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Lagos Extends Mental Health Services to PHCs

The Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi, said the state government had decided…

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NANNM Laments Dearth of Nurses in Ondo Hospitals

The National Association of Nigerian Nurses and Midwives, Ondo State chapter, has called on the st…

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Police Quiz UNTH Doctor for Defaming Colleague

The Enugu State Police Command, on Sunday, quizzed one Dr Izuchukwu Okam, a medical doctor with th…

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Congo to Start Using Johnson & Johnson Ebola Vaccine in November

Health authorities in the Democratic Republic of Congo will introduce a Johnson & Johnson Ebol…

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Rep Seeks Review of N46b Proposed For Health in 2020 Budget

A member of the House of Representatives Committee on Health Institutions, Henry Nwawuba, has advo…

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Ex-Judge, NGO Sue NAFDAC, Others over Alleged Importation of Banned Chemical

A retired judge of the Osun State High Court, Justice Olamide Oloyede and Virtues Unlimited Restor…

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Scientists Discover Immune Cell That May Stop Breast Cancer

Breast cancer patients have been given hope after scientists found an immune cell which may stop t…

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Saudi Treats 8,000 Eye Patients, Conducts 694 Surgeries in Nigeria

The volunteer medical campaign by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, to combat blindness and its causes …

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PCN Seals 571 Medicine Stores in Bauchi

The Pharmaceutical Council of Nigeria has sealed 571 pharmaceutical and patent medicine stores in …

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Fellows of the West African College of Nursing Mark World Egg Day

In a bid to raise awareness of the benefits of eggs and their importance in human nutrition, the R…

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Lab Scientists Disrupting UCTH Medical Care

DOCTORS have accused laboratory scientists at the University of Calabar Teaching Hospital of frust…

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EHA Clinics Train Doctors, Nurses on Basic and Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support Course

The EHA Clinic Kano has trained its Doctors and Nurses on Basic Life Support and Advanced Cardiova…

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Stakeholders Seek Collaboration to Stem Rising Mental Illness, Depression, Suicide

  Stakeholders have called for the concerted efforts of government, parents, and caregivers…

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Overseas Medical Trip Unhelpful - Obstetrician

The Chief Medical Director of Olan Comprehensive Health Care Centre, Lagos, Dr Emmanuel Soyoola, h…

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LUTH CMD Advises Nigerians on Minimal Access Surgery

The Chief Medical Director of the Lagos University Teaching Hospital, Prof Chris Bode, has advised…

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States Health Insurance Scheme Not Sustainable, Says NMA

The Nigeria Medical Association has warned that the insurance schemes set up by states to secure t…

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Ondo Seals Eight Hospitals, Laboratories over Alleged Quackery

The officials of the  Ondo State Ministry of Health have sealed up no fewer than eight medica…

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ICN Congratulates the International Nurses Society on Addictions on Achieving Specialist Affiliate Status

ICN recognises IntNSA’s excellence, expertise and commitment to the field of addictions and …

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International Day of the Girl Child: Adolescents Have Higher Risk of Contracting HIV/AIDS - AHF

Adolescents are most at risk from contracting HIV/AIDS and other Sexually Transmitted Diseases and…

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Cancer Surgeries, Chemotherapy Now Covered By NHIS

The Executive Secretary, National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS), Prof Mohammed Sambo has said som…

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