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WHO Places Nigeria, 16 Others On Alert For Possible Ebola Outbreak

  • Death toll rises to over 6,800 • Mali may be cleared virus-free soon …

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Pharmacists Charged With Murder in 2012 Fungal Meningitis Outbreak

  A Massachusetts pharmacy owner has been arrested and charged with second-degree murder in…

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Resolve Contending Issues With Joint Health Sector Unions, TUC Tells FG

The Trade Union Congress of Nigeria has called on the federal government to as a matter of urgency…

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Community Pharmacists Advocate Access To Safe Medicines

Community pharmacists have stressed the need to entrench access to safe medicine as a human right …

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Health Workers Declare Full Scale Nationwide Strike

Contrary to a speculation that the Joint Health Sector Union (JOHESU) might have called off its st…

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Malaria Death Rates Drop Amid Fear of Drug Resistance

The latest report on malaria by the World Health Organisation has indicated a 47 per cent drop in …

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Male Breast Cancer Is Different

Men’s breast cancer differs in some ways from women’s, new research finds.   …

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Insecticide Sprays Don’t Offer Extra Protection Against Malaria — Study

Using insecticide sprays along with bed nets does not provide children with more protection agains…

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No Link Seen Between Celiac Disease, Infertility

Most women with celiac disease are not at increased risk for fertility problems, new research cont…

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End Crisis in Health Sector Now, AMLSN Urges FG

The Association of Medical Laboratory Scientists of Nigeria, AMLSN, has expressed worry over the u…

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Health Workers Declare Total Industrial Action

•  JOHESU alleges police harassment   • Govt accuses GAVI of incomple…

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Continuous Medical Education Training For Doctors

India’s Apollo Hospitals Group, one of the world’s largest integrated healthcare provi…

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PRESS RELEASE: Position of JOHESU on the Nationwide Strike in the Health Sector

The joint health sector unions and the assembly of Health care professionals has made its position…

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Situation of Nigerian Health Workforce Critical to Development –WHO

The World Health Organisation (WHO) Country Representative in Nigeria, Dr. Rui Gama Vaz, yesterday…

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Lab Scientists Advocate Equity in Health Sector

Association of Medical Laboratory Scientists of Nigeria, AMLSN, has appealed to the Federal Govern…

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Court Issues Bench Warrant Against FMC’s Medical Director

A Lagos High Court presided over by Justice Lateef Lawal-Akapo, yesterday issued a bench warrant a…

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Preparing to Confront Ebola – Just in Case

Countries in Africa have been working on improving their preparedness in the event of an Ebola out…

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JOHESU STRIKE: Federal Ministry of Health Circular

The federal ministry of health had on the 9th of december 2014 issued a circular on johesu strike.…

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BREAKING NEWS: JOHESU/ Federal Government Meeting Deadlocked

The meeting between JOHESU and the representatives of the Federal Government, which comprised of t…

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Health Workers Decry FG'S Posture To JOHESU'S Strike - NLC, TUC Urged To Show Solidarity

The Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria (PSN) has reviewed the ongoing nationwide strike by health w…

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