ANAMBRA SHMB WARNS HEALTH INFORMATION OFFICERS OVER LATE REPORTS, REITERATES 7TH-DAY DEADLINE. (PHOTO). #PRESS RELEASE.

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 ANAMBRA SHMB WARNS HEALTH INFORMATION OFFICERS OVER LATE REPORTS, REITERATES 7TH-DAY DEADLINE By Ebele Egoh The Anambra State Hospital Management Board (SHMB) has urged Health Information Management Officers to ensure accurate medical records, timely data submission and strict protection of patients’ confidential information to strengthen healthcare delivery across the state. The Director of Medical Support Services of the Board, Mrs Nneka Uzor, gave the call during a meeting and training session for health information personnel held on Oct. 9 at the SHMB conference hall. Mrs Uzor stressed that maintaining complete medical records and safeguarding patients’ information are essential professional responsibilities, cautioning  the officers against disclosing sensitive health information to unauthorised persons and urged them to uphold the highest standards of confidentiality. Also speaking, the Head of Health Information Management at the Board, Mrs Ijeoma Onyeogulu, outlined k...

SAUDI ARABIA PLANS TO BAN THE IMPORT OF CAMELS BECAUSE OF VIRUS OUTBREAK.

A man wearing a mask poses with camels at a camel market in the village of al-Thamama near Riyadh May 11, 2014. REUTERS/Faisal Al Nasser            According to a scientist in Saudi Arabia,they suspects a virus that has killed hundreds of people in Saudi Arabia,may have arrived in Camels and it could ban such import until it knows more about the virus.Any ban on the camel trade with the region would badly hurt the already fragile economy of Somalia,which is a major livestock exporter to Saudi Arabia.The head of Scientific Advisory Board of Saudi Health Ministry Command and Control Center {CCC},Tariq Madani said,scientists are currently testing camels at sea ports before authourities will allow them into the country.''We do have suspicion that the disease may have been imported through camel trade from the Horn of Africa,but we haven't proved it yet.We have always imported camels from the African Horn ...but we will stop that until we get more information on whether they are infected or not''.He further said the final decision on ban of imported camel from the region lies with the ministry of Agriculture.

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  1. It is important they do that. The virus suppose to have a name. Let their virologist or microbiologist identify the virus so that other nations can also take precautions.

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