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Retaining health care professionals is an important objective. Survey shows looming brain drain in Nigeria's health sector in the rising trend of emigration of healthcare personnel – physicians, pharmacists, nurses, laboratory scientists, physiotherapists and many others have difficulty getting into paid employment. Many fresh doctors, out of ...
National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) National Institute for Pharmaceutical Research and Development (NIPRD) National Agency for the Control of AIDS (NACA) National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA) Nigerian Institute of Medical Research (NIMR)
Actors Guild of Nigeria banned movie sets across Nigeria. [66] Delta State government banned all social gatherings of up to 20 persons, including burials, crusades and ordered the closure of clubs and cinemas with immediate effect. [67] Ondo State government ordered the immediate closure of all markets, shops and malls in the state for seven days.
Common issues that are the subject of public health interventions include obesity, [3] drug, tobacco, and alcohol use, [4] and the spread of infectious disease, e.g. HIV. [5] A policy may meet the criteria of a public health intervention if it prevents disease on both the individual and community level and has a positive impact on public health ...
Interventions in population health "shift the distribution of health risk by addressing the underlying social, economic and environmental conditions" [7] and are implemented through "programs or policies designed and developed in the health sector, but they are more likely to be in sectors elsewhere, such as education, housing or employment". [7]
ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Nigerian government workers on Tuesday continued working after last-minute efforts by authorities averted a nationwide strike to protest growing hardship that could have ...
The allocations reminded many Nigerians of the economic inequality in a country where politicians earn huge salaries while essential workers like […] The post Nigeria’s government budgets for ...
The five control knobs for health-sector reform. In "Getting Health Reform Right: A Guide to Improving Performance and Equity," [2] Marc Roberts, William Hsiao, Peter Berman, and Michael Reich of the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health aim to provide decision-makers with tools and frameworks for health care system reform.