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Ihedioha Orders Ban on Payment for HIV Treatment

Governor Emeka Ihedioha, Tuesday, announced free treatment for all persons living with Human Immun…

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House Seeks Hospital Management’s Probe Over Victim’s Rejection

The House of Representatives is set to probe circumstances leading to the refusal of R-Jolad, a ho…

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ICN Remembers the Life and Contribution to Nursing of GNLI Scholar, Elie Kasindi Kabululu

It was with deep regret that ICN learned earlier this year of the passing of GNLI alumni, Elie Kas…

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Hit-and-run Driver Kills Nursing Student in Anambra, Colleagues Protest

A hit-and-run driver on Monday reportedly crushed a second-year nursing student, Emmanuel Aniagudo…

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Fake Doctor Bags 10 Years Imprisonment

A Yola High Court on Monday sentenced a fake medical doctor, Ibrahim Mustapha, to 10 years impriso…

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Ondo, Akure to Get General Hospital – Akeredolu

Ondo State Governor, Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, has said Akure, the Ondo State capital and Ondo City w…

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Maternal, Child Mortality: 32,351 Mothers Receive Free Care on EU/UNICEF Intervention in Adamawa

The Executive Secretary of the Primary Health Center, Yola South of Adamawa State, Alhaji Abubakar…

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Kano State Targets 3.8m Children for Meningitis Vaccination

The Kano State Government has targeted no fewer than 3.8 million children between the ages of one …

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IPAN Demands Reference Laboratories for Solid Minerals

Institute of Public Analysts of Nigeria, IPAN, has called for the establishment of reference labor…

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Lagos: Doctors Screen Civil Servants for Hypertension, Others

Lagos State  medical doctors, on Saturday treated free of charge over 1000 civil servants und…

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PharmAccess Partners EDC to Build Capacity of Health Professionals

PharmAccess Foundation Nigeria, an international entrepreneurial organisation has reinforced its t…

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Lagoon Hospitals Appoints New CEO

Lagoon Hospitals has appointed Dr. Akinoso Olujimi Coker as its new Chief Executive Officer. This …

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Lagos Shuts 24 Illegal Pharmacy Stores

In order to restore sanity to healthcare delivery system in the state, no fewer than 24 pharmacy s…

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‘Measles Killed 52,600, Infected 1.8 Million Africans in 2018’

No fewer than 52,600 Africans lost their lives with 1,759,000 others infected by measles in 2018. …

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Bauchi: UNICEF, Health Ministry Move to End Child Mortality

United Nations Children’s Fund and Bauchi State Ministry of Health have partnered to end the…

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Court orders forfeiture of Okorocha aide’s N1.5bn hospital

Justice T. Ringin of a Federal High Court sitting in Owerri on Friday, ordered the final forfeitur…

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NPC Proffers Solution to Health Sector Deficit

In an effort to help the government plan for better health indices for the country, the National P…

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Nigeria May Be Certified Polio-Free By March 2020

African Regional Certification Commission (ARCC) for polio eradication certification will next wee…

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NAFDAC Warns Against Sale Of Toxic Chemicals

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, on Tuesday read the riot act to …

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WHO Decries ‘Collective Failure’ As Measles Kills 140,000

Measles infected nearly 10 million people in 2018 and killed 140,000, mostly children, as devastat…

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