NMA NATIONAL ESSAY COMPETITION 2019 – See Details for Participation.
The Nigerian Medical Association, in pursuance of academic excellence and best practices, is organizing her National Medical Essay competition for all bonafide NMA members.
a) Introduction – The NMA 2019/20 Essay Competition is designed to address burning issues affecting health policies and health care delivery in the Federal Republic of...
Press Release: Lagos State HEFAMAA shuts down Premier Specialist Medical Center ICU.
…… Says Investigation ongoing.
The Lagos State Government through its Health Facility Monitoring and Accreditation Agency, HEFAMAA has shut down the Intensive Care Unit, ICU of Premier Specialist Medical Center temporarily.
The Executive Secretary of the Agency, Dr.
Abiola Idowu who stated this today at the...
Full Presidential Speech Announcing Easing of Restrictions and Lockdowns.
ADDRESS BY H.E. MUHAMMADU BUHARI, PRESIDENT OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA ON THE CUMULATIVE LOCKDOWN ORDER OF LAGOS AND OGUN STATES AS WELL AS THE FEDERAL CAPITAL TERRITORY ON COVID- 19 PANDEMIC AT THE STATE HOUSE, ABUJA MONDAY, 27th APRIL, 2020
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BREAKING: President Buhari Travels to the UK for Medical Check-up.
The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), will on Friday proceed to London for medicals.
His Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, disclosed this in a two-paragraph statement on Thursday.
The statement titled ‘President Buhari off to London Friday for medical follow-up,’ read, “President...
Health News Watch: Africa’s most populous country gradually locks down to avert COVID-19 Spread.
Lagos is Nigeria's most developed and most populous state in the country.
It is also the state with the most recorded confirmed cases of covid19, according to the Nigeria Center for Disease Control and Prevention.
But in a big country like Nigeria, where life is...
Sugar’s Role In Obesity: Countries Should Adopt Tax To Combat Diabetes, Health Problems, Says World Health Organization
One of the many weapons in the global war against chronic diseases like diabetes should be a sugar tax, said the World Health Organization (WHO) in a report this Tuesday.
ALSO READ: Fruit Juice Is as Bad as Sugary Drinks
The WHO’s report, “Fiscal Policies for Diet...
House Officers: To move from your initial Internship Institution to another, you must pay.
The MDCN has observed that some house officers are now in the practice of resigning from their initial posting institution a few months into the Housemanship program.
Please be informed that the above practice is capable of invalidating the program's objectives/goals. It could also have serious adverse effects on...
Nigeria Invokes Quarantine Act to Lockdown her major cities.
Currently, a lockdown subsists in Nigeria's major cities including Lagos, Abuja, etc.
The government is relying on the provisions of the Quarantine Act to prevent a further spread of COVID19 that has since been declared a global pandemic.
The quarantine act prescribes a 6-month jail...
