Nigeria - Governor Abubakar Atiku Bagudu says that his second tenure will focus significantly on improvements in health facilities the state. He stated this during the flag-off of the 2019 maternal new born and child health week at MDG Clinic Gwadangaji near Birnin-Kebbi on Monday, the 19th of August, 2019. His Excellency said a system of reporting would be created for patients seeking medical or health care services from any of the approved health affiliated bodies to lay complaints and frustration in getting medical attention in the state not as a punitive measure to such bodies but to enable the necessary authorities equip themselves with combative skills and knowledge on the happenings around the sector and proffer solutions to them proactively so as to aid those who are truly in need of medical attention and services enjoy firsthand services. ​He listed such bodies like the Ministry of Health, Public Office holders, Politicians, Traditional and Community Leaders as affili...

Country : Republic of Zimbabwe Continent: Africa Profile: Republic of Zimbabwe - is a country located in Southern Africa . Enclosed between the Zambezi and Limpopo rivers , the country is bordered on the south by South Africa , Botswana on the west, Mozambique on the east and Zambia on the north. The capital , Harare , is located in the north-east and has the status of city-province. Y resident 1.6 million inhabitants, 2.8 with urban area of the 14.2 in the country, which has sixteen official languages, including English , Shona and Ndebele as the main languages. The currency was the Zimbabwean dollar until it was replaced by the US dollar and other currencies as a result of the hyperinflation crisis in 2009. Health Indices T otal population (2016) 16,150,000 Gross national income per capita (PPP international $, 2013) 1,560 Life expectancy at birth m/f (years, 2016) 60/63 Probability of dying under five (per 1 000 live births, 2017) 50 Probability of dying betwee...

                   Douglas Adu- Fokuo Ghana - To the average Ghanaian, nurses give injections and assist doctors in providing care to the sick. But that’s not all nurses can do or really do. To the surprise of many, lots of nurses are breaking frontiers in diverse fields across the globe; yet upholding the very old ideals of Nightingale’s nursing. One of these exceptional nurses making great impact in Ghana and beyond is Douglas Adu-Fokuo. Douglas is a Ghanaian trained nurse excelling in the field of communication both in Ghana and at the international level. Right after nursing college, whiles he was practicing nursing, Douglas started another journey in the field of communication. While in the Nursing and Midwifery College, Kumasi, 2011/2012, he served as the PRO for the Ghana Nurse and Midwife Trainees Association (GMNTA) – Ashanti and Brong Ahafo zone. The tremendous achievements he made at the zonal level earned him a natio...

Ebola Virus is a deadly virus that had killed more than hundreds of victim including healthcare givers. The Ebola Virus vaccine is now available to treat any individual with the virus attack. This was contained in a statement released by WHO Director - General, Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus. The statement read thus: We now have an #Ebola vaccine that is more than 97% effective and treatments that are more than 90% effective if used early enough. Ebola is preventable and treatable. We need to make sure everyone in the affected area knows that.

Nigeria - A group of young nurses under the ages of 'Nurse Revolutions' took to street in Lagos State, to sensitive the public against patronising quacks. These vibrant nurses described the menace of quackery in health sector as a virus which must be tamed. The walk was a way of enlightening to public that they have right to know who is wearing the white gown.

Nigeria - The University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital Enugu, in collaboration with RVH Save a Heart Foundation United Kingdom, invites the Adults underprivileged patients only to its free open heart surgery. Venue: National Cardiothoracic Centre of Excellence, University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital, Ituku - Ozalla, Enugu, Nigeria. Date: 19th - 27th October, 2019. For more information, contact, Mr O C Nzewi, Executive Director Save A Heart Foundation. +447740589883. Or Visit www.saveaheartnigeria.org.uk

Being deaf has never stopped me from doing anything; it’s other people who make it an issue. Growing up, I knew I wanted to be independent and travel. Nursing kept presenting itself as a career option. I had a natural empathy for how people feel and knew what it was like to have to try and get clarity about things. I could see that it was an opportunity to make a difference. Deafness throws up a lot of stuff about what you can hear and what you can do. As soon as you say the word “deaf”, you’re already locked into an unconscious bias, which is that we can’t hear so we must be stupid. One consultant didn’t want me on his ward because I had to make him stop when I needed to understand his instructions. He used to walk off ahead of me but if I can’t see you, I can’t see your lips to understand you. I was lucky because the sister on the ward reminded him that it wasn’t his ward, it was hers and that I was popular with patients. She made sure I wasn’t in those situations too often...

Nigeria - UNICEF in collaboration with the European Union has completed the renovation of seven Primary Healthcare facilities in Adamawa State and handed them over to the state government. The renovation is part of interventions by the EU to provide support for 140 health facilities in the state to improve maternal and newborn healthcare. Of the 140 facilities, the seven newly furnished centres that were handed over on Saturday, include: The Major Aminu Primary Healthcare Centre and others in Nassarawo, Jambutu and Malamari in Yola North Local Government Area, while the three others were located in Jada Local Government Area. In attendance were officials of the state Ministry of Health, the Primary Healthcare Development Agency, among other partners. Speaking about the intervention, the UNICEF Health Specialist, Bauchi Field Office, Dr. Halima Abdu, said the agency has been collaborating over the years towards providing primary healthcare. “We’ve been partnering with the...

Nigeria - Two years after the Federal Government promised to revitalise 10,000 primary healthcare centres across the country, many states have said they are still awaiting the central government’s intervention. The Federal Government had, in 2017, begun the National Primary Healthcare Revitalisation Initiative with the aim of resuscitating over 10,000 health centres across the country. During the inauguration of the Model Primary Health Care Centre, Kuchigoro in Abuja, the immediate past Minister of Health, Prof Isaac Adewole, had said the target of the scheme was to have at least, a functional health care centre in each ward in the country. He added that the scheme would be executed through the National Primary Health Care Development Agency. But stakeholders in different states, including the Nigerian Medical Association branches and chapters of the National Association of Nigerian Nurses and Midwives, told The PUNCH that they had yet to see the impact of the Federal Gov...

Uganda- onchocerciasis is an endemic disease in Uganda. The Ministry of Health under the headship of Dr. Jane Ruth Aceng is fighting hard to eradicate the disease from the country. In her tweet, she disclosed that the meeting of Uganda Onchocerciasis Elimination Expert Advisory Committee is opened. She highlighted achievement made in eliminating the disease in 24 districts out of 40 districts. Also, by year 2020, the country will get rid of onchocerciasis. Meanwhile  Onchocerciasis, commonly known as “river blindness”, caused by the parasitic worm called Onchocerca volvulus.  It is transmitted to humans through exposure to repeated bites of infected blackflies of the genus Simulium. Few s ymptoms include severe itching, disfiguring skin conditions, and visual impairment, including permanent blindness . It was my pleasure to open the 12th Meeting of Uganda Onchocerciasis Elimination Expert Advisory Committee (UOEEAC) this morning. Recent epidemiological & entomolo...

Nigeria - Zobo (hibiscus) and kunu drinks mean different things to many Nigerians depending on where they belong in the social strata in the society. While the rich may consume the popular drinks for pleasure or because of their natural medical benefits, they serve as alternatives to expensive meals for poor Nigerians - most of whom survive on less than a dollar per day. This report follows an alarm raised by a concerned Nigerian, Vivian Nuhu who narrated her experience to Vanguard about an incident she witnessed when she paid a visit to a sick friend in one of Nigeria's hospitals. Ms. Nuhu told Vanguard how she had visited a friend (name withheld) with tuberculosis to sympathize with him when he handed her a plastic bottle filled with bodily fluid which apparently was a mixture of saliva and blood to dispose off at the hospital's dumpsite. She said, after she had disposed of the bottle, to her amazement, as she turned around to go back to the ward where her s...

ATLANTA (FOX 5 Atlanta) - Walking back into the Serious Communicable Diseases Unit at Emory University Hospital for the first time in 5 years, Dr. Kent Brantley and Nancy Writebol and their families are surrounded by cameras and memories. "People have asked me if it's traumatic to remember the experience I had here," Brantly says.  "It's not.  I really have feelings of nostalgia for my time in that unit.  When they arrived two days apart in the August heat back in 2014, the two SIM missionaries were wrapped in personal protective equipment, battling a virus that kills more than half of the people it infects. "There was a message on the whiteboard on the wall in the room that said, 'Welcome. We're glad you're here,'"  Dr. Brantly remembers.  "And, I was really thankful to be near my family again, to know, even though I was still very sick, and it wasn't clear that I would survive, to know that I was in proximity to m...