Health

Novartis announced a new strategy to broaden patient reach and availability of its portfolio of medicines in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), which is home to the largest under-served patient population in the world. Novartis also aspires to be the partner of choice for governments and NGOs to strengthen healthcare systems across …

            Chevron Nigeria Limited, in collaboration with the Delta State Government kicked off the second leg of a Roll-Back- Malaria campaign on September 11, 2019, at the Ode-Ugborodo Health Centre located at Aruntan-Ugborodo in Warri South-West Local Government Area of Delta State. The campaign involved …

The new cutting-edge cancer treatment machine just installed at the National Hospital Abuja will reduce patient’s treatment waiting time from 16 minutes to two minutes, the Chief Medical Director of the Hospital, Dr. Jaf Momoh, said on Friday at the inauguration of the equipment by the Vice President, Prof. Yemi …

The NNPC/Chevron Joint Venture has donated a mobile X-ray machine to Koko General Hospital in Delta State. This is another significant contribution to Medicare in Nigeria by the Joint Venture. The handover ceremony took place on Thursday, July 18, 2019 in Koko General Hospital’s complex, in Delta State. Mr. Esimaje …

GE Healthcare has today announced the launch of Versana Premier for the first time in South Africa. The launch took place in multiple customer sites in Johannesburg, Pretoria and Cape Town. Versana Premier is part of the Versana ultrasound family, which comprises of solutions that help empower care without compromise, …

Merck Foundation the philanthropic arm of Merck KGaA Germany will organize the Merck Health Media Training on 31st of October 2018 at Le Centre International de conferences Abdou DIOUF (CICAD) in Dakar, Senegal from 11:00 to 17:30. The training program is a part of ‘Merck More than a Mother’ community …

  Leading dental and orthodontic clinic Smile360 has bagged the award for the ‘Best Dental Service Provider of the Year’ at the 2018 Nigerian Healthcare Excellence Awards which was held on the 22nd of June 2018 at Eko Hotel Convention Centre, Victoria Island, Lagos. The award was received by Smile360 Clinical …

  Royal Philips a global leader in health technology, and the governments of Ethiopia and the Netherlands, today signed a seven-year agreement to build Ethiopia’s first specialized Cardiac Care Center to address the critical shortage of cardiology services in Ethiopia. Under the terms of the agreement, valued at approximately Euro …

Lions Health has launched the 2017 Young Lions Health Award in partnership with UNICEF and “la Caixa” Foundation. Now in its third year, the competition challenges young creative communications professionals to present a core idea, including a launch event/activation, digital activation and video idea, aimed to be launched on World …

Besides the budget, underlining currents relating to the National Assembly Budget and Research Office, investigations into the Crude Oil Swap of the former administration, the Rail Contract scam, constituency funds  for House members among other issues would also be of interest in the next few days. During the recess, the  …