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Stakeholders Chart New Course for 9th Assembly on Health

Stakeholders in the health sector have charted a new course for the incoming members of the 9th Na…

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Nigeria’s Euracare Performs First Minimally Invasive Liver Surgery in Sub-sahara Africa

Nigeria’s Euracare Multi-Specialist Hospital has now been dubbed the first healthcare facili…

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Asthmatics Decry High Cost of Drugs

While some asthmatics have complained of the high cost of drugs, Consultant Pulmonologist at the O…

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MTN Boosts Health Sector through WCWDT

The MTN Foundation, through its community development initiative –‘What Can We Do Toge…

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CSOs Drum Support for NAUTH, Other Health Facilities

Coalition of Civil Society Groups (CCSG) has urged governments, organisations, and well to do indi…

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Polio: LASG Accuses NGO of Administering Harmful Vaccine

The Lagos State Government says it has uncovered a plot by a non-governmental organisation to disr…

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Obaseki Rallies Patent, Proprietary Medicine Dealers for Improved Healthcare

In order to improve access to affordable and quality healthcare services across the state, Edo Sta…

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47 Million Nigerians Practise Open Defecation - UNICEF

The United Nations Children’s  Fund says 47 million people representing 24  per ce…

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Groups Decry Alleged Police Harassment at Lagos Clinic

No fewer than 60 personalities and groups have criticised the police for allegedly harassing staff…

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Anambra Doctors Reject New Minimum Wage, Insist on Strike

Resident doctors of Anambra State-owned Chukwuemeka  Odumegwu Ojukwu University Teaching Hosp…

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NAFDAC Seizes Fake Goods Worth N2.6m at Akanu Ibiam International Airport

The National Agency for Food, Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has seized fake, sub-standa…

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LUTH Doctors Begin Two-day Warning Strike

Resident doctors at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH), Idi-Araba, yesterday protested …

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Primary, Secondary Health Centres Have Collapsed, Says Minister

The Federal Government on Tuesday said primary and secondary healthcare centres in the country hav…

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WHO: More Than 40,000 Children at Risk in the North-East

More than 40,000 children are at risk of dying in the north-east due to the combined threat of acu…

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Benue Hospital Records 7 Cases of Lassa fever in 2019

The Benue State Teaching Hospital (BSUTH) has recorded seven cases of Lassa fever in this year alo…

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Ogun Targets 1.2m Children for Polio Immunisation

Ogun Commissioner for Health, Dr Babatunde Ipaye, said on Tuesday that at least 1.2 million childr…

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NAFDAC Seizes N2.6m Fake Drugs, Products at Enugu Airport

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control has seized fake drugs and unwhole…

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Five States Lock Horns with FG over Health Care Fund

The Minister of Health, Prof Isaac Adewole, has blamed the deplorable state of tertiary health ins…

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Drugs Intercepted by Police in Kano not Tramadol — NDLEA

The National Drugs Law Enforcement Agency has said the recent drugs allegedly intercepted by the p…

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NMA Condemns Arrest of Doctor Who Attempted to Save Suicide Victim

The Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) has condemned the alleged harassment and intimidation by th…

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