INTRODUCTION President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo recently performed a symbolic ceremony at Trede in the Atwima-Kwanwoma District, for the official commencement of the ‘Agenda 111’, which has the objective of increasing access to healthcare delivery across the country. The underlying factor, he said, was to build and equip as many hospitals as possible to advance […]
A medical practitioner, Nseabasi Ekanem, blamed poor parenting for the increasing wave of drug abuse in the country. The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) said recent statistics have revealed that 40 per cent of Nigerian youth between 18 and 35 years are deeply involved in the abuse of drugs. Atinuke Aduloju, the chief superintendent […]
By Kelechukwu Iruoma Eme Okon was two months pregnant with her third child when she started attending antenatal care (ANC) at the Eyokponung Primary Health Centre (PHC) in Akwa Ibom State of southern Nigeria. This was her first time ever; having not attended ANC during her first and second pregnancies. During her first visit, she […]
Accra — On one of Naomi Otua’s regular trips to visit her grandson James in the town of Assin Fosu in Ghana’s Central Region, she noticed something was seriously wrong. The 10-year-old’s eyes were jaundiced and he had lost a significant amount of weight. Worried, Otua decided to take James to the Suhum Government Hospital. […]
By Timothy Obiezu Abuja, Nigeria — Doctors in Nigeria are on strike over unpaid salaries and poor benefits. But the strike by some 40% of the country’s medical workforce comes amid a fresh wave of coronavirus infections, severely straining Nigeria’s health care system. Anabs Sara-Igbe was visiting Abuja’s National Hospital for a post-surgery appointment for […]
