It is estimated that medical tourism costs the Nigerian economy more than one billion dollars annually, with thousands of Nigerians travelling abroad for medical care every year. Citizens of developing countries embark on medical tourism for different reasons, including the opportunity to get assessed and treated...
Concerned by the likely surge of a maternal, newborn, child and pregnancy-related deaths due to the Covid-19 pandemic, experts have urged the federal and state governments to enhance the contraceptive supply chain to enable women in the rural areas to access family planning commodities. They made...
We collaborated with the employees at Jumia to provide financial support to patients in Ikorodu General Hospital. To commemorate this year’s African Women’s Day and in line with the global theme which addresses maternal and neonatal mortality in Africa, the female employees at Jumia Nigeria rallied...
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) announced this week that Madagascar's lauded herbal cure for coronavirus is on its way to Nigeria for clinical investigation of its efficacy. The test, intended to be carried out by the agency, is in...
It is Wednesday, the 25th of March, a day before Lagos will go into a one-week compulsory lockdown. I am curious to know how this lockdown and the fight against the Coronavirus is perceived by those who have shops, or hawk food around. This leads...
This post originally appeared on The GoMoney Blog. It is a stressful and anxious time for people all over the world as the viral disease Coronavirus (COVID-19) has taken over lives, the world's financial stability and, quite frankly, overall sanity. Initially assumed to be mildly threatening, the coronavirus...
The Chairman of the Lagos State Chapter of AGPMPN, Dr Tunji Akintade, in an interview with PUNCH newspaper, said a reform of the health sector in Lagos State would address the challenges facing the state's health insurance scheme, which was passed in April last year. He...
As a nonprofit focused on health and financial aid for medical needs, we have seen first-hand the pitfalls of low-quality or inadequate medical supplies. We have visited many hospitals where, due to a combination of demoralised medical staff and a shortage of basic needs (beds,...
At Visit A Hospital Today, we believe that to truly make a difference, it is important to think of solutions with a community mindset. We have found, however, that this mindset and all that it entails must be cultivated, nurtured and exemplified. This philosophy and our...
The Federal Government of Nigeria has launched a program to support cancer patients and possibly reduce the rate of cancer-related deaths in the country under the National Cancer Control program. The program, entitled Chemotherapy Access Treatment Program (CAP), is the result of a two-day planning...
