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Lassa Fever: FG Has Abandoned Us — Edo Govt

The Edo State Government has called on international organisations to come to the rescue of the stat…

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Best Medical Brains Not Leaving Nigeria – Doctor

The President of the Paediatric Association of Nigeria, Dr Olufemi Ogunrinde, on Wednesday, dismisse…

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False Information Slowed COVID-19 Vaccination – National Primary Healthcare ED

In this interview with LARA ADEJORO, Dr Faisal Shuaib, Executive Director of the National Primary He…

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10% of COVID-19 Patients Treated at LUTH Have Long COVID – Physician

An infectious diseases physician, Dr Iorhen Akase, says 10 per cent of patients treated for COVID-19…

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Medical Expert Says BMC will Address Preventable Deaths in Nigeria

Healthcare facility, Benin Medical Care (BMC), yesterday, restated its commitment to the provision o…

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Lassa fever: Nasarawa to Implement Upward Review of Doctors’ Hazard Allowance

The Nasarawa State government says it has concluded arrangements to commence an upward review of haz…

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FG Inaction Delays HPV Vaccine

The Federal Government is yet to introduce the Human Papillomavirus vaccines into the national immun…

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NAFDAC Alerts Nigerians on Substandard Drugs

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control has warned against the use of two I…

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Lassa Fever: Two Edo Senatorial Districts Worst Hit

The Edo State Government is stepping up the campaign to curb the spread of Lassa fever in the state,…

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Edo Steps Up Campaign Against Lassa Fever, Rallies Patent Medicine Dealers

Edo State Government is stepping up campaign to curb spread of Lassa fever in the state, rallying st…

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Medical Expert Says BMC Will Address Preventable Deaths in Nigeria

Healthcare facility, Benin Medical Care (BMC), yesterday, restated its commitment to the provision o…

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NCDC Confirms 42 New Cases of COVID -19

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) has confirmed 42 additional COVID-19 in…

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Nigeria Loses 906 Medical Lab Scientists to Human Capital Flight, Says AMLSN

Association of Medical Laboratory Scientists of Nigeria has decried the rate of brain drain in the c…

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Govt Urged To Embrace Telemedicine To Curb Exodus Of Doctors

A U.S.-based Nigerian Assistant Professor of Family Medicine, Dr. Oyetokunbo Ibidapo-Obe Somorin, ha…

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US Hospital Names Dora Akunyili’s Daughter Chief Medical Officer

Ijeoma, the daughter of the late Professor Dora Akunyili, has been named the Chief Medical Officer o…

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Expert Lists Measures to Stop COVID-19 Fresh Spread

A Professor of Public Health/Community Medicine, Adesegun Fatunsi, has urged the Federal Government …

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Pharmacist Detained for Threatening to Kill Buhari Regains Freedom

An Abia State-based Pharmacist, Solomon Akuma, who has been in detention since his arrest in 2020 fo…

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Abia Doctors Protest Over Unpaid Salaries

Medical doctors in Abia State, yesterday, staged a protest in Umuahia, the state capital, as they ma…

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LASUTH Repositions To Reduce Medical Tourism — Fabamwo

The Chief Medical Director of the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital, LASUTH , Prof Adetokumbo…

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BRAIN DRAIN: Nigeria Loses Over 1,800 Doctors, Healthcare Workers In December 2022 — NMA

The Nigerian MedicalAssociation, NMA, Wednesday called on the federal and all state governments to d…

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