Participants at One Day National Symposium on Nigeria’s Recent Health Sector Brain Drain and Its Implications for Sustainable Child and Family Health Service Delivery While Nigeria suffers from insufficient doctors and has a doctor-patient ratio over five times worse than the WHO recommendation, the country still loses hundreds of doctors annually to brain drain, a […]
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Cataract, glaucoma, and uncorrected refractive errors are leading causes of blindness Nigeria has 700 ophthalmologists to 200m people against WHO’s the ratio of 1:50,000 Ageing populations, increased prevalence of non-communicable diseases (NCDs), and long gadget use exacerbate eye health issues Ahead of today’s World Sight Day (WSD), ophthalmologists have raised the alarm that over 4.25 […]
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Yaba psychiatric hospital… overstretched; Photo: Sharon Adebayo Ogunleke About 75% of those who need mental healthcare lack access Nigeria has only 300 psychiatrists to treat over 200m people Africa has one psychiatrist for every 500,000 inhabitants, 100 times less than the WHO recommendation Stigmatisation major challenge to accessing healthcare says Adesokun Jehovah’s Witness marks global […]
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No fewer than 200 Nigerian-trained doctors were licensed by the government of the United Kingdom in just one month. Checks on the website of the General Medical Council, the body which licenses and maintains the official register of medical practitioners in the UK, showed that the GMC licensed at least 200 Nigerian-trained doctors between August […]
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Photo: aspenridgerecoverycenters The twin problems of self medication and medication error that reared their heads at this year’s World Patient Safety Day are sufficiently alarming because of their high prevalence, and a preponderance of factors facilitating the unwholesome practices. Chief of the factors is the high poverty level that serves as disincentive to the average […]
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Oyo State government has enrolled 45,000 poor and vulnerable people under the basic health care provision fund (BHCPF) in the State. Government said this was part of the Governor Seyi Makinde led-administration’s efforts to provide free medical services for its people. A statement by the Commissioner for Information, Culture and Tourism, Dr Wasiu Olatubosun, quoted […]
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Waiting centre for patients at one of the Basic Health Care Provision Fund (BHCPF)-supported Primary Health Care (PHCs) in Oyo State (Inset are some drugs) PHOTO: Rotimi Agboluaje Notwithstanding efforts by the Oyo State Government to reposition primary healthcare through the renovation of some primary health centres (PHCs), challenges such as the inadequate number of […]
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To integrate traditional herbal medicine into the orthodox practice, the Founder, Quincy Wellness and Naturopathic Centre, Dr Quincy Olasumbo Ayodele has urged the Federal Government to regulate and promote the proper practice of traditional medicine in the country through the passage of the Traditional Medicine Bill. Ayodele, who is also a World Health Organisation (WHO) […]
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A cardiologist, Dr. Okoh Basil Ewere has shed more light on cardiovascular diseases, which he referred to as “a group of disorders of the heart and blood vessels…” Speaking at a forum in Lagos, Ewere, a medical practitioner at Evercare Hospital, said: “Cardiovascular diseases are the major cause of death worldwide. In Nigeria, reports of […]
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Test tubes labelled “Monkeypox virus positive” are seen in this illustration taken May 23, 2022. Reuters/Dado Ruvic/Illustration Reports 36 new incidences of monkeypox in 14 states Five episodes of Lassa fever in Ondo, Edo, Nasarawa WHO, partners establish a fund for pandemic response The latest figures from the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) show […]
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