Nigeria has a serious deficit of mental health workers, with less than one competent psychiatrist to one million ratios of people in its about 200million population.
EU Supports Nigeria With N31m To Fight Yellow Fever
Following the yellow fever outbreak in Katsina and Bauchi States, the European Union (EU) has pledged to assist Nigeria with N31.8 million to help in combatting the outbreak. According to health officials, the yellow fever outbreak in the two states has recorded over 30 deaths since the outbreak was traced to the recent visit to the Yankari Game reserve in Bauchi by some individuals in September.
Efforts Are Being Made To Fight Malnutrition In The Country – Lai Muhammed
About 2.5 million children under the age of five in Nigeria suffer severe acute malnutrition, United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said on Thursday in Borno State.
NMA Raise Concern Over Mass Exodus Of Medical Doctors
The Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) has disclosed that, challenged by the perceived poor condition of service in the Nigerian Health sector coupled with deteriorating health facilities it has observed that many medical Doctors are abandoning the country in search of greener pasture.
Yellow Fever Outbreak: Kastina Record 36 New Cases, Begins Mass Vaccination
The Kastina State Government has recorded fresh 36 cases of Yellow fever in two of its local governments; Kankara and Danmusa LGAs.
Fund Primary Healthcare, Bill Gates Begs FG
The co-chair of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Bill Gates, has called on the Federal Government to improve budgetary allocation to primary health care system in Nigeria in order to attain the level of some other countries that have lower income but have done a better job with the primary health care system.
WHO Urge Poor Countries To Improve Funding For Water, Sanitation
The World Health Organisation (WHO) and United Nation Water (UN-Water) has on Thursday called on poor countries to increase funding for an adequate strengthening of the drinking water and sanitation systems for better public health.
According to the organization’s website, the call was made as the International Water Sector meets in Stockholm, Sweden, for its annual conference during World Water Week.