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Inadequate Funding Responsible for Poor Health Indices in Nigeria – Expert

The Chief Medical Director, Central Hospital, Edo State, Dr. Philip Ugbodaga, has attributed the p…

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What Nigeria Needs to Achieve Universal Health Coverage – LASUTH CMD, Others

Fresh indications have emerged that Nigeria has over nine decades to go before achieving a Univers…

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Online Platform to Tackle Health Challenges

A new technological and health innovation, DoctorCare247, which will enable doctors and other heal…

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5,000 Patients to Benefit from Total’s Free Medical Scheme

No fewer than 5,000 patients from OML58 host communities will benefit from a free mass health sche…

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Kidnappers Free Doctor in Cross River

  Kidnappers have set free a medical doctor, Dr Ogbonna Uchenna-Aju, who was abducted on Ma…

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The Race To Beat Antibiotic Resistance Is On – So Where Do Phages Fit In?

The first antibiotic was discovered by Paul Ehrlich in 1909 and cured syphilis-infected rabbits. A…

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CSOs Urge Government to Increase Domestic Funding of Healthcare

For the health sector to remain relevant, government has been advised to increase domestic financi…

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NAFDAC Seals 20 Medicine Stores Over Alleged Sale Of Fake Drugs

The National Agency for Food, Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) on Sunday, said it sealed 2…

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Phage Therapy Treats Patient With Drug-resistant Bacterial Infection

Scientists have used an experimental therapy that relies on bacteria-infecting viruses collected, …

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Nursing and Midwifery Council of Nigeria Approves 64,000 PUFs For Online Renewal

The Nursing and Midwifery Council of Nigeria has recently announced that about 64,000 submissions …

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Ayade’s ‘Thank You’ Free Medical Outreach to Hold May 27 & 28 in Calabar

A free medical outreach programme involving six areas of health challenges requiring medical atten…

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2018 Health Budget Implementation Worst in Lagos History, Says PHSAI

Chairman of Public Health Sustainable Advocacy Initiative, (PHSAI), Ayo Adebusoye has described th…

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NAFDAC Arrests 10 for Selling Unregistered Bread

Officials of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control have on Friday arres…

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Study: Women Who Shave Their Pubic Hair or Wear Tight Trousers More Likely To Suffer Long-term Vulva Pain Because Of Friction And Higher Risk Of Infection

Women who shave or wax their pubic hair are more likely to suffer long-term pain around their g…

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Dr Zuwaira Ibrahim Hassan Call for Increased Funding of Health Sector

The Bauchi State Commissioner for Health, Dr Zuwaira Ibrahim Hassan, has advocated for  impro…

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Bayelsa State Intern Nurses Groan as Nurses Mark International Nurses Week

Its been pain, anguish and heartache for intern nurses employed in January 2019 under the ministry…

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NMA Decries Rising Insecurity, says Doctors Now Target of Armed Bandits

The Nigeria Medical Association (NMA) has condemned the growing insecurity and incidence of kidnap…

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Doctors’ Migration: Nigeria Heading for Catastrophe- NMA

The Nigeria Medical Association (NMA), says the country’s health sector is heading for catas…

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First Case of Monkeypox Virus Detected in Singapore

Singapore has reported its first ever case of monkeypox, brought in by a Nigerian man thought t…

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Ending HIV by 2030 Is Attainable – NACA

As part of its effort in combating the HIV/AIDS epidemic in the country, the National Agency for t…

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