Category: UHC Newsletter
UNIVERSAL HEALTH COVERAGE NEWS APRIL WEEK 2
Did you know that over 8 million people die every year in low and middle-income countries; deaths that could have been avoided with good quality health systems… Stay updated on factual health stories and educating articles on UHC every week. Click here to view the Newsletter
UNIVERSAL HEALTH COVERAGE NEWS APRIL WEEK 1
Did you know that over 8 million people die every year in low and middle-income countries; deaths that could have been avoided with good quality health systems… Stay updated on factual health stories and educating articles on UHC every week Click here to view the Newsletter
Coronavirus emergency spending ‘is two years of climate financing’, says climatologist Jean Jouzel
French climatologist Jean Jouzel French climatologist Jean Jouzel says the swift global reaction to the coronavirus crisis may bode well for the climate as well: It shows that in a real emergency, nations have the means – and the will – to act. “It is just as urgent to tackle the climate problem,” he says. With…
I have won, I celebrate my resilience, says COVID-19 survivor
One of the discharged survivors who tested positive for coronavirus has recounted her experience inside the isolation centre in Lagos State after she was given a clean bill of health yesterday, March 30. The lady, Oluwaseun Ayodeji Osowobi, Executive Director, StandtoEndRape, who wrote of her experience on her twitter handle, @AyodejiOsowobi, said she contracted the…
Rotavirus vaccination: ‘160,000 children risk death annually’
By Dayo Johnson, Akure A Professor of Microbial Pathology/Infectious Disease, Michael Odimayo, has said that incorporating rotavirus vaccination into the National Programme on Immunization this year, will prevent about 160,000 childhood deaths annually in the country. Odimayo said this while delivering the first inaugural lecture themed: Turning the tides against infectious diseases: The microbial…
Lassa fever deaths in Nigeria rise to 185
By Chioma Obinna Amidst the outbreak of Coronavirus disease, Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, yesterday said deaths from the Lassa fever the outbreak in the country has hits 185. The Centre in its Weekly 13 situation report noted that Nigeria has been battling a Lassa fever outbreak since the beginning of the year with…
Health workers demand N.1m coronavirus allowance
Olufemi Atoyebi, Abuja The Nigerian Union of Allied Health Professionals on Tuesday told the Federal Government to pay health workers fighting the spread of coronavirus N100,000 special hazard allowance. The union also demanded life insurance cover for health workers. In a statement jointly signed by the National President of the union, Dr Obinna Ogbonna, and…