83m poor Nigerians to benefit from new health insurance scheme ―Buhari
By Johnbosco Agbakwuru President Muhammadu Buhari said yesterday that 83 million poor Nigerians will benefit from the National Health Insurance Authority Bill 2022 he signed into law. The National Health Insurance Authority Act 2022 replaced the repealed National Health Insurance Scheme Act Cap N42, Laws of the Federation of Nigeria 2004. While signing the piece […]
India Donates Covid-19 Drugs To Ethiopia
The Embassy of India in Ethiopia has donated today medicines to Ethiopia to counter Coronavirus in the country. The donation includes 100,000 HCQ tablets, antibiotics and other essential life-saving drugs. Charge de’ Affairs of Indian Embassy in Ethiopia, Mohan Lal handed over the donation to State Minister of Health, Dereje digumma this afternoon. During the […]
Black South African Healthcare Workers Are Underpaid
It will take the average professional nurse 65 years to earn the annual salary of a chief executive officer of one of the private hospital groups in South Africa. This is according to Oxfam report The Right to Dignified Healthcare Work, a Right to Dignified Healthcare for All. Oxfam South Africa collaborated with a number of organisations […]
No Confirmed Coronavirus Cases In SA – Minister Zweli Mkhize
There has been no confirmed case of the coronavirus in South Africa, according to Health Minister Zweli Mkhize. Mkhize and health officials from the World Health Organisation (WHO) and the National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) addressed the media in Johannesburg on Friday morning. At least 213 people have died in China and almost 10 […]
Malawi Scores Highly On Global 90 – 90:90 HIV Targets
Malawi has beaten the United Nations Programme on HIV and Aids (UNAids) global HIV targets, a development that has given hope to the players that the country could be on the right path towards eradicating the epidemic by 2030. Dr Nyirenda telling journalists how Malawi is fairing.- Photo by Watipaso Mzungu, Nyasa Times Dr Tenthani […]
Conjoined Twins Successfully Separated In Nigeria
Two sisters, who were joined in the chest and abdomen, have been successfully separated in surgery by a 78-member team in Nigeria’s capital, Abuja. Mercy and Goodness Ede are now well enough to go home six weeks after surgery, according to pediatric surgeon Emmanuel Ameh, who led the team that performed the operation at the […]
Rwandan Government Is Winning The Fight Against Malaria
Following the malaria contingency plan that was put in place in 2016, severe cases of malaria and mortality have since decreased by 50 per cent. There has also been estimated reduction in the country’s malaria burden with 430,000 fewer cases recorded in 2017 than in 2016, according to the World Health Organisation report released last […]
Mental Health : Some Employees Are Under “Serious Level Of Stress And Anxiety” That Could Lead To Suicide
CNN recently published an article looking inside Uber’s Special Investigation Unit (SIU). The SIU is tasked with handling severe incidents reported by passengers. An internal memo commissioned by Uber determined that SIU employees were overworked, underpaid and, at times, emotionally traumatized. The memo cited a “serious level of stress and anxiety of team members,” warning of mental health […]
60 Babies Die At Kiambu Level Five Hospital In Kenya
On January 28 at around 9am, Ms Naomi Gathoni from Ikinu village in Githunguri was rushed to the Kiambu Level Five Hospital by her mother in-law, Rose Wangari, after she developed labour pains. Three days later, Ms Gathoni delivered a bouncing baby girl, weighing 3.8kg through caesarean section. According to Ms Wangari, the little one […]
Huge Disparities In C-Sections – The Rich Have Access While The Poor Can’t Afford It
When pregnancy or childbirth go wrong, access to Caesarean section – usually known as C-section – can be the difference between life and death for both the woman and her baby. Because they can save women’s and infants’ lives, C-sections should be universally accessible. But they aren’t. This is clear from the fact that there’s […]
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