Health

Rich countries harvest 20,000 Nigerian health workers No fewer than 20,966 Nigerian health workers relocated abroad within one year, official figures obtained by Saturday PUNCH have revealed. The mass exodus includes 3,919 doctors, 7,487 nurses and midwives, 6,861 medical laboratory professionals, 702 pharmacists, 658 physiotherapists and hundreds of other specialists, according to the State of…

NAFDAC begins nationwide mop-up of banned sachet, small-bottle alcoholic drinks The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has commenced a nationwide enforcement operation to remove alcoholic beverages packaged in sachets and PET bottles below 200ml from circulation. In January, NAFDAC said its enforcement of the ban on alcoholic beverages in sachets…