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UI’s top 20 medical students will be given job opportunities — Otegbayo
Chief Medical Director, University College Hospital (UCH), Ibadan, Professor Jesse Otegbayo, has assured job placements for the best 20 per cent medical students of the 2018/2019 class at the College of Medicine, University of Ibadan,…
Group urges govt to develop Primary Health Care centres in Ogun
The Civil Society in Malaria Control, Immunisation and Nutrition (ACOMIN), has appealed to the Ogun State government to develop all its primary health care centres.The malaria advocacy group made the appeal on the sidelines of a media…
UCH needs N100b for turnaround ― CMD
The Chief Medical Director (CMD), University College Hospital (UCH), Ibadan, Professor Jesse Otegbayo has said that the hospital will require about N100 billion to turn things around for excellent healthcare delivery.Professor Otegbayo…
Therapeutic fasting can regulate high blood pressure
Recent studies have revealed that fasting is an effective dietary therapy which prevents hypertension. Abstinence from certain foods, especially those high in calories for a limited period of time has been proven and recognized to have a…
Medical quackery, bane of sporting injury —Experts
Consensus by experts at the 2019 International Day of Radiology was that prevention and treatment of sporting injury in Nigeria was greatly hindered by many challenges, including medical quackery.The symposium was organised by…
WHO, UNICEF partner to end measles in Ekiti
The World Health Organisation(WHO) and United Nations Children’s Endowment Fund as well as African Field Epidemiology Network(AFENET), have partnered the Ekiti State Government to begin aggressive campaign and vaccination of children…
NURHI 2 supports PHC with equipment, educational materials
In furtherance of the care of mothers and children, Nigerian Urban Reproductive Health Initiative (NURHI 2) has complemented the government’s effort at providing health facilities with hospital equipment and educational materials at the…
Exposure to traffic exhaust may cause stroke
Even in environments with low air pollution, long term exposure to traffic exhaust near people’s homes may heighten their risk of stroke, according to a new study from Sweden. The culprit appears to be a fine particle air pollutant called…
Centre for health excellence will curb medical tourism —FG
The Honourable Minister of State, Health, Dr. Olorunnimbe Mamora, has re-stated the resolve of the Federal Government to curb medical tourism by supporting initiatives from individuals and groups to this end.He made this known during a…
FG launches 2018 Nigeria demographic and health survey report
President Muhammadu Buhari has officially lunched the 2018 Nigeria Demographic and Health Survey (NDHS) Report, organised by the National Population Commission in collaboration with the National Malaria Elimination Programme of the Federal…