Health workers

Health workers, under the umbrella of the Joint Health Workers Unions, have written to the Ministry of Labour and Employment, the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare, and the Ministry of Finance, demanding an upward adjustment of the…

In order to prevent the Joint Health Sector Unions' recently suspended industrial action from resuming, the Nigerian Union of Allied Health Professionals has urged the Federal Government to implement the report of the high-level body…

The Assembly of Health Care Professional Association and the Joint Health Sector Unions have instructed their members to go on an indefinite strike. This was stated at a news conference on Thursday in Abuja by Dr. Obinna Ogbonna,…

Medical bodies in the countries have said the United Kingdom government’s code of practice for the international recruitment of health and social care personnel will not stop Nigerian doctors from migrating to other countries.…

Lagos state government is reportedly owing health workers who volunteered to be part of Coalition Against COVID-19 (CACOVID) at Infectious Disease Hospital in Yaba a 3-month remuneration. A member of the volunteer team simply identified…

Joint Health Sector Unions has ended its seven-day warning strike and directed its members nationwide to resume today, Monday, September 21. The health workers had embarked on the warning strike on September 14 following the failure of…

Minister of Health, Osagie Ehanire, has directed the Chief Medical Directors and Managing Directors of the Federal tertiary hospitals to employ the services of doctors undergoing mandatory National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) as…

Minister of State for Health, Olorunnumbe Mamora, has said the Federal Government has paid up to N20 billion as COVID-19 inducement allowance to doctors and health workers in the country. Mamora made this known when he appeared as a…

Enugu State Ministry of Health has said 72 health care workers in the state have tested positive for COVID-19. The Commissioner for Health in Enugu, Dr Obi Ikechukwu, confirmed this in a statement on Friday while giving an update on…

Director-General of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), Dr Chikwe Ihekweazu has disclosed that the number of health workers who have tested positive for coronavirus has increased to 812. The NCDC DG revealed this on…

Kano state government has said 47 health workers have tested positive for coronavirus. Tijjani Husaain, coordinator of the state’s task force on coronavirus, disclosed this at a press conference in Kano, on Sunday. He said the…

Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire has said about 40 health workers have tested positive for coronavirus (COVID-19) in the country. He made this known on Thursday while giving Coronavirus updates during the daily presidential…

Hyde Park was full of people exercising outside yesterday (Picture: Nick Harvey/REX) Health Secretary of the United Kingdom, Matt Hancock has warned that all outdoor exercise could be completely banned if people continue to flout social…

Factory workers opted to isolate themselves to better guarantee their ability to keep making protective gear. Photo credit: Consomed/AFPImage Employees at a Tunisian factory are churning out 50,000 face masks a day and other protective…

The Vice-Chancellor of the University of Lagos, Professor Oluwatoyin Ogundipe, has said serious health security has been put in place to prevent the spread of Coronavirus within the institution during its coming 51st convocation.…