Medical News


Scientists Move to End HIV by 2030, Subject Findings to Global Scrutiny

Scientists have made advances in their quest to eliminate the Human Immuno-Deficiency Virus (HIV)/…

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Lab Scientists Seek Better Treatment, Urge Industrial Harmony

The Nigerian Institute of Science Laboratory Technology (NISLT) has called on the Federal Governme…

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Improving Preparedness for Ebola, Epidemic-Prone Diseases

The arrival of Ebola in Lagos on July 20, 2014 created serious concerns to the global health commu…

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Nigeria Needs N19.46bn to Prevent 70,327 Cancer Deaths Yearly

To stop the deaths of 70,327 lives lost yearly to cancer, Nigeria needs over N19.46 billion yearly…

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NMA Laments Suicide among Health Workers

Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) is worried that medical doctors, who are supposed to provide su…

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NUC Approves New Courses for BIU

National Universities Commission (NUC) has approved two additional courses, Nursing Science and Me…

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Shell Opens Re-Modelled Hospital in Oloibiri

Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) of Nigeria has opened the remodelled and newly-equipped…

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Ekiti State University Graduates First Set of Medical Doctors

I read with tremendous pleasure the news of the first graduation of medical doctors  by Ekiti…

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Lagos Trains 1,000 Health Workers

Lagos State Government has trained 1,000 health workers from public primary, secondary and tertiar…

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Healthcare: NMA Urges FG to Overhaul Nation’s Security Architecture

The Nigeria Medical Association (NMA) has joined other well-meaning Nigerians to call on the feder…

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Optometrists Call on FG to Fund Regulation of Practice

The Nigerian Optometric Association (NOA) has called on the federal government to provide more fun…

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NMA Vows to Set Up Anti-Quackery Team

The Oyo State Chairman of the Nigeria Medical Association (NMA), Dr. Akin Sodipo, has raised alarm…

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Bandits Release Foreign Doctor, 250 Others in Zamfara

Bandits have released a Korean medical doctor, who had been in captivity for seven months. The doc…

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Ebola: Second Death Confirmed In DR Congo’s Goma

  A second person has died of Ebola in the eastern DR Congo city of Goma, a major transport…

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Eating Washed Up Whale Dangerous —NAFDAC

The National Agency for Food, Drug Administration and Control has warned that eating washed up aqu…

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Borno: Doctors Absent As Zulum Visits Hospitals At Night

Borno State Governor, Babagana Umara Zulum, in the early hours of Tuesday, paid an unannounced vis…

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Hepatitis, Silent Killer in Nigeria

The President of Rotary Club of Wuse Central, Abuja, Dr Mohammed Hassan, has described hepatitis d…

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NMA Cautions EKSU New Doctors Against Misconduct

  The Chairman, Nigerian Medical Association, Ekiti State, Dr Tunji Omotayo, on Monday advi…

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Pharmacists Urged to Embrace Knowledge, Capacity Building

  The Secretary-General of the West African Post Graduate College of Pharmacists, WAPCP, Pr…

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Firm Inaugurates Apps to Connect Nigerian Doctors

  A wellness firm, Anavara, has inaugurated two  free mobile apps — AnavaraDoc a…

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