The recent increase in the retirement age for doctors and healthcare workers, from 60 to 65 years, will help to cushion the effects of ‘japa’ scourge in the health sector.…
Read More Japa: Raising doctors’ retirement age will curb brain drain in health sector, says NMA
The National Agency For Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has said that it destroyed fake, expired, substandard drugs worth N4.7 billion in Rivers. The director-general of NAFDAC, Christiana…
Read More NAFDAC destroys N4.7 billion worth of fake, expired drugs across South-South states
When the World Health Organisation’s top donor the United States announced its withdrawal, one employee launched an online fundraiser to plug the gap — and her efforts have already raised…
Read More WHO worker to fundraise $1bn to cover US pullout
Our reporter/ The Federal Executive Council (FEC) on Monday approved 1.07 billion dollars for healthcare sector reforms under the Human Capital Opportunities for Prosperity and Equity (HOPE) programme. The federal…
Read More FEC approves $1.07 billion for health sector reform
Our reporter/ The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has tightened surveillance measures at entry points in the country owing to a fresh outbreak of Ebola disease in Uganda. Last…
Read More NCDC tightens surveillance at entry points amid Ebola outbreak in Uganda
