The Minister of Health, Osagie Ehanire, yesterday urged the striking resident doctors to return to work.
He made the call in Abuja during a virtual news briefing to mark this year’s World Health Day.
“I call on our striking resident doctors to call off their strike and return to work as this is not a good time for such activities. House officers have started receiving their outstanding entitlements and we’re working assiduously to address other issues raised by the doctors,” he said.
Ngide said the theme of this year’s World Health Day, ‘Building a Fairer, Healthier World for Everyone’ was a reminded that access to healthcare was no longer to be taken as a privilege but as a human right.
Marking World Health Day, youth leaders and civil society groups from across Nigeria urged the Nigerian government to invest in equity enhancing strategies to restore crumbling services for women, newborns, children, and adolescents.
This year’s annual celebration is being held against the backdrop of the COVID-19 pandemic which continues to threaten the improvement in health and social services. This year, the theme for World Health Day is ‘Building a fairer, healthier world’ which reminds us of a need to invest in equity enhancing strategies to address the needs of the most vulnerable.
“[COVID-19 has exacerbated inequities, putting at risk hardwon gains that have been made over the past decade,” says Helga Fogstad, Executive Director of the Partnership for Maternal, Newborn & Child Health (PMNCH).
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Youth leaders and civil society groups from across Nigeria are urging the government to invest in equity enhancing strategies to restore crumbling services for women, newborns, children and adolescents.
They spoke on the World Health Day being held at the backdrop of the COVID-19 pandemic which continues to threaten the improvement in health and social services. This year, the theme for World Health Day is ‘Building a fairer, healthier world’ which reminds many of a need to invest in equity enhancing strategies to address the needs of the most vulnerable.
“COVID-19 has exacerbated inequities, putting at risk hard won gains that have been made over the past decade,” says Helga Fogstad, Executive Director of the Partnership for Maternal, Newborn and Child Health (PMNCH).
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World Health Day 2021: Towards A Fairer, Healthier Nigeria, By Laz Eze
How can we build a fairer and healthier Nigeria? Most of the solutions are actually outside the health sector.
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…achieving a fairer and healthier Nigeria has more to do with the overall quality of leadership and governance than what happens in the hospitals, despite the huge importance of the latter. Nigeria has some of the best health policies and technical briefs but their implementation have been largely profligate and disheartening.
Today, April 7, is World Health Day. The global theme announced by the World Health Organisation (WHO) is “Building a Fairer and Healthier World”, which is very apt at this time given the huge negative impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the health of the people and the global health system. The pandemic has widened the inequality and inequity in accessing health care and medical commodities in different parts of the world. The push for equitable access to COV