Vanguard, 20 May 2015 Robust Blood Bank System will reduce Maternal Mortality
It is indisputable that Nigerian women are dying before, during and after childbirth. The lamentation of unnecessary loss of lives has been on for decades now, almost soundinglike a broken record. Everyday, several Nigerian women go into the battle of giving birth to children and not many come out to tell the happy story. In fact, statistics from relevant sources have it that maternal mortality in Nigeria is not only alarmingly high but one of the highest in the world.
Heart Resources, 21 May 2015 Emergency obstetric Referral and Transport in low- and middle-income Countries: the Direction of Travel
In low- and middle-income countries, adequate plans to seek care in case of an emergency are important especially if women live far away from where lifesaving care is available. Decisions to seek care can be deferred or hindered. Even if decisions are rapidly made to seek care, transport may be unavailable or slow.
StarAfrica, 20 May 2015 Health Workers commence indefinite Strike
Nigerian health workers under the aegis of Nigerian Union of Allied Health professionals (NUAHP) in all government hospitals across the country on Tuesday declared the commencement of an indefinite strike. The union is made up of medical laboratory scientists, physiotherapists, dieticians, radiologists, optometrists and medical social service workers in hospitals across the states.
Pulse.ng, 21 May 2015 WHO: Health Body to eliminate Malaria in 35 Countries by 2030
Member states of the World Health Organisation (WHO) have adopted a new global malaria strategy for 2016 to 2030, the global health body said on Thursday, May 21. It said the strategy aims to reduce the global disease burden by 40 per cent by 2020 and by no more than 90 per cent by 2030. It also plans to eliminate malaria in no less than 35 new countries by 2030.
World Stage Group, 18 May 2015 War against Polio must not fail in Nigeria - WHO
The World Health Organization (WHO) on Monday challenged Nigeria not to relent in its efforts to rid the country of polio disease. Dr. Margaret Chan, the Director General of WHO who spoke at the opening of the sixty-eight Session of the World Health Assembly, in Geneva, Switzerland maintained that overcoming the polio virus disease “is one initiative that must not fail.”
Guardian, 19 May 2015 Ebola will not go quietly, says WHO Official after Rise in Cases
Guinea and Sierra Leone have reported 35 new Ebola cases in the past week, four times as many as the week before, in a reminder that the virus “will not go quietly”, a World Health Organisation official has said. “It will take an extraordinary effort to finish the job,” the WHO’s special representative for Ebola, Bruce Aylward, told a briefing attended by health ministers.
Vanguard, 20 May 2015 Coalition Canvasses Safe Delivery for Rescued Pregnant Girls and Women
A coalition of NGOs, the Foundation for African Heritage, FACH, Uduimo Itsueli Foundation, and Fertility Care Centers of Africa, has cautioned against suggestions for the pregnant women and girls rescued from Boko Haram captivity in Sambisa Forest, to terminate their pregnancies.
Guardian, 21 May 2015 CMD of LUTH tasks Graduands on Training and Professionalism
The Chief Medical Director (CMD), Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH), Idi-Araba, Lagos, Prof. Chris Bode has charged graduating students of the school to go into the society and train others while also being the best they can and holding firm to what they were taught.
Daily Times, 21 May 2015 Rotary Club offers free Eye Surgery
Hundreds of patients with cataract eye problem will next week benefit from the Rotary Club of Lagos, Palmgrove Estate free eye surgery. Thousands had been screened on April 18, 25, May 1, 2, 9 and 16 at the club’s premises: 1, D’Alberto Road, Palmgrove Estate, Ilupeju, Lagos, in preparation for the surgery that will take place at the General Hospital, Marina, Lagos. Speaking with Daily Times, the past president of Rotary Club of Lagos,Palmgrove Estate, Mr Mukesh Bhatt, said, the Rotarians have the humanitarian duty to help people who cannot afford eye treatment in private or government hospital.
Nigeria Health Watch, 19 May 2015 Defining the Health Sector of our Dreams in Nigeria – Future of Health Conference 2015
On Thursday June 18 2015, Nigeria Health Watch invites you to join health professionals, health enthusiasts, government agencies and the media to articulate our hopes and aspirations for the Nigerian health sector following the historic 2015 presidential elections. We will do so at a conference titled ‘The Future of Health’. The conference will hold at the Shehu Yar’Adua Centre and will host speakers from the public, private and non-governmental sectors, seeking solutions to some of the most complex problems facing the sector.
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