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WHO Empowers 5,500 Health Workers in North East

World Health Organisation (WHO) has empowered 5,500 health workers with capacity building interven…

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NAUTH Deploys 50 Doctors For Free Medical Mission In Anambra Community

Members of Umunya community in Oyi Local Government Area of Anambra State recently counted their b…

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Kogi Health College Gets Full Accreditation 43 Years After

The Kogi State College of Health Sciences and Technology, Idah, has secured full accreditation of …

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Tobacco Control Act: Health Ministry March on Abuja to Sensitize Public

The Federal Ministry of Health and civil society organisations have carried out a public sensitisa…

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Chevron Sponsors Roll Back Malaria in Ondo Communities

In pursuance of its Corporate Social Responsibility(CSR), Chevron Nigeria Limited (CNL), operator …

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Obijackson Foundation Fetes Children, Calls for more Attention to Primary Healthcare

The Founder and Chairman of the Obijackson Foundation, Dr. Ernest Azudialu-Obiejesi, in recognitio…

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NAFDAC Approves Caya Diaphragm for Women in Nigeria

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has approved the marketi…

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Doctors Meet Imo Gov, Call Off Two Months’ Strike

The Imo State chapter of the Nigeria Medical Association on Wednesday called off its two-month str…

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Medical Guild Sets Agenda for Sanwo-Olu

The Medical Guild, Lagos State, has challenged Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu to prioritise health ca…

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WHO Alerts to new Strains of Vaccine-Derived Polio in Southern Nigeria, Lagos

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has alerted to a recent emergence and spread of new strains of…

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Report Lists Ways to Halt Medical Tourism, Brain Drain

If Nigeria is to reduce brain drain and rising capital flight through medical tourism, it needs to…

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Kidnapped Doctors: NMA Seeks Taraba Gov’s Intervention

  The Nigerian Medical Association has  said  it has  written a letter to th…

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PSN Raises the Alarm over Increasing Drug Abuse

The Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria, through its president, Mr Sam Ohuabunwa, has raised the ala…

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Anambra: Why Doctors are on Warning Strike – MDCAN

The Medical and Dental Consultants Association of Nigeria (MDCAN) of Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu U…

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LUTH Doctors to Begin Strike June 7

Association of Resident Doctors (ARD) at Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH) has announced t…

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Nigeria Records 17 New Cases, no Death from Lassa fever, CSM

For the first time in more than three weeks, the country has recorded 17 new cases but no death fr…

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Give Nurses, Dentists Lateral Entry Into MBBS: Drafts Policy

The draft National Education Policy 2019 has suggested sweeping changes in medical education. One …

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Doctors Issue FCT A 21-Day Ultimatum Over Denied Promotions

Resident doctors in the FCT have given the FCT Administration 21 days from Monday to promote resid…

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FG Inaugurates 5 Boards of Health Regulatory Councils

The Federal Government on Monday inaugurated five governing boards of the health regulatory counci…

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Anambra: Patients Stranded as Consultants Join Resident Doctors on Strike

Medical and Dental Consultants Association of Nigeria (MDCAN) of the Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu U…

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