Nchia General Hospital, Ogale lying on five hectares of land along the old Port Harcourt – Bori Road in Rivers State was built in the 1970s during the military regime of Lt. Cdr Alfred Diette-Spiff. But the hospital had not really operated in full capacity due to neglect by successive governments. For most of the…
Hospital Commissioned By Buhari, Oshiomhole Remains Under Lock
Two years after a “5 Star” Central Hospital in Benin City, Edo State was commissioned by President Muhammadu Buhari and then Governor Adams Oshiomhole, the hospital remains under lock and key.The chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP in Edo State, Dan Orbih in an open letter to President Muhammadu Buhari, titled “Two Years After,…
Who Needs A Toilet?
The increasing rate of open defecation across the country with its attendant health consequences worries the federal government, prompting it to declare a state of emergency in sanitation. But how far can it go? The recent global ranking of Nigeria as number two in open defecation is obviously worrisome. That is why President Muhammadu Buhari has…
Awele Elumelu Joins Global Health Leaders to Champion Increased Vaccine Coverage in Under-Immunised Nations
Dr. Awele Elumelu, GAVI Champion for Africa and Founder, Avon Medical Practice joined other global health leaders at a photo exhibition organised by GAVI, the Vaccine Alliance, for increased vaccine coverage in under-immunised nations. The event tagged “Vaccine Heroes” was held on September 10, 2018, in Geneva, Switzerland. Following the announcement made earlier in…
Working to End Malaria Scourge
The Aliko Dangote Foundation Malaria Programme, an entity by the Nigerian billionaire, Aliko Dangote, was one of five organisations recently honoured in Accra, Ghana for their effort in tackling Malaria in Africa. The honour came in form of an award presented to the foundation by GBCHealth’s Corporate Alliance on Malaria in Africa (CAMA), alongside the…
3.4 Million People At Risk Of Dementia Epidemic
Alzheimer’s Disease International, ADI, has alerted the international community that Dementia will affect 3.4 million people in sub-Saharan Africa by 2030. It estimates that countries in the region have the fastest growing older population in the world but striking lack of awareness and limited availability of health services pose a challenge. This was contained in…
Africa Launches Road Map On Immunization
A new road map for implementing the Addis Declaration on Immunization, ADI has been launched. The event happened in Kigali, the capital of Rwanda on June 27 at the inaugural Africa Health Forum. The launch followed the decision in January this year, at the 28th African Union Summit in Addis Ababa, by heads of…
Federal Govt Declares Nigeria Free Of Meningitis
The Federal Government has declared Nigeria free from the latest ‘Type C’ deadly Cerebrospinal Meningitis (CSM), which claimed almost 2,000 lives since its outbreak in late 2016. The Chief Executive Officer of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), Dr Chikwe Ihekweazu, in a statement on Saturday, confirmed that the Emergency Operations Centre (EOC) responding…
What Animal Disease Outbreaks Say Of Our Public Health
Professor of Public Health, Tunde Awoniyi Due to their lack of formal education, most Nigerian livestock farmers have little knowledge of the effect of poor hygiene on their livestock and the public. Thus they believe that disease outbreaks are more of spiritual attack than poor farm hygiene practices, which are mainly responsible for such incidents. This…
Africa’s One Health Strategy
For a continent much maligned for its tardiness in responding to emergency situations, African leaders, it seems, are working to do away with that reputation. And the motivation for this might be no other than Ebola, the deadly disease that recently claimed thousands of lives on the continent, from Liberia to Sierra Leone, Guinea, and…
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