…regularly recruits healthcare professionals, including doctors, nurses and allied health workers, to fill critical workforce shortages. Its official careers portal advertises vacancies and provides information on employment opportunities for internationally qualified professionals. Apply: https://www.hse.ie/eng/staff/j…

…performance bonuses, disrupting treatment at one of the outbreak's main response centres.Health workers at Bunia General Hospital, the region's largest medical facility, also went on strike last week over unpaid salaries. Some staff told the Associated Press they had not been paid since joining the Ebola response.Speak…

…largely by years of underinvestment in training capacity and the increasing migration of health workers to countries offering better remuneration and working conditions. The trend has placed additional pressure on the country’s healthcare system, particularly at the primary and secondary healthcare levels. To reverse t…

…today, this will become the worst outbreak the world has ever documented."More than 100 health workers have contracted the virus since May, with approximately 35 deaths recorded among medical personnel. Medical staff at several facilities, including the Elikya Ebola Treatment Centre in the provincial capital of Bunia,…

…it,” he said. The President urged members of the delegation to persuade other Nigerian healthcare professionals overseas to return and support the country’s development. “My friends who are still there, try to attract them home. But the best way to demonstrate to you is for me to commit myself to my agenda, the Renewed…

…but equally critical is building the capacity of primary care physicians and community health workers to identify and manage these conditions and to initiate timely referrals when needed. ● Integrating brain health into primary care: Blood pressure monitoring, diabetes management, and basic neurological screening shoul…

…immunity gaps. UNICEF Executive Director, Catherine Russell, said while governments and health workers had restored vaccination services after the disruption caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, millions of children remain beyond the reach of lifesaving vaccines. “Governments and health workers have helped global vaccinati…

Nigeria's healthcare system is being sustained by the heroism of doctors and other health workers rather than strong institutions, a Professor of Haematology and Laboratory Medicine, Prof. Obike Ibegbulam, warned on Wednesday. The don said unless governments at all levels urgently invest in resilient healthcare infrast…

…systems, limited interoperability, inadequate coordination, poor digital literacy among health workers, and infrastructure gaps still exist. She said the stakeholders’ engagement provides an opportunity for government agencies, development partners, health professionals, implementing partners, academia, and other stake…

…you doing?' and so on." He, however, expressed concern over the continued migration of health workers abroad, warning that brain drain is weakening Nigeria's healthcare system. "Brain drain continues to strip our hospitals of experienced specialists," he said, adding that inflation has further reduced the real value of…

…health challenges. During Sunday PUNCH's visit to the government-owned facility, health workers spoke about recurring cases involving persistent coughs, breathing difficulties, upper respiratory tract infections, skin inflammations, and eye irritation. A community health worker, who requested anonymity because she was…

…took Batula to a UNICEF-supported outpatient nutrition clinic in Borno State, where health workers diagnosed her with severe acute malnutrition. A nutritionist at the centre, Babagana Kolo, said the toddler had been ill for eight months before receiving appropriate treatment. Batula's story is one of the thousands unfo…

…health institutions, revitalisation of primary healthcare centres, training of frontline health workers and provision of critical healthcare infrastructure. According to him, 20 primary healthcare centres across 15 local government areas will receive labour and delivery equipment, including suction machines, oxygen con…

Concerned citizens and health workers in Kurmi local government council of Taraba State have appealed to the state government to urgently intervene in the deteriorating condition of the First Referral Hospital, FRH, in Baissa, describing the facility as being in a critical state and struggling to fulfill its role as a…

Survivors are bringing hope to health workers struggling to control the outbreak.

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…any moment from now," he said. Labaran added that the government has also trained health workers to improve care for patients. "Last year alone, we trained about 120 healthcare workers to strengthen the management of sickle cell disease," he said. He said over 10,000 patients have already been enrolled in a care progra…