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Gombe Tackles Measles

The Gombe State Primary Health Care Development Agency has said it is ready to tackle the challeng…

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Reps Task FG on Rehabilitation, Retooling of Healthcare Centres in States, FCT

The House of Representatives yesterday urged the Federal Ministry of Health to commence the rehabi…

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WHO Prequalifies Pioneer Ebola Vaccine, Cheaper Insulin for Diabetics

Scientists have recorded a major breakthrough in their efforts to eradicate the Ebola Virus Diseas…

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NMCN Announces Indemnity Insurance Cover for Registered Nurses, 10 Things You Need to Know

Remember the harrowing experience and travails in court of Nurse Alfred Aderibigbe who t…

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Ebola Vaccine Approved As Second Jab Trialled

The Johnson & Johnson (J&J) vaccine will be used alongside a vaccine made by Merck, which …

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Nine Million Nigerians Live With Diabetes - Says DAN

The National President of Diabetes Association of Nigeria, Mohammed Alkali, has said between five …

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IPAN Seeks Product Quality, Safety

The Registrar of the Institute of Public Analysts of Nigeria, Mr Aliyu Angara, has called on the s…

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Medical Guild, AGPMN Tackle Lagos over Health Insurance

The Lagos State chapters of the  Medical Guild and  Association of General and Private M…

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Centre Intensifies Efforts to Check Yellow Fever

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control  has said it has activated a  national Emergency …

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Combating Ebola, Lassa fever Outbreaks in Africa

Scientists have said to improve global health security, there is need for Africa to adopt multidis…

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Lagos Killer Disease Claims 11 Lives, 400 Infected

The Lagos state government says it is working round the clock to curb the spread of a water borne,…

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Mixed Reactions Trail NANNM Nomination of NMA President for Award

Mixed feelings have greeted the announcement by the National Association of Nigerian Nurses and Mi…

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Encomium as Henrietta Okedo Bows Out at the West African College of Nursing

Like the saying goes ‘everything that has a beginning must also have an end’. Figurati…

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Malaria-Endemic Countries Commit to End the Disease

Leaders of countries endemic with malaria have pledged to boost innovation and access to new and e…

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Ignorance about Seafood Storage Worries NAFDAC

The National Agency for Foods and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has decried the poor st…

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Enabulele Emerges Head of Commonwealth Medical Association

A former President of the Nigerian Medical Association, Dr Osahon Enabulele has emerged President …

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Obiano Warns Immunisation Workers against Collection of Tips

The Anambra State Governor, Chief Willie Obiano, has warned health workers participating in the ro…

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Africa Bears 25 Per Cent of Global Disease Burden, Says CMA President

The newly installed President of the Commonwealth Medical Association (CMA), Dr. Osahon Enabulele …

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NACA Decentralises Office, Says its To Strengthen Fight Against HIV/AIDS

The Director-General of the National Agency for the Control of HIV/AIDS, Dr. Gambo Aliyu, has said…

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Police Arraign Man for Posing As Doctor

The Lagos State Police Command has brought before the Ikeja Magistrates’ Court one Ebuka Dur…

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