The Nigerian Society of Anaesthetists (NSA) has advocated for improved health systems, welfare of workers and security to enhance cancer patients outcome in the country and reduce brain drain.
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The House of Representatives has urged the Federal Government to declare a state of emergency in the health sector and allocate significant votes to it in the 2024 budget estimates.
The Immunoadoptive Cell Therapy Private Limited (ImmunoACT), based in Mumbai, India, on October 13, 2023, announced the Central Drugs Standard Control Organization (CDSCO)’s approval for the use of the country’s first chimeric antigen receptor (CAR-T) cell therapy for the treating relapsed-refractory B-cell lymphoma and leukemia.
The Adamawa Primary Health Care Development Agency (ADPHCDA) has received 258,041 doses of Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) vaccine against cervical cancer ahead of its introduction into routine immunisation from Oct. 24 to 28 in the state.
A lecturer with the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Ilorin (UNILORIN), Prof. Munirdeen Ijaiya says he has invented a surgical procedure for the treatment of Vesico Vaginal Fistula (VVF).
An international NGO, Sightsavers Nigeria, has called for an end to geographical inequity by making eye health services accessible to remote, rural and marginalised communities.
In what appears to be a ray of hope, Dr Osinachi Evuline, a Specialist Optometrist, has said that 90 percent of all sight loss can be prevented and treated, if detected early.
Zamfara has recorded 1,188 cases of cholera and 50 of diphtheria across the 14 local government areas of the state since December 2022 when the diseases first broke out.
Kaduna State recorded 156 cases of diphtheria and 20 concomitant deaths between March and September.
A Consultant Psychiatrist, Dr Olufemi Oluwatayo says many Nigerians cannot access mental health services owing to high cost of care.