By Mary Nnah
Since the World Health Organisation (WHO) in April 2020 declared the novel COVID-19 a global pandemic, the effect of the ravaging deadly virus has been overwhelming.
From fatalities to harsh economic realities, institutions across the globe and consequentially Africa, has been challenged to fix and update antiquated health systems and existing infrastructures to contain and combat the widespread of COVID-19.
The pandemic did not only engender global lockdown but also a meltdown of global economic activities, which resulted to huge losses in Nigeria’s major export of crude.
Consequently, this decline in economic activities led to drastic decline in accruing revenues from oil sale in oil-dependent nations like Nigeria, thereby plunging the country into economic recession.
NITDA seeks full implementation of NDPR in Lagos
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By Emmanuel Elebeke, Abuja
The Director-General, National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), Mallam Kasihfu Inuwa Abdullahi, has called for full adoption of the implementation of all provisions in the Nigerian Data Protection Regulation (NDPR) in Lagos State Ministry of Health to protect the medical data of the residents of the state.
Abdullahi made the call in Lagos when he paid a working visit to the state Commissioner of Health, Professor Akinola Abayomi where the issue on Implementation of the NDPR for the Lagos Health Sector was discussed.
He praised the Commissioner and his team on the proactive, professional dispositions and approach in which the State handled and disseminated public information during the Coronavirus pandemic crisis.
Views: Visits 7 As book on suicide reporting guidelines debuts By Juliet Umeh EXPERTS have stressed the need for Nigerians to begin to see suicide as a health issue rather than a criminal act. The experts who spoke during the virtual launch of a book on guidelines for media reporting of suicide, titled: “The Morning After”, noted that responsible media reports on suicide will mitigate the current rising cases in Nigeria. The launch organised by Nous Foundation Nigeria, in partnership with the Health Writers Association of Nigeria, HEWAN, featured over 120 participants from various aspects of life in Nigeria and abroad. Participants acknowledged the book as a veritable tool for informing and educating the public about suicide.
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