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Slow Response To Disease Among Key Populations Hindering Progress Against TB

  • Experts warn at World Health Conference   As the world gears towards the …

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Jigawa Govt. To Train 150 Nurses Overseas, Employ 60 Doctors From Abroad – Gov. Abubakar

The Jigawa Government says it will train 150 nurses and employ 60 medical doctors in 2016 to addre…

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NMA Proposes Community Insurance To Tackle 70% Household Health Expenses

The Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) wants governments at all level to redirect attention to com…

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No Allocation For Tuberculosis In 2015 Budget – Health Minister

Minister of Health, Prof Isaac Adewole, has raised the alarm over lack of adequate funding for the…

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​‘Prostate, Breast Cancers are Preventable, Treatable’

A consultant pathologist and lecturer at the Department of Pathology and Forensic Medicine, Lagos …

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Anatomists Seek Review of Act

Anatomists have been urged to see themselves as partners in nation building.   The Commis…

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Doctors: Free Telemedicine Services

To increase access to healthcare services in the country, a network of medical doctors have introd…

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​FMC Workers Plead for Release of Abducted Colleague

Health workers at the Federal Medical Centre, Owo, have called on the Ondo State Government and se…

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WEDDING DAY PROTEST: Nurse Jude Chiedu to March Against Quackery in the Profession

Evidently disturbed by the prevalence and pervasiveness of the operations of quacks in the health …

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WHO Calls on Countries to Eliminate Rabies

A new framework to eliminate human rabies and save tens of thousands of lives each year has been l…

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REPORT: Nurse Prescribers in England Saving NHS Millions

Non-medical prescribers are saving the NHS in England an estimated annual £777m, which co…

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Doctors Call for Taxes to Aid Health Care Access

The association of doctors in Nigeria said the government must do more to improve access and affor…

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World's First Dengue Vaccine Approved After 20 Years of Research

  The first vaccine against dengue fever won clearance in Mexico, an initial step toward pr…

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Unity Among Medical Professionals Necessary for Quality Healthcare Delivery – LUTH CMD

Prof. Chris Bode, the Chief Medical Director, Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH), Idi-Araba…

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MWAN Urges Govt to Bring Succour to IDPs

AS part of its effort to improve the health status of displaced families in the country, the Medic…

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Minister Promises to Lift Primary Care

The Minister of Health, Prof. Isaac Adewole, has assured that the Federal Ministery of Health woul…

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‘Nigeria Can Defeat HIV With Ebola, Polio Experience’

Dr. Patrick Dakum is the Chief Executive Officer of the Institute of Human Virology, Nigeria, an o…

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Global Summit Reveals Divergent Views on Human Gene Editing

When nearly 500 scientists, ethicists, legal experts and advocacy groups from more than 20 countri…

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Nigerian-American Foundation moves to curb medical tourism

Nigerian-born doctors at home and in the Diaspora under the aegis of the Nigerian-American Medical…

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Total, Development Africa, Lagos Host Malaria Intervention Campaign

RECENT findings in the study into malaria treatment has revealed an emerging parasite resistance t…

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