FG Plans Foreign Training For Select Doctors
The Minister of State for Health and Social Welfare, Dr Tunji Alausa, says the Federal Government plans to send some medical personnel abroad for training in certain specialties with a view to checking medical tourism and enhancing research,Alausa said the Federal Ministry of Health was working with the National Postgraduate Medical College, Ijanikin, Lagos State towards […]
House Of Representatives Wants Mandatory Drug Test For Nigerian Secondary School Students Over Rising Abuses
The House of Representatives is proposing compulsory drug testing for Nigerian secondary school students due to the increasing incidents of substance abuse.The House also urged the National Orientation Agency and the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) to increase awareness about substance abuse among secondary school students nationwide.The Committees on Basic Education and Services, and […]
Over 50% Certificates Of Imported Pharmaceutical Products Fake — NAFDAC
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control said more than 50 per cent of certificates of pharmaceutical products that are imported into Nigeria are fake. The Director-General of NAFDAC, Prof Mojisola Adeyeye, disclosed this at the stakeholders’ engagement meeting with regulators, policymakers, and law enforcement agencies on Monday in Abuja. The certificate of a pharmaceutical […]
Lagos Police Arrest Two With 70 Cartons Of Expired Drugs
Operatives of the Lagos State Police Command have arrested two men with seventy cartons of expired drugs. Spokesperson of the command, Benjamin Hundeyin, disclosed this in a statement on Sunday, February 4, 2024, According to the PPRO, officers from the Okokomaiko Division stopped the suspicious Volkswagen LT bus for a search and found seventy cartons […]
World Cancer Day: 573, 653 deaths occurred in Africa in 2022 – WHO
As the world on Sunday marks this year’s World Cancer Day, the World Health Organization, WHO, has raised alarm over what it described as a ‘disheartening’ situation of cancer in the African region, disclosing that approximately 882 882 new cancer cases occurred in the WHO African Region with around 573 653 deaths in 2022. Disclosing […]