HEALTH NIGERIA

The Association of Hospital and Administrative Pharmacists of Nigeria (AHAPN) joins millions all over the world to felicitate with the World Health Assembly on the recent election of TEDROS ADHANOM GHEBREYESUS (PhD) as the new Director General of the World Health Organization (WHO). This positive development is indeed a landmark given that this remains the first time in the history of the WHO that an African would be elected to lead the organization.  Whereas we congratulate Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on his election, we urge him as he prepares to assume office on 1st July 2017 to discharge this mandate with utmost sense of duty and responsibility. In a similar vein, we also salute the 70th World Health Assembly (WHA) for the enthronement of merit system, competence, excellence and professionalism as represented by the election of Dr. Tedros over and above sentiments and territoriality.  For the purposes of emphasis, we wish to inform the Nigerian Public that Dr. Tedro...

Vaccination for Meningitis [Photo Credit: SundiataPost] Agency Report http://www.premiumtimesng.com/author/agency-report The Federal Executive Council, FEC, has approved joint venture agreement between the Federal Government and May&Baker plc to produce vaccines from 2017 to 2021. The Minister of Health, Issac Adewole, confirmed this development when he briefed State House correspondents on the outcome of the Council’s meeting which was presided by Acting President Yemi Osinbajo. Mr. Adewole revealed that the federal government would own 49 per cent of the joint venture while May and Becker would own 51 per cent. “Between 1940 and1991, Nigeria was not only producing vaccines such as smallpox, yellow fever, and anti-rabies vaccines but we also exported to Cameroon, Central African Republic and a few other countries. “In 1991 the Vaccine Production laboratory stopped production ostensibly because government wanted to reactivate and upgrade the facility which did not take place...