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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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Tribunal Suspends Doctor for Six Months over Negligence

The prosecution of 14 Doctors by the Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria over alleged breach of …

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Treat Health Workers as Professionals, NUAHP Tells Doctors

The Nigeria Union of Allied Health Professionals has accused doctors in the health sector of treat…

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Pharmacist Advises FG on Medicinal Cannabis

The Secretary of the Association of Community Pharmacists of Nigeria, Lagos State chapter, Pharm. …

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NSCDC Arrests Fake Optometrist in Adamawa

The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) in Adamawa state has arrested an alleged fake…

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Two Doctors Convicted for Negligence as MDCN Resumes Trial

The Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria (MDCN) yesterday resumes the trail of 14 doctors charged…

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CCMHP Trains Healthcare Providers for Mental Health Treatment in Benue

The Comprehensive Community Mental Health Programme, CCMHP, has trained another set of 52 healthca…

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Nigeria Ranks 4th, as 4.4m Women Live with Breast Cancer Worldwide

Awka-ANAMBRA State-based oncologist, Dr. Brenda Nwanmuo, has said no fewer than 4.4 million women …

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