Nigeria is currently experiencing a diphtheria outbreak. UNICEF describes it as the most severe diphtheria outbreak in recent global history. Despite the fact that diphtheria is a vaccine-preventable disease, the disease has continued to claim lives and spread to more…
From fever to a lifetime deformity, Zulfa’a Abdullahi’s 13-year-old daughter, Aisha, is one of numerous victims of medical quackery in Nigeria. In the last 9 years, Aisha has lived with a leg deformity that has left her limping after an…
The exodus of healthcare professionals out of the country for greener pastures is taking a toll on service delivery in many teaching hospitals as critical departments in various facilities are left with fewer experienced hands. Daily Trust Saturday reports that a…
Until February 19, 2023, the 16-year-old eldest son of Saliman Adedoyin, a 61-year-old mechanic from Kwara State who lives in Masaka, Karu LGA of Nasarawa State, near the FCT, Oluwatobi Adedoyin, was a boisterous youth. He was eager to write…
The recent reports of the new governor of Sokoto State paying an unscheduled visit to the general hospital in the state and discovering that they operated with torchlight put similar hospitals across the country in the spotlight. Findings by Daily Trust…
For a long period of time, the indigenes of Iko town, Eastern Obolo Local Government, Akwa Ibom state, have had to live with the devastating effects that come with oil exploration, which has led to the loss of lives and…
Daily Trust Foundation is the Corporate Social Responsibility arm of the Media Trust Group. It was carved out of the administration department of Daily Trust Group, which has, since 2000, provided humanitarian support to many communities in the North. For…
The loss of human resources for health to brain drain is affecting primary health care service (PHC) delivery in many rural communities of the country, particularly for maternal and child health services. By Ojoma Akor (Abuja), Abubakar Akote (Minna), Haruna…
Graduates of medical and other allied health courses are increasingly finding it difficult to secure placement for housemanship (as house officers), internship, as well as residency training programmes in hospitals, an investigation by Daily Trust revealed. The graduates include those…
Access to primary healthcare is a problem not unique to Kano State, but the dearth of health workers, especially medical doctors, in the state and the deplorable situations of many of the hospital, especially those outside the metropolitan areas, have…
