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Katsina Records First Monkeypox Case, Awaiting 15 Results, Says Commissioner

Katsina State says it has recommended the first case of Monkeypox disease, treated and discharged th…

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NUAHP Seeks End to Dichotomy among Health Professionals

The Nigerian Union of Allied Health Professionals (NUAHP) has called for an outright stoppage of all…

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Community Health Practitioners Board Seeks new Curriculum

Registar, Community Health Practitioners Registration Board of Nigeria, Bashir Idris, has stressed t…

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COVID-19: NCDC Partners LUTH to Build New Treatment Centre

The Director-General of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, Dr Ifedayo Adetifa, disclosed …

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Pharmacists Tackle Doctors Over Call to Throw Out University Teaching Hospital Bill

Pharmacists under the auspices of the Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria, PSN, on Friday dismissed th…

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Lassa fever Killed 159 in Six Months – NCDC

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control confirmed that 53 health workers were infected with Lassa fev…

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NAFDAC Shuts 10 Water Factories in Ondo

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has sealed 10 packaged wat…

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Chinese Community, Others Donate Seven Ventilators to Lagos Govt

Chinese community and organisations have donated seven ventilators to Lagos State Ministry of Health…

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UPTH Denies Death of 14 Babies Due To Power Outage

University of Port Harcourt Teaching Hospital (UPTH) has denied death of 14 babies in its facility d…

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Zulum Hands Over 81 Apartments, N79m To 81 Medical Doctors

Borno State Governor, Professor Babagana Umara Zulum on Friday in Maiduguri, handed over 81 units of…

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Lagos State Leads As NCDC Confirms 332 New COVID-19 Cases

Nigeria’s commercial capital city, Lagos State, is driving Nigeria’s latest COVID-19 surge as the Ni…

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Council Inducts 158 Kwara University Medical Laboratory Scientists

The Medical Laboratory Science Council of Nigeria has inducted 158 newly qualified medical laborator…

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COVID-19: Nigeria Misses WHO Vaccination Target, Experts Task NPHCDA

With Nigeria vaccinating only 20.5 per cent of its population so far, the country has missed the 70 …

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Anambra Confirms 1 Positive Case Of Monkeypox

Dr Afam Obidike, the state’s Commissioner for Health, made the disclosure at a news conference in Aw…

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Proposed Amendment to Teaching Hospital Law Dangerous – Doctors

Medical doctors under the aegis of Medical and Dental Consultants’ Association of Nigeria on Thursda…

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Anambra Doctors Threaten To Withdraw Services over Cases of Abductions

The Nigerian Medical Association (NMA), Anambra branch, has expressed concern over the rising cases …

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Reps Move To Include Nurses, Pharmacists, Other Health Practitioners In Headship Of Teaching Hospitals

Members of the House of Representatives on Wednesday expressed overwhelming support for a bill that …

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NCDC Deplores Misinformation about Monkeypox in Nigeria

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has decried what it described as widespread misinforma…

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State Healthcare Budgets Dip From 11 To 4.65 Per Cent

Compared to last year, there is a significant drop in states’ investment in the health sector, backe…

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NCDC: Nigeria Records 288 Monkey Pox Cases, Nine Deaths in Five Years

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has revealed that the country has so far recorded 288 …

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