‘Much more important also in our 2017 budget, we want to upgrade seven more centres for the treatment of cancer. As we are talking today, there is no public hospital in Nigeria that has cancer treatment machine that is working’
Browsing: Prof. Isaac Adewole
In a statement presented by the Minister of Health, Isaac Adewole, on behalf of President Muhammadu Buhari at the High Level Meeting on AMR on September 21 at the United Nations General Assembly in New York, Nigeria also advocated for increased citizens’ education on rational use of anti-biotics, regulation of sales across counter, border control and administration of severe penalty on those who market or distribute sub-standard, Spurious, Falsely labelled, Falsified, Counterfeit medical products imported into the country
Italso debated extensively and approved the Guidelines for the disbursement, administration and management of the basic health care provision as presented
The minister made this known while briefing the Senate Committee on Primary Health and Communicable Diseases on Thursday in Abuja
The Minister of Health, Prof. Isaac Adewole, speaking on behalf of Nigeria at the ongoing 66th Session of the WHO Regional Committee Meeting in Addis Ababa, noted that malaria is the commonest cause of presentation at health facilities and the major cause of under-five mortality in the country
Adewole said the plans included five rounds of polio campaigns, two of which are to focus on 18 Northern states and two to be conducted nationwide, while one would be conducted in five states
Adewole said the detection of children paralyzed by polio shows that surveillance has increased with more access
Adewole said the grant, which was released on July 14, 2016, was seed money from the Federal Government to the states to assist them to revitalise primary health care centres in their areas
This initiative is a Federal Government-led intervention effort focused at improving maternal and child health through a result-based partnership with States’ Ministries of Health
He said the support from WHO would entail monitoring and evaluation, including routine surveillance, technical support for the National Public Health Observatory and mobilising resources for Regional Centre for Disease Control
The suspension of the strike is coming after the Federal Government ordered the heads of teaching hospitals to sack the striking doctors
The Minister of Health Prof. Isaac Adewole, represented by the Director of Family Health, Dr. Wapada Balami, made the call while meeting with a delegation from Champion for AID-Free Generation in Africa, led by the Chairman, Festus Mogae, former President of Botwana
Akinola quoted the minister as saying the panel was necessitated by the continuous agitation and disruption of medical services by workers at the hospital for more than two weeks
Speaking while inaugurating the committee on Tuesday, Adewole charged members to restore the confidence of Nigerians in the health system
“The President has also directed the Secretary to the Government of Federation to review earlier audit reports from the Office of Inspector General.”
President Muhammadu Buhari made this known at the opening ceremony of the 56th Annual General Meeting and delegates meeting of the Nigeria Medical Association, tagged: Sokoto 2016.
The summit, which will be declared open by the Minister of Health, Prof. Isaac Adewole, in Abuja, is scheduled for April 26 to 28, 2016.
The aim of the conference, according to a statement by the Director of Press in the Ministry of Health, Boade Akinola, is to accelerate responses to improve complementary feeding practices of children from six to 23 months old
The Minister of Health, Prof. Isaac Adewole, on Friday directed the management of the Lagos University Teaching Hospital, Idi-Araba to immediately transfer patients in the Accident and Emergency Unit to the wards they should belong
In a circular dated March 15, 2016, with reference number MH/HRM/138/1/58, addressed to the Chief Executives Officers of University Teaching Hospitals, Federal Medical Centres and other Tertiary Health Institutions under the Federal Ministry of Health, signed by the Director Human Resources, Danjuma Kurau, the Minister of Health, Prof. Isaac Adewole, said incessant labour disputes have been ravaging health sector despite effort made by the present administration to revive the healthcare system
Prof. Adewole explained that the Council members were committed to implementing the Universal Health Coverage in Nigeria, which would ensure that every Nigerian irrespective of where she or he lives would be able to access health without suffering financial jeopardy