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Exit Replacement’ll Address Doctors’ Shortage – Medical Guild

The Medical Guild has urged the Lagos State Government to replace doctors who have exited the serv…

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Wuhan Pneumonia Outbreak: First Case Reported Outside China

The woman was quarantined after landing in Bangkok from Wuhan, eastern China, where the outbreak b…

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UCTH Schedules 1st Open Heart Surgery for April

The University of Calabar Teaching Hospital, UCTH, will carry out her first Open Heart Surgery in …

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US Research Team on Kidney Disease to Foster Partnerships on Postgraduate Training in LASUTH

H3Africa Kidney Disease Research Network Team from United States led by one of the principal inves…

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Go Back To Work, Akeredolu Begs Striking Doctors

Ondo State Governor Rotimi Akeredolu on Tuesday  appealed to resident doctors in the state to…

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Commission to Engage HMOs as Edo HIS Begins

As the Governor Godwin Obaseki-led administration kicks off the Edo State Health Insurance Scheme,…

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FG Announces New Labs for Yellow Fever, Measles Testing

The Federal Ministry of Health, through the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control has announced the i…

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Fire Guts Gusau Federal Medical Centre Mortuary

The mortuary of the Federal Medical Centre, Gusau, Zamfara State, was in the early hours of Tuesda…

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E-health Critical to Lagos Residents’ Health, Says Sanwo-Olu

Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has said that the state’s efforts to implement e-hea…

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Why Doctors’ Salaries Are Delayed, By Ondo Government

The Ondo State government has allayed the fears of its citizenry over the rumours being peddled in…

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NCDC Sets Up Three New Laboratories to Boost Surveillance, Others

As part of efforts to detect and timely respond to outbreak of yellow fever, measles and rubella v…

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COOUTH Medical Consultants Shelve Strike

The Medical Consultants Association of Chukwuemeka Odumegwu-Ojukwu University Teaching Hospital (C…

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Coalition Says RUTF Will Help Tackle Malnutrition

The Chairman of Maternal Newborn and Child Health Coalition, Malam Alhassan Yahaya, has commended …

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Resident Doctors at FMC Jabi, Abuja, Embark on 3-Day Warning Strike

Association of Resident Doctors (ARD) at Federal Medical Centre, Jabi, Abuja, embarked on a three-…

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FG’ll Prioritise Provision of Laboratories – Minister

The Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire, has said the Federal Government will continue to priori…

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Kano to Spend N79m Counterpart Fund on Healthcare

The Kano State Executive Council has approved the payment of N78,701,027:62 as contribution of the…

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LSACA Engages Private Sector on State Anti-Stigma Law

The Lagos State AIDS Control Agency (LSACA) has called for stronger engagement and participation o…

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Public Health is Priority for FG - EHANIRE

The Minister for Health, Dr. Osagie Ehanire, has described public health as the fulcrum of the Pre…

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Merck’s Ebola Vaccine Gets FDA Approval

The Food and Drug Administration, FDA, has approved – Ervebo –  the first vaccine…

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Resident Doctors’ Strike To Embarrass Ondo Government - CMD

Dr Oluwole Ige, the Chief Medical Director, University of Medical Sciences Teaching Hospital, Ondo…

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