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‘Breastfed babies are fat babies, a myth’
A medical expert, Mrs Olubukola Ladun-Oluroye says it is a misconception that all babies on exclusive breastfeeding must be fat.
Ladun-Oluroye, Chairman, Paediatric Nurses Association, University College Hospital (UCH), who made this…
TB testing week: Misconception regarding covid shouldn’t drive people from testing for TB
NIGERIANS have been told that misconceptions regarding COVID-19 shouldn’t drive people away from testing for Tuberculosis because a cough due to Tuberculosis is quite different from the COVID-19 variant.
Mrs Abimbola Oyebamiji,…
15 years after, government hospital in Tede receives new lease of life
Fifteen years after, Governor Seyi Makinde has inaugurated a newly renovated and equipped General Hospital, Tede to ensure quality secondary health services at Atisbo local government in support of the drive to improve the wellbeing of…
Stakeholders advocate better use of technology for improved healthcare in Nigeria
Consensus by experts at the launch of Evoke e-Health solutions, a mobile app to advance healthcare through telehealth, is that digital health is the way forward in ensuring healthcare and care delivery for Nigerians.
The platform was…
Nigeria’s 29 per cent exclusive breastfeeding rate a disaster — Dr Tongo, NISONM president
President, Nigerian Society of Neonatal Medicine (NISONM), Dr Olukemi Tongo says that it is a disaster that 29 per cent of Nigerian infants are on exclusive breastfeeding in their first six months of life given the value of breastfeeding to…
Garki hospital links its success in healthcare to PPP
Since Garki Hospital was taken over by Nisa Premier Hospital on a public-private partnership agreement in 2007, the hospital has treated more than two million patients, recorded more than 40 open heart surgeries, 26 kidney transplants with…
FG told to increase allocation for pandemic preparedness
Director-General, Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC), Dr Ifedayo Adetifa, has said that Nigeria, like other countries, will continually be at the risk of different disease-causing germs and as such government should…
‘Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Tax can ensure 83 million poor people access quality health care services’
Director General, National Health Insurance Authority, Professor Mohammed Sambo says that the Sugar-Sweetened Beverage (SSB) tax is an innovative and alternative financing mechanism that can be harnessed to ensure that Nigeria attains…
Oyo targets 50 per cent reduction in newborns, children deaths by 2023
Oyo State government, unveiling its 2022 annual operational plan (AOP) and health fact sheet, says that its target is to reduce its infant and neonatal mortality rates by 50 per cent next year.
Oyo State Commissioner for Health, Dr…
Ekiti govt partners group for effective response to health emergencies
Ekiti State government has signed a partnership pact with Emergency Response Africa (ERA) towards enhancing effective and efficient response to health emergencies across the 16 local government areas of the state.
The Commissioner for…