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‘It is wrong for doctors to divert patients to private hospitals’

What  is your assessment of healthcare delivery in the country? It depends on the level of healthcare one is looking at, whether at the primary,

HIV/AIDS: ALCO urges increased funding from member countries

Board chairman Abidjan-Lagos Corridor Organisation (ALCO), Prof. John Idoko, has called for more effort from the governments of its member countries t

Lifestyle change, diet prevent diabetes, BP

An ophthalmologist, Dr. Valentina Ideh, has advised Nigerians to eat healthy diet and change their lifestyles in order to prevent diabetes, hypertensi

‘Open heart surgery has 20 per cent mortality rate’

The Chief Medical Director, University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital (UNTH), Enugu, Dr. Chris Amah, has described open heart surgery as a “very h

Clinical trials key to addressing public health emergencies

It is important for all tiers of government and the private sector in Nigeria and other parts of sub-Saharan Africa to support clinical trials and res