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1,800 Dead as Malaria ‘Epidemic’ Rages in Burundi - UN

Malaria has killed more than 1,800 people in Burundi this year, the UN’s humanitarian agency…

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Ekiti PHC Agency Absorbs 4,000 LG Health Workers

As part of efforts to boost health care delivery at the basic health centres across Ekiti State, t…

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UNILORIN Pdd Student Develops New Anti-TB Drug

A PhD student in the Department of Chemistry, University of Ilorin, Misitura Arowona, has develope…

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ICYMI: Why Kidney Patients Die after Indian Operation - Doctor

The President of the Transplant Association of Nigeria, Dr Ebun Bamgboye, has said some Nigerians …

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‘Maternal/Child Mortality Worsened by Power Outage’

A medical officer at the Maternal and Child Hospital, Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti State, Dr. Oria Adebose has…

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NAHCON Initiates New Health System for 2019 Hajj

The National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) has introduced a Caravan System of health deliver…

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NMA Lauds Expert over Prostrate Cancer Treatment in Edo State

Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) has hailed the efforts of Benin City-based radiation oncologist…

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Doctors Shelve Planned Strike in Borno

Medical Doctors in Specialists Hospital in Maiduguri have suspended their planned strike following…

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Experts Describe Functional NHIS as Solution to Universal Health Coverage

MedicalL experts have said that until Nigeria has a functional National Health Insurance Scheme (N…

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Kaduna has Replacement for Fleeing Doctors, Medics, El-Rufai Insists

Governor Nasir el-Rufai has said his administration has a replacement for the over 60 per cent of …

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Nigeria Not Prepared For another Ebola Outbreak, Says Tomori

A virologist and World Health Organisation (WHO) consultant, Professor Oyewale Tomori has said Nig…

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CANCER: Death of 72,000 Nigerians Annually Worrisome - Osinbajo

Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, has decried Nigeria’s record of 102,000 new cases of ca…

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Group Canvasses Increase in Community Pharmacy Services Nationwide

Pharmaceutical inventory management subscription service, Shelf Life, has canvassed for an increas…

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American Heart Association First Aid CPR AED Course 2019 Training Dates

The American Heart Association First Aid CPR AED is designed for anyone with limited or no medical…

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INSTRUCTOR COURSE: AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION (AHA) BLS/ FIRSTAID

ARE YOU INTERESTED IN BECOMING AN AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION (AHA) BLS/ FIRSTAID INSTRUCTOR? &nb…

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Upcoming Basic and Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (BLS ACLS) Courses

The Basic and Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) Course emphasizes the importance of continuous,…

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NAFDAC Intercepts, Destroys Unwholesome Fish, Soaps in Borno

National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control has said it recently intercepted, sei…

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Tattoos, Big Risk of Contracting Hepatitis – Doctor

A consultant endocrinologist at the Akure annex of the University of Medical Sciences Teaching Hos…

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‘Health Coverage Possible with Health Insurance’

The Head, Provider Management, Total Health Trust, Mr Gideon Anumba, has said health insurance is …

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Nurse’s Murder: Enugu Community Accuses Police of Cover-Up

The Aku General Assembly, an umbrella body of the Aku people in the Igbo-Etiti Local Government Ar…

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