Innovation in Emergency Medical Transportation in Nigeria
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Editor’s Note: Nigerians pay an estimated N3 Billion every year for medical treatment outside the country. In a season where Nigeria is…
Top Ten News Items on Health, 21 October 2016
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HIV/AIDS: Nigeria facing antiretroviral drugs shortage, says UN. Chibok girls: FG will provide medical care – Minister. US re-launches malaria hotline in Nigeria. Oyo State…
Medic West Africa brings leaders, financiers, innovators of healthcare together at 2016 Exhibition
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Last week, Nigeria hosted the fifth edition of the Medic West Africa and MEDLAB West Africa Exhibition & Congress at the Eko…
Strong response to polio in the North East, stuttering response to health and nutrition
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Following the detection of three new polio cases in Nigeria, The Nigerian government and its partners have mounted a massive, largely well-coordinated…
Top Ten News Items on Health, 07 October 2016
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FG releases N9.8bn for polio eradication. WHO provides medical supplies to 15,000 Boko Haram victims. Children below one-year-old to get new pneumonia…
Top Ten News Items on Health, 20th September, 2016
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FG cancels plan to build 10,000 PHCs. UNICEF revises humanitarian funding appeal for Nigeria to US$ 115m. FG begins free screening for cancer. FG launches…
One Tech Expert’s Eagle Eye view of the Nigerian Health Sector
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Editor’s Note: Our Future of Health Conference 2016, themed “Health meets Tech”, held last week at the YarAdua Centre in Abuja. For…
Top Ten News Items on Health, 23rd September, 2016
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Cholera kills six in Lagos, 39 under observation. Government to adopt telemedicine to tackle medical tourism, manpower gap. Govt to restore peace…
The Future of Health Conference... is Here!
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The past few weeks have been an exciting time for the African tech community. With three Google developer events announced to take…
Can this National Council on Health be the beginning of real change for the Nigerian Health Sector?
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Editor’s Note: In this week’s Thought Leadership Piece, Felix Abrahams Obi, a health system research and policy analysis expert with the Health…