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Fake Medicines Kill Almost 500,000 Sub-Saharan Africans Annually – Report

The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime says trafficked medical products kill almost half a mil…

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160,000 Children Acquired HIV in 2021 – WHO

The World Health Organisation said 160,000 children acquired the Human Immunodeficiency Virus in 202…

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Nigeria Records 10,000 Cancer Cases in 33 Days – Bagudu

Nigeria has recorded over 10,000 new cancer cases just 33 days into 2023, the First Lady of Kebbi St…

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Edo Confirms 132 Cases of Lassa Fever, Two More Deaths

Edo State has recorded seven more confirmed cases of Lassa fever, raising the total number of confir…

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Yobe Medical Centre Performs First Laparoscopic Surgery

Ayaji Medical and Diagnostic Centre (AMDC), Gashua, Bade Local Council, Yobe State, has performed th…

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Zulum Sends 19 Orphaned Youths to Study Medicine in Egypt, Pays N250m

Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum (ninth left); Commissioner for Higher Education, Science, Techn…

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Zulum Visits Gwoza, Upgrades General Hospital, Sites Nursing College

Governor Babagana Umara Zulum was in Gwoza town of southern Borno on Sunday, where he announced the …

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Govt Plans to Assess Tropical Diseases Prevalence

The Lagos State Government has concluded plans to conduct an assessment of the prevalence of some Ne…

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Health Workers Union Threatens Strike Over Members’ Welfare

The Joint Health Sector Unions and the Assembly of Healthcare Professionals have called on the Lagos…

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Why Brain Drain Occurs in Health Sector, By MDCAN

The Medical and Dental Consultants Association of Nigeria (MDCAN) has observed that increasing threa…

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COVID-19 Remains Public Health Emergency, Says WHO

The World Health Organisation has said that COVID-19 continues to constitute a public health emergen…

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Resident Doctors Suspend Planned Nationwide Strike

The Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors has suspended its plan to embark on a nationwide strike…

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Lassa Fever Kills 37, FG Activates Emergency Centre

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention has activated the national multi-sectoral Emer…

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Sanwo-Olu’s Wife Seeks Return of Migrated Nigerian Doctors

Wife of Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State, Dr Ibijoke Sanwo-Olu, has sought for the return …

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Nigeria Accounts for 50% Of Tropical Diseases – WHO

The outbreak of COVID-19 pandemic and other emerging diseases such as Lassa fever and cholera were i…

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Brain Drain: Nigeria May End Up Without Doctors – NARD

The Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) has enjoined the Federal Ministry of Health to e…

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NAFDAC Vows to Implement Pharmaceutical Traceability

National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has vowed to confront the mena…

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Nurse Blamed for Death of 300 Level Student at UNICAL

Vice Chancellor of University of Calabar (UNICAL), Prof. Florence Obi, has ordered investigation int…

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Cholera, Lassa Fever, Others Killed 1,084 In 2022 – NCDC

No fewer than 1,084 lives were lost to Lassa fever, cholera, measles, meningitis, mpox, and yellow f…

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Resident Doctors Seek Health Sector Funding

The Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors has called for increased budgetary allocation to the he…

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