May 2013 DailyNation; The courts have finally put to rest a long dispute as to whether those involved in providing essential services can engage in industrial action. In a judgement delivered on April 16, Industrial Court judge Nduma Nderi declared that it was unlawful for workers engaged in essential service …

May 2013 The African Executive; With the Jubilee government in power, the benchmark for health has been set. However, since the country has not seen what the priority areas will be, it does not cause any harm in pre-empting what the new Cabinet Secretary for Health should sign as his/her …

May 2013 ThisDay ; The Oyo State Government is set to carry out comprehensive rehabilitation of Adeoyo State Hospital, Ring Road, Ibadan and other state-owned health facilities through a Public Private Partnership (PPP) arrangement with foreign and local consultants. The state governor, Senator Abiola Ajimobi, disclosed this in Ibadan on …

May 2013 SciDev; China will deepen joint medical research with Africa, particularly in training African medical scientists. Ren Minghui, director-general of the Department for International Cooperation within the National Health and Family Planning Commission of China, said research and development is one priority area of collaboration being explored.   “China …

May 2013 PremiumTimes; The International Finance Corporation, IFC, said on Tuesday that it is working with the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and the UK’s Department for International Development to invest about $60 million (about N9.42billion) to help boost the coverage of priority health technologies and intervention services that benefit …

May 2013 EurActiv ; Last year governments had completed four of the 21 targets listed in the UN’s eight development goals: Halving the number of people earning less than $1.25 per day; Halving the number without access to safe drinking water; Significantly improving the lives of at least 100 million …

May 2013 GlobalHealthGovernance; According to a study reported in The Lancet, Niger has managed to decrease child mortality at a pace that exceeds that outlined in Millenium Development Goal 4.[1] Key features of Niger’s approach include universal access to free health care for pregnant women and children, and decentralized nutrition …

May 2013 BMJ; What are the main points that people should take away from Robert Francis’s report into Mid Staffs? That was the question with which BMJ editor in chief Fiona Godlee, chairing the session, began discussions with the panel of experts, whom she said were there to help consider …

May 2013 GraphicOnline; The Ghana Medical Association (GMA) has asked all striking doctors across the country to call off their month-long strike and to restore full services Wednesday. Dr. Kwabena Opoku Adusei, Ghana Medical Association (GMA) president said Tuesday evening the strike was being called off following a ruling by …

May 2013 PremiumTimes; The doctors’ strike at the University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital has not been called off, the leader of the doctors has clarified. The President of the Association of Resident Doctors at the hospital, Muhammed Yahaya, made this clarification in a telephone interview with PREMIUM TIMES on Saturday. …