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UK BASED NIGERIAN NURSE JAILED THREE YEARS FOR CHILD NEGLIGENCE.

A Nigerian working as a nurse in the United Kingdom, Ruth Auta, has been sentenced to three years in…

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ABIA FEDERAL HOSPITAL DECRISES 400% INCREMENT IN ELECTRICITY BILL.

The Federal Medical Centre (FMC), Umuahia, Abia State, has decried the 400 per cent increment in its…

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MINISTER TASKS PRACTITIONERS ON HERBAL MEDICINES, QUALITY SAFETY.

The Minister of State for Health and Social Welfare, Dr Tunji Alausa, has called on traditional medi…

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FG PLANS INTEGRATED HEALTH CENTERS TO TACKLE EMERGENCIES, DISEASE OUTBREAKS.

The Federal Government has commenced the process of developing Integrated Health Emergency Operation…

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GOVT TO ESTABLISH NATIONAL HEALTH FACILITY REGULATORY AGENCY.

The Federal Government has inaugurated a committee tasked with establishing the National Health Faci…

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EXPERTS ADVOCATE GENDER-SENSITIVE HEALTH POLICY TO REDUCE TB TRANSMISSION, MORTALITY.

Health experts have called for effective gender-sensitive health policy and practice to reduce Tuber…

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BANDITS RAID KADUNA HOSPITAL, ABDUCT NURSES

Bandits have abducted nurses at a Primary Health Care Center at Layin Dan Auta village in Kuyello Wa…

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WHY 90% OF NIGERIA'S CANCER PATIENTS DIE - ONCOLOGIST

An oncologist at the Benue State University Teaching Hospital (BSUTH), Dr Samuel Otene, has attribut…

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MSF, BORNO HEALTH MINISTRY: ONE OUT OF EVERY FOUR CHILDREN IN SHINKAFI, ZURMI MALNOURISHED

One out of every four children under the age of five is malnourished in the Shinkafi and Zurmi areas…

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NURSES DEMAND IMPROVED HAZARD ALLOWANCE

Nigerian nurses and midwives are currently advocating for improved hazard allowances to  address the…

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CHILDREN NOT HAVING ENOUGH SLEEP RISK OBESITY, SAY PAEDIATRICIANS.

Child health experts have warned that sleep deprivation in children could have far-reaching conseque…

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BANDITS KIDNAP NURSES, PATIENTS, OTHERS IN HOSPITAL

Bandits have reportedly killed six and abducted several others in Kallah Afogo Community, Kajuru Loc…

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GROWTH DISORDER NOW TREATABLE IN BENUE HOSPITAL - CMD

The Benue State University Teaching Hospital (BSUTH) has unveiled a technology to aid in the treatme…

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HEALTH EXPERT GIVES REASON FOR NIGERIA'S HIGH TUBERCULOSIS DISEASE BURDEN

A medical expert and an Associate Professor of Public Health at the Community Medicine and Primary H…

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OVER 3,000 BAUCHI FLOOD VICTIMS RECEIVE EMERGENCY MEDICAL INTERVENTION

The Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Prof Ali Pate, through his special purpose vehicle, Chiga…

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BILL GATES OPTIMISTIC OF PROGRESS IN TB VACCINE CLINICAL TRAIL

Bill Gates, co-chair of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, says progress is ongoing in the clini…

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60TH ANNIVERSARY: UI FACULTY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE INDUCTS 90 DOCTORS

As part of activities to celebrate its 60th year anniversary, the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Un…

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ACPN CAUTIONS FG ON HEALTHCARE REFORM PLAN

The Association of Community Pharmacists of Nigeria (ACPN) has urged the Federal Ministry of Health …

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LAGOS PSN THREATENS LEGAL ACTION AGAINST NHIA OVER UNFAIR PRACTICES

The Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria (PSN), Lagos State Branch, has issued a stern warning to the N…

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DOCTORS CAR KILLS ONE IN OGUN HOSPITAL CRASH

An Ogun State-based doctor reportedly killed one person when his vehicle rammed into the Mowe Health…

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