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#ICN: Nurses Must Be Prioritised Once COVID-19 Vaccine Available

The International Council of Nurses (ICN) is calling on governments to acknowledge the essential rol…

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ICN Launches New Report On COVID-19 Pandemic And International Supply & Mobility Of Nurses

The International Council of Nurses’ (ICN) new report COVID-19 and the International Supply of Nurse…

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COVID-19: Experts Lament Neglect Of Other Health Issues

The experts who spoke at a media roundtable in Asaba said the focus by government to combat COVID-19…

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Nigeria Starts Emergency Operations As COVID-19 Cases Surge Past 42,000

Nigeria Centre for Disease Control has recorded 404 new COVID-19 cases in the country, as total infe…

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Lagos Isn’t Paying COVID-19 Hazard, Inducement Allowances, Doctors Counter NARD

President, Association of Resident Doctors, Lagos State University Teaching Hospital, Ikeja chapter,…

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Lagos COVID-19 Cases Near 15, 000 – NCDC

The number of COVID-19 cases in Lagos State now stands at 14,848, according to data released by the …

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Firm Donates PPE To Health Workers

As coronavirus infection cases continue to go up across the world, healthcare workers at the frontli…

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Lagos, Olpharm Mark World Hepatitis Day, Screen Citizens

In commemoration of the World Hepatitis Day (WHD), the Lagos State Blood Transfusion Service (LSBTS)…

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Delta Assembly Takes Decision As Delta Nurses, Health Commissioner Fight Over Training Of Community Nurses And Midwives

Delta State House of Assembly has reportedly broker truce between the state commissioner for health,…

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House Of Reps Assures NCDC Of Proper Funding Of Laboratories

The House of Representative Committee on the Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) has assured the Nigeria Ce…

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Virus Toll Surges In Madagascar, Land Of COVID ‘Cure’

Ambulance sirens wail almost incessantly, the hospitals are swamped and the sports stadium has been …

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Russia To Register First COVID-19 Vaccine By August 12

Russia plans to register a coronavirus vaccine by August 10-12, clearing the way for what its backer…

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NCDC Announces 624 New Cases Of COVID-19, Total Infections Now 41,804

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), has announced 624 new COVID-19 cases in the country a…

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Nasarawa Hospital Discharges Separated Conjoined Twins

Fifteen-month-old conjoined twins were on Tuesday discharged from the Federal Medical Centre in Keff…

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Recognise Pharmacies As Care Centres, PSN Tells Govt

The Lagos State chapter of the Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria has urged the Lagos State Governmen…

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567,000 Ogun Residents Suffering From Hepatitis B, Says Govt

The Ogun State Government says no fewer than 567,000 residents of the state are suffering from Hepat…

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COVID-19 Hazard Allowance: 33 States Fail To Pay As 854 Doctors, Nurses Test Positive

No fewer than 33 states have yet to begin the implementation of the new hazard allowance for residen…

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Nigeria To Reduce Hepatitis B In Children To 2% – Minister

The Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire, says Nigeria is working to reduce chronic Hepatitis B vir…

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Medical Directors Fault Stella’s Claim On COVID-19 Cure

The Guild of Medical Directors has expressed shock over the trending video of Dr. Stella Immanuel, a…

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Another Conjoined Twins Successfully Separated At FMC Keffi

Another set of conjoined twins, Hassana and Husseina Ukpo, who were successfully separated at the Fe…

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