- Health
- September 5, 2024
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Interswitch Group, LASG Continue to Revolutionise Healthcare with Lagos SHIP
Precious Ugwuzor Following the recent signing ceremony to launch the Lagos State Health Information Platform (Lagos SHIP) platform, Interswitch Group and the Lagos State Government have organised a stakeholders’ engagement forum marking another milestone in the journey towards providing unrestricted healthcare access for Lagos State residents. Lagos SHIP is a digital healthcare platform designed to boost healthcare services by leveraging Interswitch’s robust technology infrastructure. The platform aims to create a comprehensive health information system that bridges…
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- September 5, 2024
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Federal Lawmaker Seeks Urgent Reduction of Maternal, Neonatal Mortality
Blessing Ibunge in Port Harcourt Chairman of the Senate Committee on Health Secondary and Tertiary, Senator Ipalibo Harry Banigo has called for urgent action to address Nigeria’s alarming maternal and neonatal mortality rates. The federal lawmaker made during a dialogue with female Commissioners of Health from across Nigeria, in Abuja . She emphasised that Nigeria’s maternal mortality rate of 512 deaths per 100,000 live births and neonatal mortality rate of 39 deaths per 1,000 live births…
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- September 5, 2024
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Abia Embarks on Comprehensive Upgrade of Sec Health Facilities in Umuahia, Water Sanitation Projects
Emmanuel Ugwu-Nwogo in Umuahia After the initial renovation of the Specialist Hospital and Diagnostic Centre, and the Amachara General Hospital all in Umuahia, the government has embarked on “comprehensive upgrade” of the two secondary health facilities. Commissioner for information, Prince Okey told journalists after the State Executive Council meeting that the goal in upgrading the hospitals was to enhance their capacity to handle medical cases that require highly specialised expertise. He listed the special areas of…
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- September 5, 2024
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Survivors Urge FG to Address Proliferation of Fake Cancer Drugs
Esther Oluku A group of cancer survivors, Network of People Impacted by Cancer in Nigeria (NePiCiN), has called on the Federal Government through the Ministry of Health to address the menace of proliferation of fake cancer treatment drugs in Nigeria. The President NePiCiN, Mrs. Gloria Orji, explained that as a terminal illness, the adverse reactions and inactivity of fake drugs have the potential of causing the death of a patients hence the need for a more…
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- September 4, 2024
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Canadian Govt Supports Nigeria with $23m in Building Oxygen Plants
Blessing Ibunge in Port Harcourt The Canadian High Commissioner to Nigeria, Mr James Christoff, has revealed that the government of Canada in a bid to respond to health intervention call supported the Nigerian government with $23million in the building of oxygen plants across nine states in the country. Christoff who made the disclosure yesterday, during his visit to the newly commissioned Pressure Swing Adsorption (PSA) oxygen plant at the General Hospital Nchia, Eleme, Rivers State, said…
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- September 4, 2024
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What is the UK Covid inquiry and how does it work?
The next public hearings will consider how the pandemic affected healthcare systems across the UK.Read More
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- September 4, 2024
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‘What does our modern society perceive as normal?’
The Mad Hatter’s Tea Party: Opening the conversation about mental health issuesRead More
- Health
- September 3, 2024
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How Reliance Health and Platos Health are Transforming Diabetes Care for Nigerians
In a significant move to enhance the lives of Nigerians living with diabetes, Reliance Health, the company behind Reliance HMO in Nigeria, and Platos Health have successfully completed a pilot study demonstrating the transformative impact of innovative health tech solutions on chronic disease management. This collaboration highlights the power of technology to empower individuals to take charge of their health while achieving substantial cost savings. The study set out to evaluate the effectiveness and economic benefits of Platos, a virtual platform for…
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- September 3, 2024
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Woman with cancer warns of rare breast implant risk
Susan Axelby has received £57,000 after developing a cancer linked to a type of breast implant.Read More
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- September 3, 2024
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Teen told she had ‘good cancer’ died from treatment
The mother of a girl who died after being diagnosed with blood cancer says there is a lack of support in Wales.Read More
