Archives Tag: healthcare in Nigeria
Websites We Love: Doctoora
April 19, 2022
For a long time, the healthcare sector in Nigeria has been plagued by the constant migration of healthcare professionals to other countries in the search of greener pastures. This is mainly due to the unfavourable working conditions that abound in the health care sector and other challenges with access to facilitates and patients. Read more … Continue reading Websites We Love: Doctoora
Nigerian Footballer William Troost Ekong Leads Campaign Against Neglected Tropical Diseases
April 19, 2022
Without doubt, football is the most popular sport on earth with footballers gaining global recognition for what they are capable of doing with the round leather object. Most football players are seen as role models due to their celebrity status and great show of athleticism while doing their job. However, the off-field activities of some … Continue reading Nigerian Footballer William Troost Ekong Leads Campaign Against Neglected Tropical Diseases
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App Of The Week: Privedoc
April 19, 2022
Privedoc is a medical app that has been established to enable patients consult doctors, nurses, or Physiotherapists right from the comfort of their homes. The app was founded by Lanre Olaitan, a Clinical entrepreneur, and an emergency medical doctor. He founded the app with the aim to “eliminate the need to travel and see a … Continue reading App Of The Week: Privedoc
Wellness: Top 4 Healthcare Apps You Should Know
April 19, 2022
Staying healthy is definitely more than just paying visits to the doctor when ill. It entails a lot more like eating the right diet, exercising, managing your medications, and nurturing your body and mind. All these in a broken healthcare system can definitely set a discouraging tone to the prospect of looking after one’s own … Continue reading Wellness: Top 4 Healthcare Apps You Should Know
World Health Day: Reflections on Nigeria’s Healthcare System
April 19, 2022
So its World Health Day today and the theme, “Universal Health Coverage: Everyone, Everywhere” is appropriate and timely. In this year’s campaign, the World Health Organization (WHO) is calling on world leaders to live up to the pledges they made when they agreed to the Sustainable Development Goals in 2015, and commit to concrete steps … Continue reading World Health Day: Reflections on Nigeria’s Healthcare System
Brands We Love: Avon HMO
April 19, 2022
We always wish we didn’t have to deal with health emergencies. We want to be able to foretell the coming of unpleasant circumstances and plan for their arrival before they hit us. But a lot of the time, we can’t. It’s for circumstances like this that Avon HMO exists. Health Maintenance Organizations- HMOs for short … Continue reading Brands We Love: Avon HMO
Nigeria’s Top 5 Healthcare Startups
April 19, 2022
It seems like there isn’t a single industry on the planet that hasn’t felt the impact of the technology revolution. The internet, as well as the portable electronic devices used to access it, have played a big role in shaping the world’s business landscape, erasing the drawbacks of distance and opening up new market channels … Continue reading Nigeria’s Top 5 Healthcare Startups
Nigeria Today: Top 5 News Stories, Monday, Dec 5th, 2016
April 19, 2022
1. An agreement between the governments of Nigeria and Morocco, facilitated by Fertilizer Producers and Suppliers of Nigeria, FEPSAN and OCP, a Moroccan company is set to yield one million tons of fertilizer through local production and reduce the price of fertilizer. 2. Ministries, departments and agencies of states have met in Enugu to … Continue reading Nigeria Today: Top 5 News Stories, Monday, Dec 5th, 2016
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Nigeria Today: Top 5 News Stories, Friday, Nov 18th 2016
April 19, 2022
1. The Federal Government has taken the decision to stop the controversial high salaries given to and miscellaneous financial abuses being committed by government management and employees. 2. Nigeria’s agricultural sector hosts first digital platform, Farmcrowdy.com, which allows farmers to sponsor any farm of choice produce and get periodic updates on progress via pictures … Continue reading Nigeria Today: Top 5 News Stories, Friday, Nov 18th 2016
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National Hospital Live-Tweets Surgery
April 19, 2022
Exactly 22 hours ago, a message was posted on the twitter handle of the National Hospital, Abuja about an open heart surgery (Ventricular Septal Defect repair) happening live at the Trauma Centre, at the hospital in Abuja. Dating as far back as 2012, several hospitals have taken to live-tweeting their surgery sessions to educate the … Continue reading National Hospital Live-Tweets Surgery
