The Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Professor Ali Pate, presented the official letter of approval for the commencement of the newly established Federal University of Lafia Teaching Hospital to the Emir of Lafia and Chairman of the Nasarawa State Council of Chiefs, HRH Justice Muhammad Sidi Bage (Rtd), on Tuesday. The presentation follows…
The World Health Organization, WHO, says the Mpox outbreak is not another COVID-19, saying much is already known about the virus and the means to control it. The WHO’s European director, Hans Kluge, stated this on Tuesday, adding that while more research is needed on the Clade 1b strain which triggered the UN agency into…
Former presidential candidate of the Labour Party, LP, Mr Peter Obi, has urged government at all levels and donor agencies to invest more in the nation’s health and education sectors. In a post on his X handle on Tuesday, the former Anambra State Governor made the call at Grimard College of Nursing Sciences, Anyigba, Kogi…
Following the recent outbreak of cholera in Nigeria and the upsurge of its confirmed cases and fatalities in many states of the federation, a pharmacist, Umeh Camillus Chibueze, MD/CEO of Camillus Pharmaceuticals, says most people are unaware they have been infected. He adds that the government is not doing enough to stem the tide. He…
The federal government has stated that health experts who return to the country after migrating will be readily reabsorbed. He urged medical practitioners to be more patriotic to their country by shunning migration. The Minister of State for Health, Dr Tunji Alausa stated this while delivering his address at the 11th Induction and Oath-taking Ceremony…
Numbeo, a research firm focusing on data that centers around quality of life has ranked Lagos as the 8th city with the best healthcare system in Africa. In the list, Numbeo uses an elaborate algorithm to arrive at ranked Cape Town in South Africa first, Pretoria second, and Nairobi third. Modern, high-tech hospitals are starting to…
