Lassa fever kills doctor, 2 others in Anambra. FG Releases N9.8bn to tackle polio outbreak. Drug scarcity hits Aso Rock clinic despite N3.87bn budget. Important drugs disappearing from market, pharmacists cry out. Nigeria makes slow progress against paediatric HIV infection. 7,000 infants live with HIV in Kaduna. El-Rufai tasks FG on mainstreaming NHIS for accessible health care. Abia Health Workers protest over unpaid six months salaries. Outstanding salaries: ABUTH doctors threaten to begin indefinite strike. Is it time for alumni to lead the Resuscitation of Nigerian Teaching Hospitals? – the Enugu Example.
Top Ten News Items on Health, 19 August 2016
