MENTAL HEALTH

President Muhammadu Buhari today, March 14, at the State House, Abuja, launched the result of the largest ever population-based HIV survey - The Nigeria HIV/AIDS Indicator and Impact Survey Results (NAIIS).
The survey is designed to examine the distribution of HIV disease in the country, to assess the coverage and impact of HIV services on the population level and to measure HIV-related risk behaviours.

The 5th Nigeria Family Planning Conference currently holding in Abuja enters second day December 5 amid revelation that lack of information has continued to hinder access to family planning by Nigerians..
Delegates from the states are currently discussing the challenges and sub- National innovations for expanded FP service delivery at the side event organised by PACFaH.

The 2-day Public Private Mix (PPM) Summit for Tuberculosis Control in Nigeria organised by the World Health Organisation (WHO) in collaboration with the Federal ministry of Health and other stakeholders kicked off an hour ago with revealations that no fewer than 420 Nigerians die from TB each day.
It is also estimated that about 300, 000 TB cases in Nigeria remain undetected with each of the undetected cases having the potential of infecting between 10 and 15 others.

The maiden edition of Sanofi Diabetes Summit kicked off this morning (October 18) in Lagos with experts from Cameroon, Nigeria and Ghana presenting scientific papers on the theme: "DIABETES: New Trends towards improving Outcomes."
Welcoming guests to the Forum being attended by General practitioners, endocrinologists and other professionals involved in the management of diabetes, the General Manager/Country Chair, Sanofi-Ghana, Ms Folake Odediran said the summits is being proposed to be an annual event to always bring together some of the finest and brightest professionals in the field.
"The theme for this epic event underpins the imperatives for a new awakening and paradigm shift in diabetes care as well as the necessity to re-kit the healthcare persinnel who is a critical partner in the patient's health journey," she said.

The Acting Director General of National Agency for Drugs Administration and Control (NAFDAC), Mrs Yetunde Oni has just ended a media briefing to dispel rumour that 42 banned anti-malaria medicines were circulating in the country.
Mrs Oni announced that the alleged banned drugs are oral monotherapies which are not recommended for treatment of malaria in Nigeria.