• UK counterparts begin strike over pay • NARD wants payment of reviewed 2023 medical residency training fund • Admonishe Reps on obnoxious bill sponsored by Johnson • To summon NEC meeting in two weeks on next line of action As doctors working in England’s public health service, yesterday, began what has been described as […]
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Some days after the World Health Organisation (WHO) tweaked the Health Workforce Support and Safeguard list, the United Kingdom also revised its policy on the recruitment of health workers from overseas. The code of practice for the international recruitment of health and social care personnel in England, recently updated, has Nigeria returned to the red […]
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The World Health Organisation (WHO) says global life expectancy for both sexes has increased from 46 to 73 years, with the biggest gains in the poorest countries. Dr. Tedros Ghebreyesus, the WHO Director-General, said this during an online media conference. He said after years of war, the organisation realised that it was better to work […]
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New reports have shown that the global number of maternal deaths fell from around 446, 000 in 2000 to around 287,000 in 2020, which represents a 36 percent decrease. However, in Nigeria, it is estimated that eight million children are born every year with seven million pregnant women at any moment, with the country’s poor […]
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TB kills 4,400, infects 30,000 people daily, says WHO 10.6m persons fell ill in 2021, and 1.6m died FG says diagnosis, treatment available, free nationwide, ailment can be totally cured On the occasion of World TB Day (WTD), today, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has warned that plans to end tuberculosis by 2030 are under […]
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Breast cancer WHO explains unaffordability of chronic diseases drugs A new research published, yesterday, in The Guardian of United Kingdom (UK) confirmed that all types of hormonal contraceptives carry a small increased risk of breast cancer. The research establishing a link with progestogen pills for the first time was published in PLOS Medicine. Data analysis […]
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Millions of people in Horn of Africaz facing food shortages due to worst drought in 40 years, rising global food costs Two-and-a-half billion dollars: that’s how much funding the United Nations (UN) World Health Organisation (WHO) will need across its operations this year, it said on Monday, to help a record number of people facing […]
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Looking for the best place to study Nursing? Well, Nigerian students are continuing to accept places to study nursing at the University of Dundee in the UK and they have a range of scholarship options for African undergraduate students up to £6000 per year of study. Here are some of the reasons why they are […]
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Oyo State Commissioner for Health, Dr. Olabode Ladipo (right); wife of Chief Medical Director (CMD), University College Hospital (UCH), Mrs. Bolanle Otegbayo; her husband, Prof. Abiodun Otegbayo; Minister of Health, Dr. Osagie Ehanire and others during the minister’s working visit to UCH in Ibadan…yesterday. Credit: NAN The Federal Government, yesterday, said it had begun work […]
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Health authorities in the country, including the Minister of Health and all health commissioners should bury their heads in shame for the appallingly poor manner with which they address cancer, which is no doubt, a major health challenge. Recent statistics show that cancer kills no fewer than 78,000 Nigerians and infects 125,000 new persons yearly, […]
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