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Family, Society Can Combat Suicide – LUTH Boss

The Chief Medical Director of Lagos University Teaching Hospital, Idi-Araba, Prof Chris Bode, has …

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UI College of Medicine Ranks 4th in Africa

Prof Olubunmi Olapade-Olaopa, the Provost of the College of Medicine, University of Ibadan, says t…

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Borno, WHO Move to Halt Spread of Diseases in Border Areas

WHO, in its latest report on disease surveillance in Borno State, said it had engaged 1,180 commun…

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OAUTH to Tackle Maternal Mortality with N100m Equipment

Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospital, Ile Ife, on Thursday received medical equipment wort…

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Health Minister, Delta Governor Say Rising Rates of Maternal, Infant Mortality Unacceptable

The Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire, and Delta Governor Ifeanyi Okowa on Thursday decried th…

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Why Yellow, Lassa Fevers Outbreaks Persist

No fewer than seven Nigerians have lost their lives to suspected yellow fever contracted after vis…

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NSIA-LUTH Cancer Centre Steps Up Manpower Training

The multi-billion NSIA-LUTH Cancer Centre has embarked on some proactive measures to guarantee the…

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What Drug Security Means

Last year, at the annual national conference of the Association of Industrial Pharmacists, in Ilor…

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ICN Joint Webinar Highlights Importance of Data to the Development of and Investment in the Global Nursing Workforce

Hundreds of nurses from around the world have attended an online discussion about the State of the…

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LASUTH Cardiologist, Team Record Another Medical Feat

A medical team comprising of an Interventional Cardiologist and other medical doctors recently car…

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NAFDAC Integrates Electronic Licensing for Import Transactions

The National Agency for Food and Drugs Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has completed its integ…

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Nurses Decry Poor State of Hospital Facilities in FCT

The Chairman of the National Association of Nurses and Midwives, (NANNM), Comrade Deborah Yusufu, …

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Lagos and its Stagnant Health Insurance Scheme

In a highly celebrated ceremony last December, the Lagos State government launched what was suppos…

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NAFDAC, GS1 to Co-Host African Healthcare Conference

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) and GS1 will co-host the…

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Govt Tackles Spread of Monkey Pox, Lassa fever, others

The Federal Government has promised to tackle the incessant outbreak of infectious diseases in the…

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‘Mental Disorder Accounts For High Suicide Rate’

A Consultant Psychiatrist, Dr Kafayat Ogunsola, has said mental disorder accounts for 90 per cent …

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Empowering Pharmacists to Check Drug Misuse, Abuse in Nigeria

Worried by the growing incidence of drug abuse and misuse, pharmacists under the aegis of the Phar…

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Internet Pharmacy Will Worsen Indiscriminate Access to Medicines, ACPN Warns

The Association of Community Pharmacists of Nigeria (ACPN) has warned that promotion of Internet p…

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Our Doctors Not On Strike, Says IMSUTH

Management of Imo State University Teaching Hospital (IMSUTH), Orlu, has said that doctors in the …

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Nigeria, Niger Begin Surveillance against Polio

North East Coordinator of the World Health Organisation (WHO), Fadinding Manneh has said that expe…

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