13-Feb-17 President Donald Trump plans to fight birth tourism in the US. Most of these tourists come from China, Russia and Nigeria. In 2014, 60,000 Chinese women arrived in the US to give birth. The popularity of such “tours” increased after the release of the movie Finding Mr Right. The movie's heroine travels to Seattle to give birth. [image: Tourism-Review]

07-Dec-16 Despite weak infrastructure and poor funding, Nigeria has adequate human resources to reverse brain drain and make the country a medical tourism hub, concluded the Fourth Annual Meeting of the Nigerian-American Medical Foundation International on 6-Dec-16. With falling oil prices and dwindling budgets, it is hoped that making Nigeria the hub of medical tourism would help diversify the economy. [image: The Guardian]

04-Mar-16 The US and Nigeria have launched a new General Electric (GE) mother-and-child health initiative to expand pre-natal screenings to more than 2 million expectant mothers by 2020. The Healthymagination initiative will reduce mother and infant deaths and train midwives, nurses, and other health professionals on the Vscan Access portable ultrasound device to determine at-risk pregnancies. [image: All Africa]