Good Health
PSN, NAFDAC, fight over fake anti-malarials
•Blame NAFDAC for circulation of banned anti-malarials –PSN
•We banned Maloxine, not Amalar – NAFDAC

By AZOMA CHIKWE
Tuesday, June 30, 2009

The Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria (PSN), and the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) are on each others jugular over banned fake anti-malarial drugs. The Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria had on Wednesday, June 24, 2009 blamed NAFDAC | Read story

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VVF: 20,000 to 80,000 new cases in Nigeria annually
By AZOMA CHIKWE
Tuesday, June 30, 2009

Every year, about 20,000 to 80,000 new cases of Vesico Vagina Fistula (VVF) occur in Nigeria, meanwhil the staff strength or number of fistula surgeons remain the same. While the World Health Organisation (WHO) estimates that | Read story


Diabetes: Expert says nine million Nigerians face death risk
By CLEMENT ADEYI & PAULINUS AIDOGHIE
Tuesday, June 30, 2009

A healthcare organisation and world leader in diabetes care, Novo Nordisk, has stepped up a campaign with a view to sensitising the public on prevention, management and control of the pandemic to checkmate its spread and effects on people' health. | Read story


Activists call for increased HIV and TB funding
By AZOMA CHIKWE
Tuesday, June 23, 2009

African activists have called on leaders at the 2009 World Economic Forum (WEF) on Africa to prioritise health financing and close the resource gap to secure universal access to HIV and TB care.| Read story


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