Health

The 2018 edition of the African Society for Laboratory Medicine Conference (ASLM 2018)) is set to hold in Abuja, from December 10 to 13, 2018. The theme of this year’s conference is: ‘Preventing and Controlling the Next Pandemic: The role of the laboratory,’according to a statement made available to our correspondent. ASLM is an independent, pan-African professional body that coordinates, …

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From Amos Okioma In its bid for a better society, a non – governmental  and non – Partisan Organization , under the aegis of the United Elites for grassroot Development Foundation ( UNEGRODEF ) said it is piqued with the myriads of factors that militate against societal development and therefore poised to partner with persons and corporate organizations to contribute …

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In order to sustain and maintain the tempo  the Bayelsa state Health Insurance Scheme has achieved as being the only state Health Insurance regular interactions between the management and Health care providers has become essentially imperative reports AMOS OKIOMA. The Bayelsa State Health Insurance Scheme which started  less than a year has registered over 80, 000 enrollees is the only …

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The Joint Health Sector Unions have appealed to the Federal Government to pay its members April and May, 2018 salaries in line with their agreement to suspend their strike. Mr Achimugu Isaiah, the branch Chairman, Federal Medical Centre (FMC Keffi), Nasarawa State, made the call on Wednesday while fielding questions from the News Agency of Nigeria shortly after a congress …

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By Amos Okioma Bayelsa State Governor, Seriake Dicksonon Wednesday said, the government will set up a task force to check the activities of illegal crude oil refineries to protect the environment in Bayelsa State. Governor Dickson, who stated this in Yenagoa, while speaking at this year’s World Environment Day, noted that, his administration had engaged the services of internationally acclaimed forensic …

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Excessive intake of alcohol and cigarettes are major contributory factors to male infertility, Dr. Olawale Oba, an Obstetrician and Gynecologist, has said. Oba, a Senior Registrar at the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Lagos University Teaching Hospital, Idi-Araba, Lagos, made this known to the News Agency of Nigeria on Friday in Lagos. “In the cause of evaluations, it has been identified that …

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The Joint Health Sector Unions (JOHESU) has called of their nine weeks strike. Addressing journalists in Abuja on Thursday, Mr. Josiah Biobelemonye, President of the union, said the industrial action, which commenced on April 18, will officially end on Monday, June 4, 2018, when workers are expected to resume work. He said the suspension is a show of respect for …

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As part of activities marking the World Menstrual Hygiene Day, two Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) sensitized more than 200 school girls in Makoko, Lagos on menstrual hygiene management, recently. The organisations, Prime Diamond Initiative for Community Health (PDICH) and the Center for Children’s Health Education Orientation and Protection (CEE-HOPE) had in attendance several facilitators who mentored the girls for several hours on …

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A Lagos couple, Mr Michael and Mrs Roseline Oaikhena, have been denied the custody of their newborn baby, Ighodalo, for three months over an unpaid medical bill of N650,000. According to PUNCH Metro, it learnt that the hospital holding on to the child, Inton Hospital, Ogba, Ikeja, Lagos, had allegedly vowed to put him in an orphanage unless the debt was …

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Representative of the United Nations on United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) in China, Dr. Babatunde Ahonsi has called on Nigeria and other African countries to learn from China in order to reap the dividend of demography. Ahonsi who spoke during a talk show on China Global Television Network on Thursday said, “We need to learn the lesson from countries like …

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