Health

Forum tasks LUTH on implementation of quality improvement, patient safety

The Management of Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH), has been urged to ensure implementation of a robust quality improvement and patient safety culture in the hospital. A Healthcare Management Professional,...

242 inmates benefit from medical outreach in Kirikiri Correctional Centre

No fewer than 242 inmates of the Kirikiri Medium Correctional Centre, Apapa, have benefited from a medical and...

LAWMA issues precautionary advisory to health facilities, medical waste…

The Lagos Waste Management Authority (LAWMA) has issued a precautionary advisory to health facilities and medical waste handlers...

CSOs insist on policy action to phase-out dental amalgam before 2030

Following campaigns for Mercury-free Dentistry in Nigeria, Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) have written letters to key four Federal...

Collaborate to grow Africa’s healthcare system, Minister urges practitioners

The Minister of State for Health and Social Welfare, Dr Iziaq Salako, has urged healthcare practitioners to prioritise...
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Over 7 million children remain malnourished in Africa – UNICEF

UNICEF says children in the Horn of Africa are living through an unprecedented large-scale crisis of hunger, displacement, water scarcity, and insecurity.

Mental health expert urges emotional safety, civility in co-parenting

A Consultant Neuro-psychiatrist, Dr Maymunah Yusuf-Kadiri, has advised separated parents to prioritise emotional safety and civility in co-parenting, saying that children are often the...

Ogun CJ advocates stronger legal pathways for survivors of SGBV

The Chief Judge of Ogun State, Hon. Justice M.A. Dipeolu, has called for strengthened legal pathways to protect survivors of Sexual and Gender-Based violence...

Nigeria braces for possible Ebola outbreak, says NCDC

Nigeria has stepped up Ebola Virus Disease surveillance nationwide as new outbreaks spread in Uganda and the Democratic Republic of Congo, prompting fresh warnings...

Hantavirus: No worries of potential infection for average persons — WHO

The World Health Organisation and Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention have assured Nigerians that hantavirus poses low public risk, with no recorded...

Emergency medical service transports over 150 patients in Anambra

The Anambra State Emergency Medical Services and Ambulance System (ASEMSAS) has successfully facilitated more than 150 emergency medical transports between May 2023 and December...
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