THE Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has called for the use of robust criminal justice mechanisms to combat human trafficking in Nigeria and across the West African sub-region. Dr. Sintiki Tarfa-Ugbe, ECOWAS Director of Humanitarian and Social Affairs, made the call at the sidelines of the 28th National Stakeholders’ Consultative Forum (NSCF)/Summit on […]
THE United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has ranked Nigeria as the second-most affected country by cholera in West and Central Africa, with over 3,000 suspected cases and dozens of deaths reported in the first half of 2025. UNICEF Regional Director for West and Central Africa, Gilles Fagninou, disclosed this on Wednesday, warning that the outbreak […]
THE Minister of Health, Prof. Ali Pate, on Friday met with leaders of the National Association of Nigeria Nurses and Midwives (NANNM) and officials from the Ministry of Labour in a bid to end the ongoing nationwide warning strike by nurses and midwives. The closed-door meeting in Abuja is part of ongoing negotiations following a […]
THE Delta State Contributory Health Commission has launched the Tertiary Institutions Social Health Insurance Program (TISHIP) at the Dennis Osadebay University (DOU) The event which took place at the main auditorium in Asaba, our correspondent gathered is aimed at prioritizing the health needs of students across Delta State using DOU as flagship. The initiative also aims […]
THE National Agency For Food And Drug Administration And Control (NAFDAC), has approved the use of GLUCOZIL developed and manufactured by scientists in Edo state-owned Ambrose Alli University (AAU), Ekpoma for the management and treatment of Diabetes. The regulatory agency also grant the University rights of production and patent of GLUCOZIL, Head of the Department […]
The Common Entrance Examination Committee of the Delta State Ministry of Health has commenced the sale of forms for entrance examinations into various Programmes in the State’s Schools of Nursing and Midwifery with a stern warning that there is no online sale of forms. This was contained in a statement which read that “as part […]
ON the heels of the claim, recently, by the Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire, that Nigeria has enough doctors, the Nigerian Medical Association, NMA has identified three major strategies that the federal government needs to embrace to check the migration of Nigerian doctors and other health workers abroad. In a chat with Vanguard, the […]
IRKED by the alarming circulation of illicit herbal intoxicants in Nigeria, the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, NAFDAC, weekend commenced a nationwide clampdown on all manufacturers and distributors of herbal preparations laced with high concentrations of tobacco, cocaine and cannabis. Findings by the agency showed a dangerous trend in the use […]
SAVERAL weeks after health workers under the auspices of the Joint Health Sector Union, JOHESU, suspended its strike, the Union is urging President Mohammadu Buhari to expedite action on the demand for adjustment of Consolidated Health Salary Structure, CONHESS,, CONHESS, as done for Consolidated Medical Salary Structure, CONMESS, and other of their demands. Making this […]
THE biggest gathering of healthcare trade professionals in the West African region, Medic West Africa Exhibition and Conference, returns to the Landmark Centre in Lagos with focus on healthcare innovation. Billed to hold 7-9 September, 2022 the conference is being organised by Informa Markets, will bring together healthcare equipment manufacturers, distributors, procurement professionals, dealers, medical […]