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World Summit Targets Elimination of Viral Hepatitis

World first-ever summit on hepatitis is aiming at defeating the disease which remains a major thre…

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FG Urges Multi-National Companies to Support Nation’s Healthcare

Federal Government has appealed to multi-national companies operating in the country to support it…

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World Physical Therapy Day: Physiotherapists Advocate More Physical Activities

To mark this year’s World Physical Therapy Day, the Nigeria Society of Physiotherapy (NSP), …

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Agony of Mentally-ill Persons in Nigeria

… even doctors stigmatise them, says Psychiatrist   Apart from some cities where t…

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Roche Unveils Nigeria’s Premier Health Journalists Academy

Towards deepening its involvement in the regeneration of Nigeria’s health sector, Swiss heal…

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Patent Medicine Dealers Lament Exploitation by Pharmaceutical Council

The Nigeria Association of Patent and Proprietary Medicine Dealers (NAPPMED) has decried what it d…

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Strengthening Health Reporting

With increased prevalence rate of various health issues in Nigeria, including high rise of cancer …

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Medical Technologies That Are Changing Rural Healthcare

New eye popping medical technology provides earlier diagnosis, reduces cost and a breakthrough ran…

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Combating Malnutrition in Nigeria

Nutrimilk-SuperkidTHAT over 1.7 million children in Nigeria are acutely malnourished, according to…

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Workers With High Job Demands Are 50% More Likely To Be Diagnosed With Chronic Disease’

MOST workers will experience job stress at some point in their lives. But what effect does it have…

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Child Birth, A Gel In Time

Maryam Sharif had a false alarm, and the nurses sent her back home. Then she went into labour by e…

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Three New Ebola Cases in SLeone Quarantine village

Three more patients have tested positive for Ebola in a village in northern Sierra Leone already u…

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Cancer Centre Provides Care For 20,000 Patients

ONCOLOGY Radiologist, Dr. Omolara Salako, has disclosed that through the 2015 Light Lagos Pink bre…

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NMA Seeks Review of NHIS

With only coverage of 4 percent in 10 years, the Nigerian Medical Association, NMA, has called for…

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NAFDAC Mops Up Blindness Chemical in Adamawa

Alarmed by the wrong use of Chlorhexidine digluconate which caused blindness in some babies in Ada…

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BoI Cuts Interest On Loans For Hospital Owners

The Bank of Industry has inaugurated a loan service scheme for private healthcare providers in Lag…

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Getting Your Vitamins

In recent years there has been increasing evidence that multivitamins and single or combination vi…

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Child Mortality Rates Plunge By More Than Half Since 1990 But Global MDG Target Missed by Wide Margin

 Child mortality rates have plummeted to less than half of what they were in 1990, according …

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Nigerian Pharma Industry Capable Of Global Operation —PMG-MAN

The Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Group of the Manufacturers Association of Nigeria has said that t…

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Physiotherapists Task Govt On Funding, Seek Directorate

AS the world observes World Physiotherapy Day today, practitioners under the aegis of the Nigeria …

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