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International Council Of Nurses Launches Consultation To Revise Code Of Ethics For Nurses

The International Council of Nurses (ICN) today launched a consultation on the revision of its ICN C…

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NCDC Confirms 170 New COVID-19 Cases, 3 Deaths

The Nigeria Centre For Disease Control (NCDC) has confirmed 170 new COVID-19 cases with three corona…

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Wellpath Physiotherapy Clinic Opens Inpatient Facility for Stroke Patients

Worried about the health of stroke patients in the country, a leading rehabilitation centre, Wellpat…

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Worries Over Increase In Maternal Mortality Due To Funds Shortage

Following the take-off of the Global Gag Rule (GGR) policy of the United States of America, which bl…

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800,000 Babies Die of Poor Breastfeeding Globally Each Year, Says Health Commissioner

The Commissioner for Health in Ekiti, Dr. Oyebanji Filani, says no fewer than 800,000 babies die of …

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COVID-19 Vaccine Could Be Ready By December — U.S. Disease Expert

Top U.S. infectious disease expert, Dr Anthony Fauci, has said that the first doses of a successful …

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COVID-19: NCDC Announces 150 New Infections In Nigeria

The Nigeria Centre For Disease Control (NCDC), has announced 150 new COVID-19 infections in the coun…

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PSN: Digital Technologies Can Revamp Pharmaceutical Sector

The Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria (PSN), an umbrella association of all pharmacists in the count…

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Abuja Shuts Three Isolation Centres As COVID-19 Infections Drops

The Federal Capital Territory Administration has shut down three isolation centres amid a drop in th…

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Invest In Health Sector, Avert Industrial Action, NLC Tells FG

The Nigeria Labour Congress on Thursday called on the Federal Government to invest more in the natio…

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PCN shuts 440 pharmacies, stores in Gombe

No fewer than 440 pharmacies and patent medicine stores have been sealed across Gombe State by the P…

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PCN shuts 440 pharmacies, stores in Gombe

No fewer than 440 pharmacies and patent medicine stores have been sealed across Gombe State by the P…

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Group Seeks End To Protein-Deficiency Anaemia

The Federal Government has been called upon to urgently develop and implement a national protein-led…

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Invest More In HIV Prevention, Experts Tell FG

Experts have called on the federal government and other stakeholders to invest more prevention of HI…

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Implement 15% Budgetary Allocation To Health, NMA Tasks FG

Irked by the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on the nation’s health system, the Nigerian Medical Ass…

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Russia Records 346 Single Day Deaths From Coronavirus

Russia reported a national record number of deaths from the coronavirus in a single-day on Wednesday…

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‘Empower PHCs to Provide Mental Health Care’

A mental health advocate and founder of Heartrose Care Foundation, Mrs Esther Adekoya, has advised t…

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Assault: Delta Brokers Peace Between Army, NMA

The Delta State Government has resolved the row between the Nigeria Medical Association, Delta State…

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NHIS To Spend N191.7m On Maternal-Child Health Project

The National Health Insurance Scheme has proposed to spend the sum of N191.7m on a maternal and chil…

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Nigeria Must Sustain Immunisation To Keep Polio At Bay, Say NPHCDA, WHO

World Health Organisation (WHO) and National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA) have ur…

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