Category: Health

Improved Health Care: Haemodialysis Group seeks partnership with Liberty TV & FM stations

Aminu Imam

As part of efforts towards providing succour to Nigerians who require haemodialysis service delivery, a group, named: ‘Rayuwa da Zurfi’ has sought partnership of ATAR communications Nig. Ltd, owners of Liberty TV/Radio FMs stations and other online News platforms. Leading the group, Haj Jamila Zanna Mohammed said their aim is to review the barriers to effective dialysis management and highlight opportunities for improvement. Receiving the group at the corporate headquarters of ATAR communications, the Executive Chairman, (Dr.) Ahmed Tijjani Ramalan commended them for taking up the onerous task of providing…

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Ministerial Screening: “NAFDAC is not functioning; fake drugs are killing people” – Nephrologist

Aminu Imam

A nephrologist, Tunji Alausa, says the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has failed in its mandate to regulate the prevalence of fake drugs in the country. Speaking yesterday when he appeared before the Senate for screening as a ministerial nominee from Lagos State, Alausa said the regulatory agency needs urgent reform, adding that the country’s healthcare system is “really sub-optimal”. According to him, Nigeria needs to build a quality regulatory body to “take care” and tackle the fake drugs in pharmaceutical stores across the country.…

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Subsidy Removal: Health workers to join NLC strike

Aminu Imam

Healthcare workers, under the aegis of the Joint Health Sector Unions and the National Association of Nigeria Nurses and Midwives, (JOHESU) have said that they will join the planned strike by the Nigeria Labour Congress, (NLC) scheduled to commence on Wednesday, August 2, 2023. The NLC has put plans in place for a nationwide strike scheduled to begin next Wednesday. Though a court order which barred the congress from going on strike in June still stands, our correspondent learnt that the Congress noted that it could not fold its arms…

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Strike: Resident Doctors in Kaduna have poorest renumeration

Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir

By; Abdull-Azeez Ahmed Kadir, Kaduna. As the strike declared by the National Association of Resident Doctors NARD enters the second day, their members from Barau Dikko Teaching Hospital, Kaduna said they are among the poorest in renumeration among their peers in Nigeria. This was contained in a communique issued after an emergency meeting held in Kaduna on friday 28th July by the associations to deliberate on the state of their affairs The communique signed by Dr. Godwin Abrak; Chairman, Dr. Hassan Shuaibu Saliu; Secretary, and Dr. Maryam Lawal Makarfi RRO1…

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Kaduna: Govt. confirms diphtheria disease outbreak in Kafanchan

Aminu Imam

The Kaduna State Ministry of Health has confirmed an outbreak of diphtheria disease in some communities in Kafanchan, Jema’a local government area. Diphtheria is a highly contagious bacterial infection of the respiratory tract. Its symptoms include sore throat, fever, and a white layer on the throat. It is transmitted through respiratory droplets from coughing and sneezing and through direct contact with the respiratory fluid and has a high fatality rate of up to 20 per cent, especially in children under five. Recall that on Thursday there were reports of an…

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Deadly virus reportedly sweeping through Europe, Africa and Middle-East – WHO

Aminu Imam

A deadly virus is reportedly spreading across Europe, Africa and the Middle-East and is feared to soon become the biggest threat to the public. The virus, which has been identified as Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever (CCHF), broke out in Iraq and Namibia, and there have been cases in Spain as well as deaths recorded in Pakistan. An urgent health warning has already been issued in what has been described as the current biggest threat to public health and is feared to be accelerated by climate change. According to the World Health…

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Nasarawa doctors begin 5-day warning strike

Aminu Imam

The Nasarawa State chapter of the Nigeria Medical Association, (NMA) has embarked on a five-day warning strike. According to the association, the industrial action became imperative in light of the State government’s failure to meet its demands. The State’s NMA disclosed that the strike began at 8 am yesterday, July 5, and will end on Monday, July 10, 2023, at 8 am. The association had earlier issued a 21-day strike ultimatum to the Nasarawa State government to meet its demands or face industrial disharmony. Among the State’s NMA grievances are…

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Cancer scare: “We’ve banned Indomie noodles importation”– NAFDAC

Aminu Imam

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, (NAFDAC) has banned the importation of Indomie noodles into the country. The Director-General of the Agency, Prof Mojisola Adeyeye, stated this in an interview with newsmen yesterday. The regulatory body took the action amid investigation by Taiwan and Malaysia authorities, which reportedly discovered ethylene oxide, a cancer-causing agent, in the product. According to the NAFDAC boss, the compound of interest was ethylene oxide said already the Director of Food Lab Services Directorate has been engaged and has started working on…

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Valentine: “Share love, not HIV” – NACA tells Nigerians

Aminu Imam

The Director-General of the National Agency for the Control of AIDS, Dr. Gambo Aliyu has urged Nigerians to know their HIV status and avoid risky behaviours during the Valentine’s season. Dr. Aliyu was quoted as saying this yesterday, in an issued statement signed by the Head of Public Relations and Protocol of the Agency, Toyin Aderibigbe. The NADA DG said it is important to reduce the trend of new HIV infection in Nigerian youths through abstinence, and the use of condoms. Valentine’s Day is celebrated annually on February 14 to…

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Nigeria records 244 cases of Lassa fever, 37 deaths – NCDC

Aminu Imam

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) registered 244 confirmed cases of Lassa Fever in 16 states and the FCT as of Jan. 22. The Centre’s Director-General, Dr. Ifedayo Adetifa, told newsmen yesterday, in Abuja, that the centre also recorded 37 deaths, a case-fatality rate of 15.1 percent. The Lassa fever infections were recorded in Ondo State (90); Edo (89); Bauchi (13); Taraba (10); Benue (9); Ebonyi (9); Nasarawa (7), and Plateau, (5). Others are Kogi (4); Anambra (2); Delta (1); Oyo (1); Adamawa (1); Enugu (1); Imo…

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