Ghana beats Nigeria to adopt first Malaria vaccine
Ghana Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) has approved the use R21/Matrix-MTM, a malaria vaccine developed by the University of Oxford and Serum Institute of India, beating Nigeria to deploy the…
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Private equity looks elsewhere as Nigeria healthcare loses shine
The attraction of private equity to Nigeria’s healthcare industry has waned, with most businesses struggling to achieve the scale sufficient to hold investors’ confidence in their…
How AI will change the face of healthcare
When Michael Deater's health worsened while waiting to get a lung transplant at the University of Florida Health Centre, a dedicated team of doctors and nurses attended to him on the primary…
Lawmakers push ahead with bill to curb doctors’ exodus
As part of efforts to reduce the number of healthcare workers leaving the country, a bill aimed at locking in locally-trained practitioners for at least five years has passed second reading…
Ekweremadus saga: What local law says
Two things can force an organ donor: acute financial pressure or coercion under organised crime.
None of these would be fit as motivation for anyone donating an organ in Nigeria, even if…