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‘34, 419 Kids May Die From Severe Acute Malnutrition in Taraba’

The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) yesterday confirmed that no fewer than 34,419 ch…

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3,891 Tested Positive to HIV in Imo, Coordinator Reveals

Of the 133,792 persons screened for the Human Immune Virus (HIV) between January and June this yea…

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LASG to Strengthen PHCs, Alternative Medicine

The Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Prof Akin Abayomi has said the present administration in …

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NAFDAC Seeks to Track, Trace Drugs

The Director-General of the National Agency for Food, Drug Administration and Control, Prof Mojiso…

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How to Protect Against Substandard, Falsified Medicines, By Stakeholders

Foreign and local stakeholders in the health sector have agreed to ensure the implementation of ph…

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Resident Doctors Threaten Strike over Pay, Welfare

The North Central Caucus of the National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) North Central Cauc…

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Takwa Bay Residents Seek Urgent Health Intervention

Residents of Takwa Bay community, an island in Lagos State, have called for an urgent medical inte…

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Stakeholders Advocate Inclusion of Orthopaedic Care in NHIS Coverage

Stakeholders in medical rehabilitation have called for the strengthening of the country’s Na…

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Nigeria Needs Resilient Health Systems to Contain Outbreak of Infectious Diseases

Worried by the devastating impact of infectious diseases such as Ebola, Lassa fever, yellow fever,…

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FG Mulls Reversal of Brain Drain in Nation’s Health Sector

The Federal Government yesterday disclosed that it is working hard to reverse brain drain in the n…

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Community Mourns Nurse Killed In Crash Hours after Her Wedding

Just hours after her wedding ceremony, a bride was killed in a single-vehicle crash in Powhatan, V…

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Gbajabiamila Resolves ABU-Nursing/Midwifery Council Rift

The lingering faceoff between Ahmadu Bello University (ABU), Zaria and the Nursing and Midwifery C…

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Medical Experts Seek Improved Manpower for Lagos Health Sector

Medical practitioners and investors yesterday urged the Lagos State Government to recruit more hea…

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NISA Seeks Comprehensive Health Interventions to Tackle Diseases

The Nigeria Implementation Science Alliance (NISA) has urged the Federal Government to initiate co…

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Yellow Fever Kills 23 as 169 Cases Recorded

About 23 persons have been reported dead following a recent outbreak of yellow fever in Bauchi, th…

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Aba Patients Flee To Private Clinics

The ongoing strike by doctors and workers of Aba General Hospital has forced patients on admission…

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Ekiti Assures Nurses of Welfare, Conducive Environment

Ekiti State Governor, Kayode Fayemi has reiterated the commitment of his administration to the wel…

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NAFDAC Invents Technology to Track Fake Drugs

The National Agency for Food, Drug Administration and Control said it had developed a more reliabl…

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WHO Calls for Action to Reduce Patient Harm in Healthcare

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has called for urgent action to combat patients harm, which ca…

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Kaduna to Ban Doctors Working with Government Hospitals from Private Practices

Kaduna State Government will soon enact a law that will ban any doctor working with government hos…

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