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WHO Approves 2 Ebola Vaccines …Trials Begin Jan 2015

After an expert meeting last week, WHO said there is now enough information to conclude that the v…

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Ebola Survivor Dr. Rick Sacra Returning To Liberia

  A volunteer American doctor who contracted the Ebola virus while treating patients in Lib…

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Dangers of New National Health Act 2015

Following the recent passage of the National Health Bill by the National Assembly President Goodlu…

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Ebonyi Health Workers Bemoan Ill-Equipped Hospitals

Chairman of Nurses and Midwives Association of Nigeria, NMWAN, Ebonyi State chapter, Mr Nnachi Mic…

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SSAUTHRIAI Calls For Jonathan’s Intervention in JOHESU’s Strike

AS the strike embarked upon by health workers under the aegis of Joint Health Sector Unions (JOHES…

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Fight the Colds With Sound Immune System

It’s the harmattan season and the weather isn’t pretending to be friendly with anyone.…

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Jonathan Has Repositioned Nigeria’s Health Sector – PDP

The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, says the unprecedented attentiongiven to matters concerning the…

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WHO OKs Use of Meningitis A Vaccine for Infants

  The World Health Organization has given the go-ahead for a meningitis A vaccine to be …

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Hope For Breast Cancer Patients As Scientists Discover What Triggers Aggressive Form Of The Disease

  . Triple-negative breast cancer is fast-growing and hard to treat . Is particularly lik…

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Strike Update: Ghost Town At Abia State University Teaching Hospital

  The ongoing strike action by the Joint Health Sector Union is still in full effect in …

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Private Hospitals Feed Fat on Patients, as JOHESU Strike Take Toll In Abuja

WITH on end in sight for the three months old strike embarked upon by Joint Health Unions (JOHESU)…

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‘Pay us Teaching Hospital Scale…’

• Striking health workers protest unpaid December salary in Lagos   NO fewer than 1,…

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Press Briefing by Nigerian Union of Allied Health Professionals On the Ongoing Strike by NUAHP and JOHESU

A PRESSS BRIEFING BY THE NIGERIAN UNION OF ALLIED HEALTH PROFESSIONALS (NUAHP) DELIVERED BY COMRAD…

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NUAHP Alleges Intimidation of Health Workers

HEALTH professionals under the aegis of the Nigerian Union of Allied Health Professionals (NUAHP) …

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Super-Antibiotic That Could Wipe Out Diseases From MRSA to TB Is Hailed As A 'Game-Changer' By Scientists

. In tests, new medicine rapidly cured infections that should have been fatal . Called teixobact…

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Ebola Drug Trial Starts In Liberia

  A trial of a potential drug to treat Ebola has started at a Medecins Sans Frontieres c…

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Experts Seek Review Of Nigerian Health Policy

Worried about the huge economic loss due to medical tourism, health professionals have called for …

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Nigeria To Be Certified Polio-Free This Month -Minister

The Minister of Health,Dr. Halliru Alhassan, on Thursday, said Nigeria would be certified polio-fr…

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Stop Patronising Quacks, Says Ophthalmologist

Nigerians have been advised to stop patronising quacks for eye treatment  to avoid blindness.…

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The Joint Health Sector Unions (JOHESU) Picks Holes in Yayale Report

  The Joint Health Sector Unions, JOHESU has expressed dissatisfaction over the report of Y…

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