Upscale emergency fistula care, obstetrician tells FG, states
A Professor of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Oluwarotimi Akinola, has appealed to the federal and state governments to upscale emergency obstetric care toward eliminating obstetric […]
Emergency
Bird flu: Brazil declares animal health emergency
Brazil has declared a six-month animal health emergency after several cases of avian flu were found in migrating wild birds. Seven cases have been reported […]
Doctors hold emergency NEC meeting as strike ultimatum ends
Lara Adejoro The two-week ultimatum issued by the Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors to the Federal Government will elapse today (Saturday). The association has, however, […]
WHO declares end to mpox as global health emergency
The World Health Organisation on Thursday declared that the multi-country outbreak of the mpox virus, which began around a year ago was no longer a […]
Mpox no longer global health emergency, WHO says
The World Health Organisation declared that mpox no longer constitutes a global health emergency on Thursday, almost exactly a year after the disease formerly known […]
Declare emergency on violence against healthcare workers, WMA urges FG
Lara Adejoro The World Medical Association has called on the Federal Government and managers of health institutions in Nigeria to declare an emergency on the […]
COVID-19 no longer global health emergency, says WHO
Damilola Olufemi The World Health Organisation has announced that COVID-19 is no longer a global public health emergency The Director General of WHO, Tedros Ghebreyesus, […]
NUEE seeks state of emergency in power sector
• Condemns increase in tariff The National Union of Electricity Employees (NUEE) has called on the President-elect, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, to, on assumption of […]
WHO considers lifting COVID-19 emergency status
Dwindling COVID-19 deaths may have allowed “normal” life to largely resume but uncertainties persist, the WHO chief said on Thursday, as experts debated if the […]
Declare emergency in health sector, not 5 years compulsory service – says ANPMP
The Association of Nigerian Private Medical Practitioners has kicked against the compulsory five-year service licencing for doctors proposed by the House of Representatives. The association, […]