuberculosis by 2030 through concrete actions, in line with the Renewed Hope Agenda of...
RESIDENT DOCTORS URGE TINUBU TO INTERVENE, SAVE NIGERIA’S HEALTH SECTOR
BY MUNIRAT BALOGUN The Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) has appealed to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to urgently intervene in the country’s struggling health...