The Ministry of Health and Social Welfare has ended a one-day trainer of trainers workshop aimed at providing empirical information for the establishment of a decentralized national birth registration system.
Nigeria's maternal mortality rate, which is one of the highest in the world, has been attributed to the high level of corruption at various levels of governance and the misapplication of resources in the country.
ABORTION is disrespect to life and must be stopped, Archbishop John Baptist Odama of Gulu diocese, has said. He noted that many potential geniuses had been denied a chance to make the world a better place after being murdered by
My attention has been drawn to some dangerous cruel sharp practices at Gombe Specialist Hospital, and I feel Governor Mohammad Danjuma Goje should hear them before perpetrators succeed in rubbishing the state's investment in the health institution of the state.
As part of efforts to improve health care services in the state, the Bauchi State government has recruited 45 medical doctors and over 60 nurses, midwives, laboratory technicians and scientists to salvage the deteriorating health sector in the state.
The safety of lives of patients, who visit the Maternity and Casualty Department of the Dalhatu Arab Specialist Hospital Lafia, is said not to be guaranteed as the hospital is alleged to be dispensing questionable drugs in those units of
Pregnant women at the Kilimanjaro regional hospital, Mawenzi, are in danger of contracting communicable diseases as a result of congestion in the wards. At least four pregnant mothers mostly in labour are currently sharing a bed in some of the
THE deadly Hepatitis E virus has spread from Kitgum to Pader district, at a time when health workers of Kalongo hospital are on strike because of poor working conditions.
When people die, it is the job of the pathologist to determine the cause of death. But the pathologist is not just doing autopsies. He still needs to attend to live patients through other specialists sent to him through the
UGANDA is one of the leading HIV vaccine research countries in the world and the quality of work done is to global standards, the executive director of Global HIV Vaccine Enterprise said.
Four hundred specialised physicians were trained in the country, since the opening of the speciality boarding institution, in 1988, informed on Friday, here, the chairperson of the Council of Post-Graduation in Medical Sciences, Carlos Nelumba.
The public health service in Cunene province registered during the first quarter of this year at least 375 cases of tuberculosis, without deaths, more 28 cases comparing to the previous period.
Government pharmacists want their terms of service reviewed immediately as it is becoming increasingly difficult for them to work under the current scheme.
Worsening air pollution in the Monrovia Metropolitan Area (MMA) is seriously threatening the health and well-being of the region's estimated 1.5 million residents. Many residents especially the young and elderly are facing serious air pollution challenges which are fast becoming
Estranged husband of the embattled Chairman of the Senate Committee on Health, Senator Iyabo Obasanjo, Dr. Oluwafolajimi Akeem Bello, has claimed responsibility for all that had happened to the chairman of the Senate Committee on Health and daughter of former
A study conducted recently in Kampala and whose findings were published this month in the journal Aids Behaviour says recognition of gay and bisexual men in local HIV prevention programmes and education messages is urgently needed.
The Federal Govern-ment has warned health professionals and hospital administrators against the use of blood that has not been screened and approved by the National Blood Transfusion Services. It warned that such blood could be sources of transmission of avoidable
