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Kidnapping: NMA Threatens Closure of Facilities In Rivers

The Nigerian Medical Association has threatened to shut down hospitals in Rivers State following the…

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Scan Machine Will Reduce Medical Tourism – NAFDAC

The Acting Director-General of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, Dr …

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NCDC To Give Biweekly COVID-19 Reports

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control said it had transitioned from weekly case announcements for C…

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Health Practitioner Creates App to Tackle GBV

A health practitioner, Gbadegesin Alawode, has created an app, VoiceIT, which will enable survivors …

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NGO Decries Poor Doctor-Patient Relationship, Seeks Govt’s Intervention

Maxity Glaucoma Foundation, a non-governmental organisation, yesterday, described poor doctor-patien…

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Cross River Administers COVID-19 Vaccine On 1.5m People

Cross River State government has disclosed that over 1.5 million people have received COVID-19 vacci…

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How We Uncovered Warehouse Containing Potassium Bromate — NAFDAC

THE National Agency for Food, Drug Administration and Control, NAFDAC, yesterday, uncovered a wareho…

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Medical Tourism Gulped $6.23m In Eight Months – Report

Nigeria spent a total of $6.23m on foreign healthcare-related services from January to August 22, 20…

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PSN Charges NAFDAC to Solve Expired Drugs Disposal Menace

Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria (PSN) has advised the acting director-general (DG) of the National…

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NAFDAC Shuts Spa Clinic, Bakery in Rivers

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control has shut down a spa clinic and a ba…

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439 Foreign-Trained Doctors Failed Assessment Exam – MDCN

A total of 439 foreign-trained medical and dental graduates failed the assessment examination conduc…

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Brain Drain Killing EKSUTH, MDCAN Cries Out

The medical consultants under the auspices of the Medical and Dental Consultants’ Association (MDCAN…

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Kaduna: NAFDAC Seizes Expired 75 Tomato Paste Cartoons

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, on Thursday, raided the Sheik Gumi…

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Malaria Killed 619,000 In 2021 – WHO

A new report by the World Health Organisation has shown that an estimated 619,000 malaria-related de…

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Lagos Hospital to Introduce Electronic Medical Records

The management of Alimosho General Hospital, Igando, has disclosed its plan to introduce electronic …

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Over 5,000 Women Treated for Obstetric Fistula In Jigawa

No fewer than 5,235, out of estimated two million, women living with obstetric fistula worldwide, ha…

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NAFDAC Warns Nigerians on Danger of Bleaching Creams

Amid Nigeria’s abundant hydrocarbon resources, the Nigeria Academy of Pharmacy (NAPharm) has said th…

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Nurses Seek Inclusion, Massive Investment to Stave Off 4.6m Workforce Shortage

Nurses have sought inclusion in policy formulation and implementation, as well as massive investment…

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Medical, Dental Consultants Call for Urgent Intervention In Medical Education

President, of the Medical and Dental Consultants Association of Nigeria, (MDCAN ), Dr Victor Makanju…

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Health Workers Resigning Daily, JUTH CMD Laments

The Chief Medical Director of Jos University Teaching Hospital, Dr Pokop Bupwatda, says health worke…

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