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Group vows to monitor health facilities in rural areas


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A group under the aegis of Civil Society Organisations (CSOs), and Primary Health Centre engagement has resolved to establish a monitoring unit to track the activities of health facilities, especially in rural areas. READ ALSO: Group…

Lagos state to employ telehealth model in rural settlements


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The Lagos State Government has announced a plan to develop and employ a telehealth model to enhance rural people’s access to primary healthcare across the state. The Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Health, Dr. Olusegun Ogboye said the…

Nigerian registrar charges optometrists on rural medical outreaches


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Female optometrists should extend more medical outreaches to rural areas for more access to eye care. Prof. Ebele Uzodike, Registrar, Optometrists and Dispensing Opticians Registration Board of Nigeria (ODORBN),  made this known at the…