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AHF Laments 1.5m New HIV Infections, Says War Against AIDS Not Yet Over

Ahead of World AIDS Day tomorrow, December 1, the AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) has said it will …

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Monkeypox Renamed MPOX, WHO Announces

The World Health Organisation has said it will start using a new preferred term, ‘mpox’, as a synony…

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10,000 Resident Doctors Remaining In Nigeria – NARD

The Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors has said the number of medical doctors in the country d…

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Brexit: 4,000 EU Doctors Leave Britain, Study Finds

Britain’s exit from the European Union has reduced the number of European doctors working in the Nat…

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NAFDAC, CACPP Fault Continued Drug Counterfeiting, Canvass Awareness

National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) and members of the Coalition A…

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Uganda Extends Quarantine in Ebola Epicentre For 21 Days

Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni has extended a quarantine placed on two districts that are the ep…

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NMA Confirms Arrest of Fake Doctor in Lagos

The Lagos State branch of the Nigeria Medical Association, NMA, yesterday confirmed the arrest of a …

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4,000 Medical Doctors to Migrate Soon – NARD

The Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors, NARD, has raised alarm over plan by 4,000 of its membe…

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Yuletide: NCDC Warns of Possible COVID-19 Infection Rise

The Director-General of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, Dr Ifedayo Adetifa, has predicted th…

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Post COVID-19: Experts Fear Surge in Mental Health Illness

Experts in mental health have called on stakeholders and governments to put in place measures to for…

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Abuja Hospital Denies Harvesting Teenager’s Kidney, Threatens Legal Action

The management of a popular Abuja health centre, Alliance Hospital, has denied harvesting the kidney…

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UPDATED: CMD Calls for Caution Over Brain Drain

The Chief Medical Director, University of Medical Sciences Teaching Hospital, Ondo town, Ondo State,…

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‘One Psychiatrist to One Million Nigerians Alarming’

President, Association of Psychiatrists in Nigeria, Prof. Taiwo Obindo, says Nigeria currently has o…

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1.6 Million Nigerians Undergoing HIV Treatment, Says NACA

The National Agency for the Control of AIDS says 1,619,133 of the 1.9 million Nigerians living with …

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UBTH Offers Free Cancer Screening as NLNG Upgrades ICU Centre

Management of the University of Benin Teaching Hospital (UBTH) and the Nigeria Liquefied Natural Gas…

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661 Clinical Staff Resign, Relocate Abroad – UCH CMD

The Chief Medical Director of University College Hospital, Ibadan, Professor Jesse Otegbayo, has dis…

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NMA Confirms Release Of Cross River Doctors

The Nigerian Medical Association, Cross River State chapter, has commended Governor Ben Ayade and se…

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Monkeypox Cases Rise To 604 – NCDC

The number of confirmed cases of monkeypox in the country has increased to 604, according to the Nig…

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Many Hospitals Overprescribing Antibiotics – NCDC

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) says many patients in the hospitals are…

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381 Akwa Ibom Pharmacies, Medicine Shops Shut

The Pharmacy Council of Nigeria, on Friday, said its enforcement team sealed off a total of 381 phar…

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