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THE WORLD HEALTH DAY Today 7th April 2015

Nigerian Medical Association Member of Africa Medical Association (AFMA) Commonwealth Medical Asso…

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Antibiotic resistance: 80,000 'might die' in future outbreak

  The rise of antimicrobial resistance could make currently routine medical procedures &quo…

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Sierra Leone's Kailahun district records first Ebola case in months

  Sierra Leone's eastern district of Kailahun, once a hotbed of Ebola, has recorded its…

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UNTH Performs Heart Surgeries on Three Children

'THREE children with various congenital heart diseases from the Kanu Nwankwo Heart  &nb…

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Health Records Officers Registration Board of Nigeria (HRORBN) Calls for Degree in Health Information Management

As part of efforts to improve the proficiency of persons trained as health records officers, the G…

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NANNM Leadership Congratulates Buhari on Election Victory

The leadership of the Nigerian Association of Nigerian Nurses and Midwives (NANNM) has joined othe…

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Pharmacy Student Dies on Graduation Eve

A Pharmacy student of the University of Benin (UNIBEN), Kenneth Akibigho Asemu, has died, 24 days …

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Minister Inaugurates Committee To Review Health Act

…FG reiterates commitment to ending polio scourge   The Minister of Health, Dr Kha…

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Doctors Fault PhD as Condition To Appoint VC

The Nigerian Medical Association has rejected moves by Enugu State government to appoint a vice ch…

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NIPRD, Uniabuja Agree on Pharma Research

An agreement between University of Abuja and National Institute for Pharmaceutical Research and De…

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Stop Drinking Soda, For (Your Own) Good

  You know soda's not exactly good for you—but at the same time, it can be hard t…

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Researchers: Ebola Vaccine for Apes Protects Humans Too By Jessica Berman

  Scientists are developing an Ebola vaccine for apes that’s designed to prote…

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11 Proven Health Benefits of Garlic. By Joe Leech, Dietitian

  “Let food be thy medicine, and medicine be thy food.”   Those…

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First HIV Clinic Set to Open in Indiana Town Beset by Epidemic BY BILL BRIGGS

  The first HIV clinic in a rural, midwestern community grappling with an abrupt HIV epidem…

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Liberia's sole remaining known Ebola patient dies

  A Liberian woman who was the country's sole remaining known Ebola patient died on …

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Low Standards: FG Shuts 15 Laboratories

  As part of efforts to ensure quality medical laboratory practice in Nigeria, the federal …

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Bird Flu Spreads to 18 States

  The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Dr Akinwumi Adesina, has revealed that…

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Nigerian Medical Association Rivers Chapter Denies Endorsing Any Candidate

The Nigerian Medical Association Rivers state Chapter has refuted media claims that it had  E…

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FG To Set Up 6 Referral Hospitals in The Country – Jonathan

Bauchi - President Goodluck Jonathan on Monday said that the Federal Government would set up a ref…

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Lagos Doctors Resume Work

Doctors in Lagos State hospitals yesterday resumed work, having suspended their 10-day old strike.…

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