NHIS, NYSC sign MoU for corps members’ health insurance cover
The National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) and the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to give corps members health insurance cover during service. The MoU was signed by the Executive Secretary of NHIS, Prof. Mohammed Sambo and the Director-General of NYSC, Brig.-Gen. Shuaibu Ibrahim, in Abuja on Tuesday. Sambo said that the insurance cover would...
Outbreak of vaccine-derived polio reported in Nigeria
A massive outbreak of vaccine-derived polio has been reported in Nigeria. The Representative of the United Nation’s Children Fund (UNICEF) in Nigeria, Dr. Peter Hawkins, disclosed this in his remarks at the third Quarter Northern Traditional Leaders Committee on Primary Health Cares (PHC) review meeting on Monday in Abuja. The Vaccine-derived cases are rare, and they differ from wild cases. There are...
Why FG must declare state of emergency in health sector, by MDCAN
The Medical and Dental Consultants’ Association of Nigeria (MDCAN) has called on the Federal Government to declare a state of emergency in the nation’s health sector due to a number of issues. Dr. Victor Makanjuola, the MDCAN’s newly elected National President, made the call at a news conference organised by the National Officers’ Committee (NOC) of the association on Sunday in Ibadan. Makanjuola...
Ebonyi set aside N100m for health insurance scheme
The Ebonyi Government has set aside N100 million counterpart fund for health insurance scheme for civil servants. Executive Secretary, Ebonyi State Health Insurance Agency (EBSHIA), Mrs. Mary-Rose Egwu, made this known during an advocacy/sensitisation meeting with the organised labour and other stakeholders in health sector, in Abakaliki. The meeting was organised in collaboration with the United States Agency for International Development...
NHIS unveils National Health Insurance Research Agenda
The National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) has received the National Health Insurance Research Agenda that will boost the sector. Mr Emmanuel Ononokpono, Deputy General Manager (Press) of the scheme, in a statement in Abuja, said that the presidential reforms of the operations of the scheme in Nigeria had received a significant boost with the unveiling of the agenda. He said that...
Spinal Cord: Experts task Nigerians on accident victims
Neurosurgeons have called for education of Nigerians on how to handle victims of road accidents to reduce cases of spinal cord injuries in Nigeria. They spoke at the Holistic Round Table Group Discussion on Tuesday in Ibadan, to mark the 2021 World Spinal Cord Injury Day observed every September 5. The event was organised by the Department of Neurological Surgery, Institute...
COVID-19: 1% of Lagos population vaccinated
The Lagos State Government had been able to vaccinate just about one per cent of its population, against a target of 60 per cent. As such, the state government is considering other ways to source COVID-19 vaccines in order to achieve herd immunity against the pandemic for its population. This is as Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi, says...
2.9m Nigerians fully vaccinated, says NPHCDA
The National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA) has disclosed that so far 2,897,201 eligible persons had taken the jab across the 36 States and the Federal Capital Territory. The Executive Director, NPHCDA, Dr. Faisal Shuaib, disclosed this on Tuesday, in Abuja, at the National Vaccines briefing. The figure of those who have received their complete dose of the coronavirus vaccine...
Amidst COVID-19, 5.2 millionaires emerged in 2020
Victor Akindele As countries of the world continue to count their losses to one of the deadliest global pandemic in recent time, a new report by Credit Suisse, shows that more people became millionaires in 2020 as a result of the pandemic. According to the report, the number of millionaires increased by 5.2 million to 56.1 million globally. While noting that wealth...
COVID-19: 42 African countries off track on meeting global target – WHO
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has predicted that Africa could miss the goal of vaccinating the most vulnerable 10 per cent of its population against COVID-19 before the end of September. New WHO data shows nearly 80 per cent of countries on the continent, or 42 out of 54, are off track on meeting the global target set in May...
