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COVID-19: Two Late Medical Doctors, Frontline Workers Honoured For Bravery

Dalhatu Araf Specialist Hospital, Lafia, Nasarawa State, on Thursday, presented award of excellence …

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Dentists Warn Nigerians against Patronising Beauty Salons for Tooth Whitening

Ahead of this year’s World Oral Health Day, the Nigerian Dental Association, NDA, has warned Nigeria…

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NAFDAC Warns Against Use of Controlled Drugs

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control has called for an end to the indisc…

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LUTH ARD Urges Upward Review of Allocation to Health Sector

The Association of Resident Doctors (ARD) at Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH), Lagos, has a…

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Lagos Health Agency Validates Health Facilities’ Registration Standards

The Lagos State Health Facility Monitoring and Accreditation Agency has validated standards for the …

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‘Only Four Doctors Available To Every 10,000 Nigerians’

Only four doctors are available to every 10,000 Nigerians, the National Primary Health Care Developm…

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1,060 Vaccine Poliovirus Cases Recorded In 2 Years — NPHCDA

Nigeria recorded a total of 1,060 cases of circulating Vaccine derived Poliovirus type 2 (cVDPV) bet…

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Lassa Fever: Epidemiologist Advises Kwara Residents On Hygienic Environment

Dr Michael Oguntoye, the Director, Kwara State Primary Health Care Development Agency, has advised r…

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Reorganise Nigeria’s Primary Healthcare Services to Meet Global Services — PSN

Pharmacists in Lagos have called on the Federal Government to reorganise the primary healthcare cent…

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Pharmacists Back Lawmakers on Bill to Reconstitute Teaching Hospital Boards

The Clinical Pharmacists Association of Nigeria has commended the recent move by the Federal House o…

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NABDA Identifies Three Drugs to Combat Lassa Fever

The National Biotechnology Development Agency has identified three repurposed drugs suitable for mit…

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Doctors Weep as NPMCN Increases Fees

This is to inform all Fellows, Associate Fellows and Diplomates of the College that the Governing Bo…

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WHO issues new guidelines on abortion to help countries deliver lifesaving care

The World Health Organization (WHO) is releasing new guidelines on abortion care today, in a bid to …

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World Kidney Day: Rivers Doctors Warn Against Herbal Concoctions

Doctors at the University of Port Harcourt Teaching Hospital have identified herbal concoctions, hyp…

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Over 900 Doctors, Nurses, Others, May Lose Jobs as Garki Hospital Concessionary Agreement Lapses

Except for a last minute intervention, over 900 medical and health workers at the Garki Hospital in …

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Lagos PSN Champions Institution Of Pharmacists’ Consultant Cadre

Pharmacists under the aegis of the Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria (PSN), Lagos State, has urged t…

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Lassa Fever: College Begins Eradication Of Rats In Oyo Markets

In a bid to stop transmission of Lassa fever, the Oyo State College of Health Science and Technology…

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PSN Seeks Measures To Checkmate Fake Drugs

The Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria has raised concern over the proliferation of fake drugs in the…

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Why We Unveiled UNTH Foundation, By CMD

The University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital (UNTH), Ituku-Ozalla in Enugu State has inaugurated a 14…

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Brain-Drain: Save Nigeria from Losing Trained Doctors, Osibogun Tells FG

The new President of  the   National Postgraduate Medical College of Nigeria, Professor Akinsanya Os…

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