The loss of human resources for health to brain drain is affecting primary health care service (PHC) delivery in many rural communities of the country, particularly for maternal and child health services. By Ojoma Akor (Abuja), Abubakar Akote (Minna), Haruna…
Graduates of medical and other allied health courses are increasingly finding it difficult to secure placement for housemanship (as house officers), internship, as well as residency training programmes in hospitals, an investigation by Daily Trust revealed. The graduates include those…
Access to primary healthcare is a problem not unique to Kano State, but the dearth of health workers, especially medical doctors, in the state and the deplorable situations of many of the hospital, especially those outside the metropolitan areas, have…
Ahmad’s wife is an expectant mother, and as is the usual practice, the private hospital where she attends ante-natal care asked him to donate blood for her. He got a pint of blood from the National Blood Service Commission (NBSC)…
In July 2020, Governor Abdullahi Sule of Nasarawa State handed over a 160-bed capacity hospital to the Federal University of Lafia, to be used as a teaching hospital. The federal university, which was established in 2010, had since taken off…
Persistent brain drain by doctors is depleting the country’s medical care expertise and taking the country farther away from the recommended number of doctors per population, medical associations and experts have said. Their position faulted the claim by the Minister…
There are growing concerns over conflicting medical test results from private and public medical laboratories in the country. Findings reveal that this has left in its wake, deaths and negative implications on the treatment and management of patients, as well…
There are growing concerns over rising kidney-related cases in Borno, Yobe, Jigawa, and Kano states. Findings across the four states revealed that more people are increasingly coming down with the disease, and being hospitalized across the four states. People suffering…
Severe acute malnutrition has continued to ravage children in conflict settings, such as Borno State in North East, Nigeria, as well as Hajjah and Hodeida governorates in Yemen. In some cases, children under five, who were treated and discharged from…
Despite the huge availability of vitamin-enriched and energy-boosting food supplements known as ready-to-use therapeutic food specially designed to address acute malnutrition, many children suffering from the case don’t have access to it. This is against the backdrop of brazen illegal…
