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SOGON Set to Partner Ipas on Post - Abortion Care

Concerned by the rate of unsafe abortion in the country and its resultant consequences, Society of…

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UNIBEN Inducts 110 Pharmacists

The Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Benin, (UNIBEN) recently inducted 110 pharmacists into the …

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Ondo Screens 800,000 for HIV, Vows to Enforce ‘Condom in Rooms' Law

  The Ondo State Government  yesterday revealed  that it had screened over 800,00…

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Health Workers: The Unseen Hands Behind Polio Eradication

  Isa, the son of Ahmadu Kanduwa was the last case of polio in Nigeria and it has been over…

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Doctors Launch Free Telemedicine Scheme in Nigeria

In an attempt to make healthcare delivery easier, faster and accessible to all Nigerians, a networ…

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Ending Child Deaths From Preventable Diseases

 the world more than 2.5 billion people do not have access to a toilet, and more than 1 billi…

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Researchers Develop Visual Tools For Improved Surgery On Newborn Babies

Researchers at King’s College London have started developing visual tools that might help to…

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A Care for Premature Babies

Outreach urges govt to establish more emergency centres to reduce infant mortality  WITH ro…

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In Kwara, There’s Access to Good Healthcare –Commissioner

Kwara State is the only state that has a community health insurance system in the whole of Nigeria…

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Plateau Aids Control Agency Task Hospitals on Free HIV Test

The Plateau State acting Executive Director of Plateau AIDS Control Agency (PLACA), Sunday Markus …

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Cancer Centres and Cancer Machines

It was good news. A November 26 report said: “There is hope for cancer patients at the Lagos…

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Pharm. Ahmed Yakasai @ 55: A Life of Service to Humanity

December 1st, 1960, a young boy was born into the Yakasai community of Yakasai, Kano, Nigeria. Fam…

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How Epileptic Electricity, Water Affect Services in Kwali General Hospital

Kwali General Hospital now offers skeletal services due to epileptic electricity and water shortag…

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Stopping Malaria: Affordable New Test Seeks To Reveal Hidden Reservoirs Of Disease

In 1980, the world collectively shed not a single tear upon hearing that the scourge of smallpox w…

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Your Life in Their Hands – Anaesthetists in Owerri

This week Anaesthetists from all over Nigeria are gathered in Owerri for their annual conference. …

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WORLD AIDS DAY: How we Can End AIDS Epidemic, by WHO

LAGOS—As the world yesterday marked the 2015 World AIDS Day, World Health Organisation, WHO,…

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Nigeria Medical Association Trains Female Students in Ebonyi

Over the years, the challenges facing the girl child in early stage of life has been how to handle…

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HIV Infection Declining – NACA

The Director General, National Agency for the Control of AIDs (NACA), Prof John Idoko has said the…

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Immunisation: Non-compliance recorded in 2 Katsina LGs

Two local governments in Katsina State have recorded some level of non-compliance and resistance t…

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World AIDS Day: Institute Screens, Counsels FCT Residents

As part of activities to mark the 2015 World AIDS Day, the Institute of Human Virology, Nigeria (I…

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