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Ogun Earmarks 20% Of Revised 2020 Budget To Health Sector

Ogun State Government said it had earmarked 20 per cent of its revised 2020 budget to the health sec…

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FG Tasks Cross River On Face-Off With NMA

As the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) suspends its proposed strike in Cross River State after tw…

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Nigeria Develops COVID-19 Test Kit, Outcome Of Madagascan Organics Out Soon

The Ministry of Science and Technology has unveiled an indigenous test kit, RNA Swift, for the detec…

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NCDC To Establish COVID-19 Testing Centre In Nasarawa

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control has disclosed plans to establish a molecular laboratory in Na…

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ICN Accepts Prestigious International AIDS Society Presidential Award On Behalf Of All The World’s Nurses

International Council of Nurses (ICN) President Annette Kennedy has accepted the International AIDS …

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COVID-19 Testing: FG Is Shifting Responsibility To Citizens — NMA

As Nigeria ramps up COVID-19 testing, medical professionals have faulted the government’s privatisat…

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Fears In Ondo, As Doctors Forcefully Discharge COVID-19 Patients

FEAR gripped the people of Ondo State following the alleged forceful discharge of patients at the In…

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COVID-19: NUC Engages Foreign-Based Nigerian Scientists On Biomedical Research

THE National Universities Commission, NUC, has engaged Nigerian foreign-based researchers on biomedi…

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Student Bags Diana Award For Works On Mental Health

A 400 LEVEL medical student at the Lagos State University College of Medicine, LASUCOM, Toluwalashe …

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Experts Call for Health Policy Shift in Post Covid-19 Africa

Global health experts and practitioners at a recent policy webinar hosted by the African Development…

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COVID-19: Turkish Airline Offers 40% Airfare to Health Workers

Turkish Airline has slashed its air fare to 40 per cent for health workers, as part of efforts to ap…

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ISN Medical Unveils Award To Recognise Unsung Heroes Of Medical Practice

ISN Products Nigeria Limited, one of Nigeria’s leading suppliers of Medical Diagnostic Products and …

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Pharmacists’ Council Closes Drug Market, Seals Off 452 Pharmacy Stores

The Pharmacists Council of Nigeria (PCN) has closed a drug market along Douglas Road, Owerri, the Im…

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NHIS Reconciles Hmos, Hcfs Over Unpaid Bills

The National Health Insurance Scheme said it had commenced reconciliation between Health Maintenance…

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Cross River Hospital Workers Protest Discriminatory Hazard Allowance

WORKERS in the Federal Neuro-Psychiatric Hospital in Calabar have protested alleged discriminatory p…

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COVID-19 Patients Leaving Ondo Hospital Over Strike

Some of patients at the Infectious Disease Hospital in Ondo State have stated leaving the facility s…

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Nigeria’s COVID-19 Cases Surpass 30,000 With 460 New Infections

Nigeria’s coronavirus cases exceeded 30,000 on Wednesday with 460 newly reported infections. The Nig…

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LUTH Petitions Panel Over Failed Surgery By Cosmetic Surgeon

The management of the Lagos University Teaching Hospital, Idi-Araba, has urged the Medical and Denta…

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‘Kogi, Cross River Residents In Danger Over Refusal Of COVID-19 Testing’

Medical and Dental Consultants’ Association of Nigeria (MDCAN) has alerted the nation to what it des…

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Rotary To Screen 1,000 Men For Prostate Cancer

The Rotary International District 9110 has commenced a free screening for prostate cancer, with 1,00…

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