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WHO Issues Advisory on Vaccines for Monkeypox

World Health Organisation (WHO), yesterday, released an interim guidance regarding first recommendat…

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Monkey Pox: Plateau Records 2 Positive Cases

The Plateau government has said that the state has recorded two positive cases of monkeypox in Shend…

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World Blood Donours Day 2022: A Medical Scientist calls National Blood Service Commission to start Cord Blood Banking in Nigeria

World Blood Donor Day takes place on 14 June every year. The Day was set aside by WHO to: raise glob…

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Why NAFDAC Bans Importation of Intravenous Fluids into Nigeria – Adeyeye

The Director General of National Agency for Foods, Drugs Administration and Control (NAFDAC) Profess…

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Monkeypox Spreads to 15 States, Cases Now 36 – NCDC

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control said 36 cases of monkeypox have been confirmed in the countr…

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Abia Doctors Embark on Indefinite Strike over Colleague’s Abduction

Medical Doctors in Abia, under the aegis of the Nigerian Medical Association, on Tuesday, began an i…

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We’ve Spent $6b To Fight HIV in Nigeria, Says U.S.

Since 2023, the United States government said it had contributed over $6 billion to strengthen syste…

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Over 1.5m Zamfara Residents Receive COVID-19 Vaccines – Official

Dr Tukur Sama’ila, the Executive Secretary, State Primary Health Care Board (PHCB), in Zamfara, says…

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PCN Seals 514 Pharmacies in Adamawa

The Pharmacists Council of Nigeria (PCN) has sealed 514 pharmacies in Adamawa State for failing to c…

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Anti-Lassa Fever Campaign Begins In Edo

Chief Medical Director of Igbinedion University Teaching Hospital (IUTH), Okada, Prof. Nosakhare Baz…

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World Blood Donor Day: WHO Decries Acute Blood Shortage in Nigeria, Other Low-Income Countries

As part of activities to mark the World Blood Donor Day (WBDD), today, June 14, the World Health Org…

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NMA Calls for Release of Kidnapped 74-Year-Old Doctor in Abia

The Nigeria Medical Association has called on Abia State Government and security agencies to redoubl…

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Scientists Record Cancer ‘Cure’ Breakthroughs

There is renewed hope for an eluded cure for cancers as scientists, in four independent studies, rec…

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Jubilation as Ugwuanyi Restores Land to Enugu Health Workers

There was jubilation in Enugu State on Friday as Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi formally restored 230 plo…

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State Hospitals Worst Hit by Brain Drain, NMA Laments

The Nigerian Medical Association has decried the deplorable state of health facilities owned by stat…

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Monkeypox Spreads Worldwide, 1,472 Cases in 33 Non-Endemic Countries

Cases of monkeypox have continued to soar worldwide, even as scientists at the United States Centre …

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Malaria Consortium Distributes 3.8 Million Insecticide-Treated Nets in Anambra

Soludo tasks residents on healthy living, and environmental hygieneMalaria Consortium said it has co…

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97 LGs Record Suspected Lassa Fever Cases, Casualties Rise

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control on Thursday said there has been a significant increase in the…

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Why More Doctors Will Leave Nigeria to Practise Abroad

The newly elected President of the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA), Dr. Uche Rowland Ojinmah, in …

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Meningitis, Measles Kill Over 100 in Jigawa

Outbreak of meningitis and measles in seven local councils of Jigawa State has claimed over 100 live…

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