The Guardian, 13 October 2015 Healthcare Leadership Academy to tackle medical tourism
As part of the efforts to tackle capacity gaps in the health sector and develop the next generation of healthcare leaders who will excel in governance, management and quality healthcare service provision, a new private sector initiative, Healthcare Leadership Academy (HLA), has emerged.
MSF, 13 October 2015 A New MSF Emergency Project in Maiduguri
Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), has been working at Umaru Shehu Hospital in Maiduguri, the capital of Nigeria’s Borno State, since September 28. The hospital, which treats patients referred from smaller health facilities, also provides care to people wounded during attacks. At the hospital, an MSF doctor and nurse provide support and relief to Ministry of Health teams working night and day in the 11-bed emergency room. Between September 28 and October 3, 134 patients were admitted to the department for emergency medical and surgical care.
Naija 247 News, 16 October 2015 Nigeria’s First Health Chat App ‘CureChat’ Launched
CureChat is a new app aimed at reducing loss of lives, caused by ignorance, through effective public health awareness providing for the long needed technological solution to bridge the gap between doctors and patients in Nigeria. The new app CureChat, was launched in September 2015.
Sun News, 14 October 2015 Day Abuja turned pink against cancer
All over the world, October is the breast cancer awareness month and the 5th day in the month is the Go Pink Day. Pink is the official colour for cancer as red is for HIV/AIDS. In Abuja, dozens of medical personnel, NGOs, cancer patients, government agencies, officials and representatives of corporate organisations, decked in pink or a touch of pink, gathered at the Wuse market to mark the day with free screening and talks on cancer.
TV 360 Nigeria, 16 October 2015 Ebola: Calabar hospital releases 15 Quarantined Staff
The University of Calabar Teaching Hospital, has disinfected and decontaminated the accident and emergency unit of the hospital, following an Ebola scare last week. Fifteen staff quarantined have also been released to their families, the hospital management confirmed. While speaking with journalists in Calabar, head of disease control and community health, Federal Ministry of Health, Abuja, John Kehinde, said with the disinfection which will last for 72hours before use, the hospital is now free from any kind of Disease.
Leadership, 12 October 2015 Network Of people living with HIV/AIDS gets new Leadership
The fifth national delegates of people living with HIV forum has endorsed Mr Victor Omoshehin as National Coordinator of Network of People Living with HIV/AIDS in Nigeria (NEPWHAN). This is contained in a statement jointly signed by Mr Charlse Jjuuko, UNAIDS Global Outreach officer, and Omoshehin, the new national coordinator of the network.
All Africa, 14 October 2015 Health Development - States to Access U.S.$500 Million From World Bank
Over $500 million is currently waiting to be accessed by the Nigerian States from the World Bank coffers for the development of health facilities, Chairman, National Governor Forum, NGF, Alhaji Abdulaziz Yari has said. The Group Managing Director of Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, Dr. Ibe Kachukwu also briefed the forum on various reforms so far carried out by corporation to reposition the Nigerian economy.
This Day, 15 October 2015 Stroke Action Nigeria, NSRG, FMOH Partner to Combat Stroke
As a way of marking the World Stroke Day coming up on Thursday, October 29, 2015, Stroke Action Nigeria in collaboration with the Nigeria Stroke Reference Group (NSRG) and the Federal Ministry of Health will be hosting the fourth Nigeria Stroke Assembly at the Transcorp Hilton Hotel, Abuja.
All Africa, 15 October 2015 Govt Sets New Guidelines for Malaria Communication
The federal health ministry has set new guidelines for malaria, advocacy and social mobilization (ACSM) programmes in a national drive toward a malaria-free country. The guidelines, launched in Abuja on Wednesday, come amidst concern about low uptake and use of malaria interventions like insecticide-treated mosquito nets, artemisinin-combination therapies and adequate diagnosis.
Nigeria Health Watch, 13 October 2015 Health Watch Forum opens with a celebration of Nigerian heroes
In September 2014, the Ebola outbreak in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone was getting worse by the day. Nigeria had managed to successfully control an outbreak at home, but the rest of the continent was on edge and anxiety was sky high, especially following the few cases that had occurred in the West. Some projections estimated half a million cases before the outbreak would be brought under control. It was in this context that there was a call for volunteers to work on the newly formed African Union Support to the Ebola Outbreak in West Africa (ASEOWA).
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