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Countries Urged to Invest in Health Professions by WHPA As FIP Calls on Health Professional Organisations to Establish an Action Hub to Address Workforce Shortfall

To overcome the projected 18 million shortage of health workers, many solutions, including investm…

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World Medical Association Signs Up To Promoting Universal Health Coverage

The World Medical Association has committed the world’s 12 million physicians to promoting t…

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Kaduna: Maternal, Newborn, Child Health Week Begins May 27

The Kaduna State Ministry of Health and Human Services on Friday said it had concluded plans for t…

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Family of Slain LUTH Doctor Decries Police Silence on Investigation

Family of Stephen Urueye, a resident doctor at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital, Idi Araba s…

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High-Security Ebola Burials Spark Dismay, Anger in DR Congo

People in Ebola-hit eastern DR Congo are struggling to come to terms with high-security burials th…

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Nigeria Has World’s Highest Sickle Cell Carriers - Don

A professor of paediatrics and child health at  Igbinedion University, Okada, Edo State, Domi…

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ACPN Reacts to Health Ministry’s Proposal on Patent Medicine Sale

The Association of Community Pharmacists of Nigeria has reacted to the plan by the Federal Ministr…

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Abia: FG Rolls Out N1bn Healthcare Fund as Ikpeazu Warns against Diversion

The Federal government has flagged-off the N1.08 billion Basic Healthcare Provision Fund (BHCPF) i…

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LUTH Doctors Deny Suspending Strike, Says Action Will Hold in June

The Association of Resident Doctors (ARD) of the Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH), Idi-Ar…

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We Discovered Illegal Distilleries in Remote Akwa Ibom Villages - NAFDAC

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control has uncovered an illegal factory …

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Thailand Plans to Impose Health Insurance Fee on Tourists by End Of 2019

The Thai government is planning to impose a three dollar fee on tourists by the end of 2019 to cov…

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Onodugo Emerges CMD of UNTH

A new Chief Medical Director (CMD) has been appointed for the University of Nigeria Teaching Hospi…

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WHO Revives 23 Health Centres to Protect People’s Lives

The World Health Organisation (WHO) is to revive 23 health facilities; enhance healthcare delivery…

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40percent of Nigerian Youths Engage in Illicit Drug Abuse – UNODC

An alarming 40percent of Nigerian youths still engage in Illicit drug abuse, a recent report by th…

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Ex Health Minister Denies Complicity in Alleged N300m Constituency Project Fraud

Former Health Minister, Onyebuchi Chukwu, on Thursday dismissed as untrue allegation that he diver…

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Lagos State Debunks Allegation of Sabotage in Polio Vaccination

No Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO) was engaged in the recent vaccination against polio campaig…

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Measles, Meningitis, Lassa fever Kill 156, Infect 29,697

Measles has killed 89 persons and infected 28,796 others nationwide since the beginning of this ye…

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LUTH, Resident Doctors ‘Embrace Peace, Suspend Strike’

Management of the Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH) yesterday announced that “both p…

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Imam, Experts Offer Tips Against Depression, Mental Health Challenges

Various speakers at the Lekki Muslim Ummah, LEMU Quarterly Da’wah Workshop have offered seve…

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Evans’ Co-defendant Alleges Failed Surgery in Kirikiri Hospital

The Lagos State High Court in Igbosere has ordered the Medical Director, Kirikiri Maximum Prison, …

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