Ondo lists measures to improve healthcare delivery

Ondo State Health Commissioner, Dr Banji Awolowo Ajaka Ondo State Government has listed new measures to improve healthcare delivery on the state. Also, the fresh measures will expectedly boost primary healthcare, expand health infrastructure, boost the health workforce, and improve evidence-based decision-making to enhance service delivery. Disclosing these measures at the state dissemination workshop on […]

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UNIMED staff bags Jhpiego award for clinical mentorship

Dr Mercy Olufunke Iwaola A staff member of the University of Medical Sciences (UNIMED), Ondo State, Dr Mercy Olufunke Iwaola, has bagged honoured with a paward by Jhpiego award for her outstanding contributions to healthcare workforce development and clinical mentorship. The President and Chief Executive Officer of Jhpiego, Dr Allyson Bear, presented the award to […]

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Osun PHC Board, WHO, NPHCDA Meet to Boost Routine Immunization

By John Dilee, Osogbo Osun State Primary Health Care Development Board, in partnership with World Health Organization and the National Primary Health Care Development Agency, has commenced a three-day stakeholders’ engagement aimed at strengthening routine immunization services and improving vaccine coverage across the state. The meeting, holding at GMT Hotel in Osogbo, has brought together […]

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OSCO-HEALTH Inducts 55 graduates into Environmental Health Council of Nigeria

Provost charges new sanitarians on accountability, excellence By John Dike, Osogbo No fewer than 55 graduates of Environmental Health Science from the Osun State College of Health Technology (OSCO-HEALTH), Ilesa, have been formally inducted into the Environmental Health Council of Nigeria (EHCON), with a charge to uphold the ethics of the profession and contribute meaningfully […]

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Ondo distributes employment letters to 930 health workers

Ondo State Primary Health Care Development Agency (OSPHCDA) has started distribution of appointment letters to the 930 newly recruited health workers across the state’s 18 Local Government Areas. A statement by Ayo Falana, said tlhe exercise, which began on Thursday at the Agency’s headquarters in Akure, covers medical doctors, nurses, midwives, community health extension workers, […]

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NARD threatens nationwide action over incessant assaults on doctors

Kicks against attack on member in Ondo ARD down tools in FMC Owo, Akure annex as thugs brutalize physician The Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) has threatened to embark on nationwide industrial action over what it describes as incessant assaults and attacks on doctors in medical facilities in the country. According to NARD, the […]

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Experts condemn female genital mutilation

Osun State Correspondent of The Hope, Michael Ofulue receiving his certifcate from UNFPA/ UNICEF leader, Mrs Uzoma Adedeji for participating in a three-day program of violation/ network Ant-Female Gender Mutilation FGM, in Osogbo, the state capital By John Dike, Osogbo Experts, gender advocates, health professionals and other stakeholders have condemned the persistent practice of Female […]

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No confirmed Ebola case in Nigeria currently despite regional outbreak – NCDC

Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) has assured Nigerians that there is currently no confirmed case of Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) in the country despite the ongoing outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo and a recently confirmed imported case in Uganda linked to […]

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Accurate data critical in shaping health policies – Osun commissioner

By John Dike, Osogbo Osun says accurate data critical in shaping health policies Osun State Government has stressed the critical role of accurate and timely data in shaping effective health policies and improving service delivery. The state Commissioner for Health, Jola Akinola, disclosed this while declaring own a three-day capacity-building workshop aimed at strengthening the […]

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