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Top Ten News Items on Health, 5 November 2021
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News Agency of Nigeria, 4 November 2021
Gender Equality: Stakeholders harp on addressing women issues as society issues
The theme of the two-day Future of Health Conference by Nigeria Health Watch is: “ Breaking Glass Ceilings: Gender Equality for Sustainable Development” A cross-section of stakeholders on Wednesday harped on the need to address women's issue as not only...
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This Day, 28 October 2021
FG to extend health insurance coverage to retirees
The Federal Government on Saturday restated its commitment to the welfare of older persons in Nigeria, especially in providing them quality healthcare. Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs and Disaster Management, Basheer Alkali, said this at...
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Daily Trust, 31 October 2021
Strength In Diversity – Multisector collaboration is best bet for health systems strengthening in Nigeria
Health Systems Strengthening is a term commonly used when technocrats are referring to complex ideologies that could possibly improve the health of Nigerians. While an important concept and critical to achieving universal health coverage in Nigeria and...
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Daily Sun, 4 November 2021
IntegrateE: FG, stakeholders move to upscale PHC, family planning
In a bid to encourage family planning, child spacing, and access to modern contraceptives as a way to avert unintended pregnancies and in most cases abortion-which undoubtedly may lead to the death of some women, the Federal Government through the Reproductive...
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Business Day, 28 October 2021
Poor fund management impedes healthcare delivery in Nigeria – Gates Foundation
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation says a critical factor threatening quality healthcare delivery and attainment of Universal health coverage (UHC) in Nigeria is poor and inefficient management of available funds at all levels of government. Jeremie...
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Nairametrics, 3 November 2021
FG inaugurates working committee for Health Care Provision Fund
The Federal Government has inaugurated a joint working committee of the health care provision fund. The Committee was inaugurated by the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Boss Mustapha on Tuesday in Abuja, according to the News...
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Vanguard, 30 October 2021
Lancet report harps on technology, data driven health care service delivery system
As government press to improve on service delivery to Nigerians, report by Lancet-Financial Times Commission, Friday, harped on technology and data driven health care service delivery system. This was contained in a report titled ‘Governing Health Futures...
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This Day, 28 October 2021
Nigeria Academy of Pharmacy inducts 15 new, 10 life fellows
The Nigeria Academy of Pharmacy (NAPHARM) has admitted 15 new fellows and 10 life fellows into the Academy, in an investiture ceremony that held at the Sheraton Hotel, Ikeja, Lagos State, on Friday, October 22, 2021. The pharmacists inducted include...
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Vanguard, 2 November 2021
WHO, Ekiti warn against sudden polio outbreak, to vaccinate children
The World Health Organisation(WHO) has expressed the need for Nigeria to be vigilant to prevent sudden outbreak of polio disease. The Organization cautioned against laxity in the fight against the disease, saying the consequences are grave, including losing the status...
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Business Day, 1 November 2021
FG boosts healthcare with N859m grant to University of Uyo Teaching Hospital
The Federal Government has released N859 million to the University of Uyo Teaching Hospital as part of efforts to boost healthcare delivery in the country. The money which came during the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic was meant also to equip testing...
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As the fight against COVID-19 continues, a new problem has presented itself that if left unchecked may have long-lasting consequences for our world. Preventing and treating COVID-19 has created biomedical waste that must be disposed of safely. In countries like Nigeria, where proper waste management is already a major environmental challenge, the waste produced by the pandemic has the potential to destabilise already weak systems. This is because in addition to the tonnes of waste being generated daily, urban and even rural areas now have to grapple with the waste being generated while responding to the pandemic..
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Women in Leadership
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