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Nigeria Urged to Implement 15% Allocation to Health Sector

The federal government and other stakeholders have been advised to implement the pledge to allocat…

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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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Wike Abolishes Fees for Antenatal, HIV/AIDS Treatment in Rivers

Rivers State governor, Chief Nyesom Wike, says his administration is committed to meeting all the …

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Public Health: ISCEA, ARC Partner to Drive Supply Chain Talent Pool in Nigeria

International Supply Chain Education Alliance, ISCEA, is partnering with Africa Resource Centre, A…

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86 Illegal Health Centres Shut Down, 2doctors Nabbed in Nasarawa

No Fewer than 86 health centres being operated by quack medical personnel have been shutdown and t…

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Nigeria to Save $1bn Annually from Medical Tourism

Tulsi Chanrai Foundation (TCF) in Abuja, a facility established to provide both free and billed ey…

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PCN Seals 62 Pharmacies, 371 Outlets in Rivers

The Pharmacists Council of Nigeria on Friday said it had sealed off 62 pharmacies as well as 371 p…

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Taraba Begins Moves to Eliminate Malaria

The Taraba State Ministry of Health in collaboration with National Malaria Elimination Programme (…

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Buhari Lauds Foundation for Investing in Free Health Services

President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday commended the Chanrai family for investing massively over the…

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FG Needs N111.6bn to Eradicate Tuberculosis by 2030

The Chairman of Stop TB Partnership Nigeria, Prof Lovett Lawson, has said that the Federal Governm…

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Doctors, Pharmaceutical Firms to Fight Sale of Fake Drugs

The Chairman and Executives of Oyo State chapter of the Association of General and Private Medical…

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JOHESU Opposes Privatisation of Health Institutions

Health workers in the country have asked President Muhammadu Buhari not to accede to recommendatio…

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Group Seeks Partnership with Pharmaceutical Firms over Fake Drugs

The Association of General and Private Medical Practitioners of Nigeria, Oyo State, has said it wi…

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NAFDAC Shuts Three Ponmo Factories in Lagos

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control has closed down three factories t…

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Suicide: NAFDAC Bans Sale of Sniper, others in the Open Market

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control has announced the ban on sale of …

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PMG-MAN Targets to Reverse Over-Dependence on Imported Drugs

All is set for the 5th Edition of Nigerian Pharma Manufacturers Expo 2019 billed to hold on August…

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WHO Launches Five-Year Action Plan to Strengthen Regulatory Systems

In recent months regulators across many countries have recalled dozens of medicines to treat high …

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NAFDAC Bans Importation, Manufacture, Hawking of Agrochemical Formulations

National Agency for Food, Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has banned with immediate effec…

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Cholera Cases in Adamawa Hit 244

Cholera cases recorded in the last one month have reached 244 in Adamawa State, indicating an incr…

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Brain Drain: Fabanwo Seeks more Funding for Health Sector

The Chief Medical Director of the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital, Ikeja, Prof. Adetokunb…

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