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Foundation Seeks Better Budgetary Allocation for Family Planning

The Health Reform Foundation of Nigeria (HERFON) Kaduna State Chapter has called on the state gove…

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‘Nigeria Running Sick Care System not Health Care System

Governments at all levels have been advised to look into the health care system in the country by …

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Osun Lawmakers Plead with Doctors over Strike

The Osun House of Assembly, has appealed to the striking medical and dental workers in the state h…

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UNICEF Spends N12bn on Nigeria’s Malnourished Children

The United Nations Children’s Fund on Tuesday said it had spent N12bn to treat 1.1 million N…

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Ortom to Complete Cancer Screening Project

  Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State is to complete the building project of the Cancer Sc…

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Policies on Private Partnership Key in Tackling Cancer

Wife of Kebbi State governor and founder of Medicaid Cancer Foundation, Dr Zainab Atiku Bagudu has…

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Class Size, Failed Accreditation Force Medical Students Abroad

The Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria has said the number of students training in medical coll…

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Polio Eradication: WHO Calls For Vigilance

To achieve polio eradication in Nigeria, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has urged that the co…

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Group Seeks Probe of Benin Teaching Hospital N100m Transplant Project

A pressure group, Political Watchdog of Nigeria (POWAN), yesterday called on the Economic and Fina…

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Why WHO Linked Processed Meat With Cancer’

Last week the World Health Organisation’s (WHO) cancer arm, the International Agency for Res…

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Okorocha Plans Salary Cut for Magistrates, Health Workers

IN reaction to claims by some lawyers that he was slashing salaries of magistrates, the Imo State …

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Nasarawa Council Workers Begin 3-Day Warning Strike Over Unpaid Salaries

  The Nasarawa State Joint Unions of Local Government Employees (JULGE) yesterday commenced…

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Lagos Seals 33 Illegal Pharmacies, Patent Medicine Stores

The Lagos State Task Force on Counterfeit and Fake Drugs and Unwholesome Processed Foods has shut …

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Infertility: FTSF Keeps Hope Alive for 17 Couples

The Pharmaceutical Society of Hope has been rekindled for 17 couples challenged by infertility as …

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Unemployed Health Officers Decry Neglect

A group of unemployed Environmental Health Officers,  EHO, has urged the Lagos State Governme…

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Tumour Mutation to Build Cancer Vaccine

Vaccines made from mutated proteins found in tumours have bolstered immune responses to cancer in …

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Polio: EU Earmarks N4bn for Immunization

As global attention focuses on Nigeria's efforts to stamp out wild polio virus, the European U…

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Metallic Poisoning, not Ebola Killed UNICAL Student–FG

The Federal Government has given a clue to what might have killed a 21-year-old male student of th…

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Doctor Bathes Teenage Houseboy with Hot Water

A 16-year-old boy, Nwanga Chidiebere, is battling to stay alive at Federal Teaching Hospital, Abak…

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Lakeshore Moves To Fight Cancer In Nigeria

With efforts to combat the burden of cancer in Nigeria, Lakeshore Cancer Center has partnered with…

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