Pregnant women at Isolo General Hospital during their antenatal clinic on Wednesday -Photo credit: Angela Onwuzoo We pay between N200 to N1500 for urine tests at every antenatal appointment –Pregnant women From the demand for surgical gloves, cotton wool, detergent, syringes, and bleach for delivery, to the high cost of antenatal care registration, and […]
Continue Reading
NAFDAC’s insistence on clinical trials for traditional medicines before approval divides researchers Herbal medicine regulation deserves separate, independent agency, say practitioners The lack of encouragement for local herbal cures and remedies for diseases by the Federal Government (FG) and its agencies, especially the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), has raised […]
Continue Reading
A Consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologist, Dr. Olufemi Samuel, has said that women who give birth through caesarean section can safely get pregnant six months after delivery. Samuel, who is also the Executive Secretary of the Ondo State branch of the Nigerian Medical Association, dismissed the notion that women who gave birth through CS must wait […]
Continue Reading
Woman experiencing Postpartum depression; Photo: glamour.com By Erimma Chike-Nwanmah Postpartum depression, although common, is one of the most unrecognised and often undiagnosed complications of childbirth globally, yearly affecting about 10–15% of postnatal women. It involves a major form of depression that begins within 4 weeks after delivery. The diagnosis of postpartum depression is not only […]
Continue Reading
‘How women in health, care sector earn 24% less than men’ Africa is facing a growing risk of outbreaks caused by zoonotic pathogens, such as monkeypox virus, which originated in animals and then switched species and infected humans. World Health Organisation (WHO), at a virtual press conference, yesterday, said there has been a 63 per […]
Continue Reading
The management of the University College Hospital (UCH), Ibadan, Oyo State, has made it mandatory for every patient in the hospital to pay a daily sum of N1,000.00 electricity bill. UCH administrator, Wole Oyeyemi, in a circular disclosed that this new development was prompted by the high cost of electricity tariffs and diesel. “Following the […]
Continue Reading
An undergraduate at the Federal University of Technology, Akure, Ondo State, Mojeed Adegoke, has been diagnosed with chronic kidney disease and needs N12.5m to undergo a kidney transplant. It was gathered that the 23-year-old was in his final year when he was diagnosed with the medical condition. Speaking to our correspondent last Tuesday, Adegoke said […]
Continue Reading
Doctors blame lack of regulation, enforcement of medical ethics, poverty Many young people offered to sell their kidneys but we refused to link them up with recipients, say doctors Experts seek centralised coordination of organ transplantation Medical doctors have given reasons black market or underground/illegal dealings in organ donation, harvesting and transplantation thrive in Nigeria. […]
Continue Reading
One of the health facilities in Lagos State Compared to last year, there is a significant drop in states’ investment in the health sector, backed by budget decrease from average 11 per cent in 2020 to 4.65 per cent in 2022. Also, a report, published, yesterday, by SBM Morgen, indicated that Ogun and Bayelsa states […]
Continue Reading
The Nigerian Medical Association (NMA), Anambra State branch, has expressed concern over the rising cases of kidnap, especially of its members in the state. The body, in a statement made available to journalists in Awka on Wednesday, called on Governor Chukwuma Soludo and security agencies in the state to take more proactive measures to stem […]
Continue Reading
