EUROPEAN UNION DONATES 215,000 VACCINES FOR MPOX RESPONSE IN AFRICA
The European Union (EU), via its Health Emergency Preparedness and Response Authority (HERA), has offered to give 215,000 vaccine doses to tackle the Mpox outbreak...
HOW NEW HEALTH POLICY WILL HELP BRING BACK NIGERIAN DOCTORS FROM DIASPORA — MINISTER
According to the Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Prof. Muhammad Pate, the new National Policy on Health Workforce Migration will help bring back...
APPROVED NATIONAL POLICY ON HEALTH WORKFORCE MIGRATION (FULL DOCUMENT)
On Monday, the Federal Government approved the new National Policy on Health Workforce Migration. According to Channels on Wednesday, the 56-page document approved by President...
FG APPROVES NATIONAL POLICY TO ADDRESS HEALTH WORKFORCE MIGRATION
The Federal Government has approved a new National Policy on Health Workforce Migration. Disclosing this on Monday through a post on X, the Minister of...
STRICT DRUG REGULATIONS MAY LEAD TO MONOPOLY, EXPERT WARNS NAFDAC
A former president of the Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria (PSN), Pharm. Olumide Akintayo, has expressed concern about the detrimental effects of the National Agency for...
IMPLEMENT IMPORT DUTY, VAT WAIVERS ON DRUGS – NMA URGES TINUBU
The Nigerian Medical Association, NMA, in Ekiti State, has urged President Bola Tinubu to implement import duty and value-added tax (VAT) waivers on drugs and...
DOCTORS COMMENCE STRIKE OVER PAY DISPARITY IN OGUN
Ogun State medical doctors have commenced an indefinite strike due to unresolved issues with their allowances. The salary difference between federal and state medical professionals...
DOUBLE EFFORTS TO END HIV – OYO GOVT TELLS HEALTHCARE CENTRES
To ensure proper treatment adherence, Oyo State Government, through the Oyo State Agency for the Control of AIDS (OYSACA) has urged Healthcare Centres providing Comprehensive...
JUST IN: CHOLERA KILLS SEVEN IN DELTA, SPREADS TO EIGHT LGAs
On Tuesday, July 30, Delta Health Commissioner Joseph Onojaeme announced that the state's eight local government areas had experienced a cholera outbreak that resulted in...
PCN SHUTS PHARMACIES, MEDICINE SHOPS IN BAUCHI STATE
After a significant enforcement effort, the Pharmacy Council of Nigeria (PCN) closed 571 pharmacies and medical stores in Bauchi State. Pharm Stephen Esumobi, the Director...