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U.S. Agency Spends $50m on Neglected Diseases in Nigeria

The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) said it had spent about $50 million…

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Obaseki Harps On Healthy Lifestyles to Reduce Cardiovascular Diseases

Edo State Governor Godwin Obaseki yesterday canvassed sustainable awareness campaigns on the need …

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Lagos State Declares Preparedness for Ebola, Other Infectious Diseases Outbreak

Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi, has said that the state government throug…

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‘16 Vaccination Skeptics Die from Yellow Fever in Bauchi’

Chairman of the Bauchi State Primary Health Care Development Agency (BSPHCDA), Dr. Rilwanu Mohamme…

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Ehanire: Change Initiative towards Harmful Use of Alcohol

The Minister of Health, Dr. Osagie Ehanire has flagged off the 2019 World No Alcohol Day which is …

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Doctor Gets Life Ban for Cutting off Patient’s Kidney

A medical doctor with Jimeta Clinic and Maternity, Jimeta, Adamawa State, Yakubu Koji, has had his…

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Lagos Seeks Civil Society’s Collaboration on Health Advocacy

Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi, has said that government at all levels ne…

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HIV/AIDS Treatment Suffers N24b Funding Gap as AHF Seeks $14billion Global Fund

For Nigeria to place over 500,000 persons living with HIV/AIDs on treatment, approximately N24 bil…

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Consider Your Patients before Embarking on Strike, Obasanjo Tells Doctors

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has called on medical practitioners in the country to take into…

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Towards Eradicating HIV/AIDS, Nigeria Moves Closer

As recently as 15 years ago, there was a sense of hopelessness for people living with Human Immune…

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Doctor Who Exposed HIV Cases in China Dies

Dr. Shuping Wang, a whistleblower who exposed HIV and hepatitis epidemics in central China in the …

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Healthcare Expert Seeks Prevention, Awareness to Check Rising Suicide

A Healthcare Administrator, Ms. Nkem DenChukwu on Wednesday, called for prevention of suicide and …

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National Hospital, Abuja, Celebrates 20 Years

Dr. Jaf Momoh, the Chief Medical Director (CMD), National Hospital, Abuja (NHA) on Wednesday, high…

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Lagos Shuts 20 Health Facilities over Poor Standards

The Lagos State Government through the Health Facility Monitoring and Accreditation Agency, HEFAMA…

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Two Medical Doctors Appear Before Council for Alleged Gross Negligence

Two doctors on Wednesday appeared before the Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria Tribunal, over …

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“We Inherited 4bn Debt for Medical Equipment Supplied to Ibom Specilaist Hospital “

Akwa Ibom government says it inherited a debt of N4 billion from the previous administration for t…

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World Pharmacist Day: Low Number of Pharmacists Worries New Imo Chairman

Dr. Stanley Emegwara, the new Chairman of the Imo chapter of the Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria…

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Nigeria Needs 290, 000 Medical Doctors to Meet WHO Standard – CMD

A medical expert. Prof. Abdulkadir Tabari has called for concerted efforts of all stakeholders to …

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FG Warns HMOs, Demands Operations Review

The Federal Government has warned operators of Health Management Organisations that it would no lo…

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Reps Resolve to Investigate NHIS Failure

The House of Representatives has decried the dysfunctional state of the National Health Insurance …

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