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Cuba Eliminates Mother-to-child HIV and Syphilis, WHO Report

. Cuba is the first country in the world to receive validation from the World Health Organization …

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ICM Goodwill Ambassador Addresses ACNM Annual Meeting

ICM Global Goodwill Ambassador H.E. Toyin Saraki addressed the 60th Annual Meeting and Exhibition …

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Fake HIV Research Lands Ex-University Scientist 4.5-Year Prison Term

  A former Iowa State University scientist who altered blood samples to make it appear he h…

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WHO, Pharmacists Raise Alarm Over Growing Threat of Chronic Diseases

The World Health Organisation (WHO) and pharmacists under the aegis of the West African Postgradua…

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#Ebola: Federal Ministry of Health Advises Raise in Alert Level and Reporting

A new case of the Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) has been reported in Liberia. This means that the coun…

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Why Nigeria College of Optometrists Was Established - Registrar

The Registrar of the Nigeria College of Optometrists, Prof. Uche Ikonne has said that the college …

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Experts Seek More Cancer Centres in Nigeria

Issues bordering on cancer detection and management resonate again as stakeholders converge on Lag…

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Ebola: Remain Vigilant, Doctors Warn Nigerians

Public health physicians have called for more vigilance at the border posts in order to prevent a …

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Patients Groan Ss LUTH Doctors Embark On Strike •CMD, MDCAN Beg Doctors

The Association of Resident Doctors, ARD, Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH) chapter yester…

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Best Practices: Nurses, Stakeholders Brainstorm in Enugu

 Last week,  leaders in the nursing  and other professionals in the health sector i…

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Ebola Returns to Liberia Four Months After Clearance

 The corpse of a 17-year-old boy has tested positive for Ebola in Liberia, the country’…

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FCT Lab Scientists Set to Improve Services

The FCT Association of Medical Laboratory Scientists of Nigeria (AMLSN) has pledged to introduce q…

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Spread HIV in Ondo, Go to Jail for 10 Years, Govt Warns

The Ondo State Government  has  announced the commencement of the implementation of &nbs…

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UNN Don Raises Alarm On Kidney Disease

KIDNEYA CONSULTANT physician at the College of Medicine, the University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN), …

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Rapid Ebola Diagnostic Successful in Field Trial

A new test can accurately diagnose Ebola virus disease within minutes, providing clinicians with c…

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Medical Consultants Flay Resident Doctors’ Strike

  The Medical and Dental Consultants Association of Nigeria (MDCAN) has described as unwarran…

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How 100 ‘Caregivers’ Got HIV/AIDS, Hepatitis-B from Waste in Abuja Hospitals

No fewer than 100 health care workers at various hospitals in Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory…

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Features: Addressing Inadequate Number of Doctors in Nigeria

Concerned Nigerians note that the number of doctors in the healthcare centres across the country i…

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Senior Doctors Order Striking Colleagues Back to Work

…raise concern over Buhari’s ‘slowness’ in forming cabinet   Sen…

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Game Changing New Lung Cancer Drug Is Available From Today

  . Vaccine trains the body to single out diseased cells that experts say will double su…

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