The World Health Organization Mass casualty management systems manual is a composition of guidelines and strategies for building health sector capacity. These guidelines are designed and developed to assist emergency managers, policy makers and decision makers at all levels, to overcome the gaps in health system preparedness for managing mass casualty incidents. Click Here to […]
Click on the link below to download The National Guidelines on Infection Prevention and Control of Viral Haemorrhagic Fevers National Guidelines on Infection Prevention and Control of Viral Haemorrhagic Fevers
The IDSR refers to a strategy and a tool that promotes rational use of resources by integrating and streamlining IDSR priority diseases (including EPDs) surveillance activities.The Integrated Disease Surveillance and Response framework makes surveillance and laboratory data more usable, helping public health managers and decision-makers improve detection and response to the leading causes of […]
Zika fever (also known as Zika virus disease) is an illness caused by Zika virus. Most cases have no symptoms, but when present they are usually mild and can resemble dengue fever. Symptoms may include fever, red eyes, joint pain, headache, and a maculopapular rash. What happens if you get the Zika virus? Zika virus […]
Click on the Link Below to Download The Preparedness and Response to Acute Watery Diarrhea Outbreaks Document Preparedness and Response to Acute Watery Diarrhoea Outbreaks Document Credit: NCDC Also See : Global Health Directory
Please note that 80% of individuals infected (health workers inclusive) with the virus are asymptomatic (show no symptom of the disease) while severe cases of the condition adversely affects several organs of the body including the liver, spleen and kidney . […]
Guidelines for Assessing and managing children at primary healthcare facilities to prevent overweight and obesity in the context of the double burden of malnutrition As part of its response to the global epidemic of obesity, World Health Organization has issued new guidelines to support primary healthcare professionals and workers to identify and manage children who […]
Polls have opened to gauge the feelings and opinions of Nigerians and friends of Nigeria on the continuous absence of President Mohamadu Buhari as a result of an extended medical vacation to take care of his failing health which has continued to deteriorate since he assumed office on May 29th 2015. The confusion stems from […]
The growing discord within Nigeria’s ruling party the All Progressives Congress (APC) has spread its tentacles into health sector. Following the release of a memo from the office of the minister of health Prof Isaac Adewole dated 12th July 2017, suspending the Executive Secretary of the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) a parasternal […]
