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FG’s Emergency Declaration on Public Health

A declaration of state of emergency on public health in the country recently by the National Prima…

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Deteriorating Health Care: Minister Indicts State Governors of Under-Funding Health Services

States governors must be held responsible for the deteriorating health care services in the countr…

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Health Minister Briefs Senate on State of Teaching Hospitals

Minister of Health, Professor Issac Adewole, on Tuesday, briefed Senate on the state of Federal Te…

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Malaria Cases Distracting us from our Primary Duties — UBTH

The Chief Medical Director of the University of Benin Teaching Hospital, Prof Darlington Obaseki, …

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Ekiti Seeks Collaboration Among Health Workers

The Commissioner for Health in Ekiti State, Dr Moji Yaya-Kolade, on Monday lamented the division a…

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CIAPS to Train Africa’s Health Managers

The Centre for International Advanced and Professional Studies, a Lagos-based international gradua…

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12 Things that Predispose you to Dementia — WHO

About 50 million people across the world have dementia, an umbrella term for a series of neurodege…

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1000 Indigent Persons to Get Free Medical Service in Edo

The Imalu Airiemhionkha Ebhoaye Memorial Foundation yesterday said it will provide free medical se…

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Why 14% of Babies Face Poor Health Future, by Studies

One in seven children born with low weight will develop chronic diseases in adulthood More babie…

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Global Fund, PharmAccess Group Collaborate on Health Insurance for PLWA

The Global Fund has signed a partnership agreement with Stichting PharmAccess Group to support Afr…

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Community Pharmacists Seek Govt Attention to Tackle Fake Drugs

The Association of Community Pharmacists of Nigeria, ACPN, has reiterated calls for better funding…

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Okorocha Gives Hospitals to Muoka, Churches, Others on Lease

Imo State Governor, Rochas Okorocha, yesterday, leased out some of the state-owned hospitals to re…

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NHIS Enrolment: 4,000 to Benefit in Nasarawa, 26,000 Nationwide

About 4,000 persons would benefit from free National Health Insurance Scheme enrollment programme …

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Health Workers Sue Akeredolu Over Demotion, Salary Reduction

Health workers in the Ondo State Civil Service have dragged Governor Rotimi Akeredolu to the Natio…

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Doctors, Nurses Lament Poor Pay, Overwork in State Hospitals

Despite an acute shortage of medical workers in state hospitals, many state governments have not b…

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NDLEA Opposes Akeredolu on Cannabis, Destroys 3,900 Hectares in Ondo

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency has said it never advocated the growth of cannabis sativa…

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Reps’ Medical Tourism Bill Blunder

Speciously, the House of Representatives has thrown out a bill to regulate overseas medical treatm…

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Govs Neglect Health Care As State Hospitals Rot Away

Like teaching hospitals, state hospitals across the country are fast collapsing following the negl…

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Obaseki Urges Support for Interventions to Save Lives

The Chief Medical Director of the University of Benin Teaching Hospital (UBTH), Edo State, Prof. D…

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Advancing Health Security in Nigeria

One of the biggest priorities of the President Muhammadu Buhari’s led government in its firs…

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