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Cleric Proposes Human Relations Training for Health Workers

A senior pastor of the Foursquare Gospel Church, Rev Jet Akande, has proposed an orientation program…

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NAPHARM Inducts 20 Dec 8

Twenty leading pharmacists and captains of industry from a wide array of disciplines are set to be i…

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Abayomi Tasks Doctors for Change on Brain Drain

The fortunes of the Nigerian health sector received a boost recently as 12 medical doctors in divers…

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Edo Confirms New Death from Lassa Fever, Charges Residents On Hygiene

Edo State, at the weekend, recorded a new death from Lassa fever with the government restating its c…

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Strike Balance Between Work, Life of Employees, SOEHPON Tasks Investors, Employers

The Society of Occupational and Environmental Health Physicians of Nigeria, SOEHPON, has urged inve…

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WMA Seeks Taiwanese Govt for Health System Strengthening

President of the World Medical Association, WMA, Dr.Osahon Enabulele, has lauded the efforts of the …

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PSN Sets Agenda for New NAFDAC Director - General

The Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria, PSN, has urged the new Acting Director-General of the Nationa…

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507 Lagos Doctors Arrive UK In Two Years – NMA

The Nigerian Medical Association, Lagos State chapter, has revealed that 507 medical doctors practic…

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NOHIL at 77 Decries High Cost of Orthopaedic Care in Nigeria

A consultant orthopaedic surgeon and Medical Director (MD) of National Orthopaedic Hospital, Igbobi,…

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Examination For Foreign-Trained Doctors is Global Practice – MDCN Registrar

The Registrar of the Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria, Dr. Tajudeen Sanusi, in this interview w…

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Nigeria’s 4% Contribution to Cancer Research Poor – Group

The Executive Director of Project PINK BLUE, Runcie Chidebe, has said poor cancer research in Niger…

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‘Nigeria Needs 12,000 Doctors Annually to Meet Medical Conditions’

The Medical and Dental Consultants’ Association of Nigeria has said to meet the required number of d…

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Lassa Fever Cases Now 994, Ondo, Edo Lead

The number of confirmed Lassa fever cases in Nigeria has risen to 994 while the death toll has incre…

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Lagos Health Workers Want Review of Hazard Allowance

The Medical Guild, Lagos State, has called on the government to review upwardly, the health workers’…

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Nasarawa Govt Employs 300 Health Workers

The Nasarawa State government has absorbed no fewer than 300 casual and volunteer health workers acr…

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WHO Alerts on Setbacks in Africa’s Advances in Maternal, Infant Mortality

World Health Organisation (WHO) has raised the alarm over setbacks in advances made by the African r…

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Two Radiotherapy Machines Working in Nigeria – Ex-Health Minister

A former Minister of Health and member of the Lancet Commission on Oncology, Prof. Isaac Adewole, ha…

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NAFDAC Arraigns Trader Over Importation of Fake Seasonings

A 41-year-old trader, Nnabueze Chibuike, on Wednesday, was arraigned before a Federal High Court sit…

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9 Of 10 Medical Consultants Leaving Nigeria – MDCAN

The Medical and Dental Consultants’ Association of Nigeria has shown that nine out of every 10 medic…

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AIDS Day: No End to Infection By 2030 As 1.8m Nigerians Live With HIV

As Nigeria joins the rest of the globe to mark World AIDS Day (WAD), today, it is estimated that no …

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