What is healthy People 2020 ? Healthy People 2020, is an initiative of the Department of Health and Human Services of the United States. Launched in December of 2010, the project has four major goals geared towards preventing disease and disability, eliminating health disparities and promoting quality of life and good health for all. In […]
Winslow 1920 Definition of Public Health Winslow defines Public health as the science and art of preventing disease, prolonging life and promoting health and efficiency through organized community effort for the sanitation of the environment, the control of communicable infections, the education of the individual in personal hygiene, the organization of medical and nursing services […]
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 […]
Global Public Health Days Global public health days are days set aside by the World Health Organization (WHO) to raise awareness, draw attention and increase understanding of certain health issues. The days also offer a unique opportunity to mobilize local and international support for action. The international health days as outlined by […]
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 […]
