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We Have Four Cases Not Eight, Bauchi Declares

Bauchi State Government has disagreed with the National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) over new c…

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Confirmed Cases Of Coronavirus In Nigeria Rise To 288

Fourteen new confirmed cases of coronavirus have been reported in Nigeria. Out of the number, 13 wer…

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Kwara Nurses Begin Strike Over Lack Of Protective Wear

Members of the National Association of Nurses and Midwives working at the General Hospital, Ilorin o…

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COVID- 19: No Punishment From NCDC On UITH Professor - NCDC

The Nigerian Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) says it will not mete out punishment on Prof. Alakija…

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NAFDAC Grants Companies Access To Conditional Use Of Test Kits On Coronavirus Patients

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has granted conditional em…

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Plateau Nurses Demand Job for Colleague Released By Boko Haram

The National Association of Nigerian Nurses and Midwives, Plateau State chapter, has appealed to G…

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Ministry of Health Lauds Partners for Support during Ebola Preparedness Response in Uganda

The Minister of Health, Dr Jane Ruth Aceng lauded partnership and coordination as the key drivers …

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2020 Health Budget, Nurses, Midwives and the Rest of Us

In Nigeria, the health sector has received little or nothing in terms of finance and budget meant …

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Foundation Performs 2504 Free Eye Surgeries in One Year

The Abuja-based Tulsi Chanrai Foundation Eye Hospital has performed 2504 free eye surgeries for in…

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Association Condemns Female Doctor’s Assault by Patient’s Relative

The Commonwealth Medical Association (CMA) has condemned the recent assault of a female medical do…

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Doctor Docked Over Reckless Driving

A thirty-one year-old man, Dr. Okoro Emmanuel Uzoma, has been arraigned in a Wuse Zone 2 Magistrat…

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WHO Raises Concern on Urgent Health Challenges for the New Decade

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has expressed dissatisfaction over the countries’ leader…

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Buni Lays Foundation for Yobe Maternal, Child Healthcare Complex

Governor of Yobe State, Maimala Buni has laid the foundation for the state’s Maternal, Newbo…

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FG Adds New Laboratories for Yellow Fever, Measles, Rubella Response

The Federal Ministry of Health through the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has announced…

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NMA Ex-President Laments Challenges Facing Medical Education

Former president of the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA), Prof. Dominic Osaghae, has expressed w…

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Protesting Patients Sack NHIS Clinic in Ondo

Medical and administrative activities were paralysed at the University of Medical Sciences Teachin…

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NMA Protests Attack on Health Workers

The Nigerian Medical Association on Thursday condemned what it described as incessant attack on it…

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Doctors Protest Stripping of Colleague Naked in Abuja

The Association of Resident Doctors and other health workers on Thursday embarked on a peaceful pr…

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Patients Chase Health Workers Out of Ondo Hospital

Some subscribers to the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) on Thursdays shut down the clinic …

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Cleric, Others Advocate Investment in Health Facilities

THe Catholic Archbishop of Lagos, Dr Alfred Martins, has called on the Federal and State Governmen…

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