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 […]
TOWARDS driving innovative healthcare and reducing medical tourism in Nigeria, Burjeel Medical City, BMC, a multi-specialty tertiary care hospital and clinical research Centre based in the UAE, is set to collaborate with the Nigerian healthcare institutions. Burjeel Medical City, a 400-bed quaternary care facility located in Abu Dhabi, the facility offers comprehensive cancer care services […]
THE Centre for Women’s Health and Information (CEWHIN) in collaboration with Gender and Environmental Risks Initiative (GERI) with support from US Embassy Abuja has unveiled GBV Tête-À-Tête mobile app. The GBV Tête-à-Tête mobile app is CEWHIN’s first technology product with intent to bring freely to millions of Nigerians the knowledge and skills for psychological first […]
IRKED by the rising incidences of stroke among the elderly and the fact that they have long been marginalised, a health-tech company, Gerocare, has called for improved preventive care for the elderly. Making the call during a virtual press conference to herald its 5th anniversary billed to begin September 2, 2022, the Founder of Gerocare, […]
THE Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), The Calvary Area Headquarters, Province 89, Oshodi, Lagos recently held a medical outreach for residents of the community as part of activities to mark its 25th anniversary. No fewer than 600 adults and children benefitted from the activity that featured free consultations, blood pressure check, blood sugar screening, […]
THE World Health Organisation, WHO, has commended the health financing approach that is in place at the Garki Hospital, Abuja. A fact-finding team that visited the health institution to evaluate the success story of the National Health Insurance Scheme in Nigeria expressed satisfaction with the quality of its services, and gave a pass mark to […]
THE Minister of State for Health, Mr. Joseph Ekumankama has called for collective efforts from private organisations, donor agencies and individuals to address the challenges stunting healthcare delivery. Speaking in Lagos during the commissioning of projects at the Federal Medical Centre, FMC Ebute-Metta, Ekumankama said that most challenges responsible for brain drain in the country […]