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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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Ebola in Congo Questions Nigeria’s Readiness on Outbreaks

Besides the loss of many lives, outbreaks of pandemics or epidemics could cost Nigeria trillions o…

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Nigerian-Born Doctor Wins ‘Brain Tumor Research’ Award in US

Chibawanye Ene, a Nigerian-born US-based doctor, has won the 2019 Ronald L. Bittner Award on brain…

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‘How Insurgency Denies Children of Immunisation in North-East’

The destruction of health facilities and personnel by Boko Haram insurgents in North-East has deni…

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NGO Campaigns against Drug Use without Prescription

Convenner of the Satisfied Soul Initiative free medical outreach in Ketu, Lagos State, Mrs. Abosed…

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Drug Control Officers to Combat Drug Abuse in Lagos Schools

To combat the menace of drug abuse in schools, efficient drug regulation policies and appointment …

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Lassa Fever: Kebbi Government Confirms 6 Cases, One Death

The Kebbi State Government on Sunday confirmed one death from six cases of Lassa Fever in the stat…

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Pakistan, Nigeria, Egypt Doctors, Nurses Top List of Banned Practitioners in UK

Pakistan, Nigeria and Egypt top the list of nations with doctors and nurses working in the United …

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