Nigeria remains one of the highest exports of medical tourism around the world. From the most complicated medical conditions to less complex ailments, the craze for medical intervention abroad has been on the rise.
The Minister of Health, Professor Isaac Adewole has directed all health workers in the Country to maintain high index of suspicion, by screening all fevers for Ebola and other hemorrhagic fevers.
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The Federal Government has immediately stepped up inspection and disease surveillance across entry points in the country following announcement by the WHO of a confirmed case of the dreaded Ebola virus in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Enforcement of the ban on packaged alcohol and sales in sachets and small bottles is protective rather than punitive and is still prohibited in the nation, according to the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC). Professor Mojisola Adeyeye, Director-General of NAFDAC, signed a statement stating that the organization had resumed enforcing its prohibition on the manufacture and distribution of alcoholic beverages in sachets and small-volume PET/glass bottles (less than 200 ml). According to Adeyeye, the action complied with the Senate's recent guidelines.
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) Southwest Zone destroyed counterfeit, substandard, and unwholesome pharmaceutical products worth N20 billion on Thursday in Ibadan, Oyo State. According to the agency, the routine destruction operation is consistent with its duty to prevent expired, falsified, and hazardous medical products, as well as other NAFDAC-regulated items, from being reintroduced into the market.
