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Lagos Confirms Closure of ‘illegal’ Clinic

THE hospital, where a 15-month-old baby, Taye, died during blood transfusion has been shut, pendin…

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American Heart Association First Aid CPR AED Course 2019 Training Dates

The American Heart Association First Aid CPR AED is designed for anyone with limited or no medical…

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NAFDAC Destroys 189 Truckload of Products Valued at N2.8b

The 189 trucks was said to be the highest number of truckloads of products to be destroyed in the …

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Ugwuanyi Offers N5m Reward for Information on Killers of Nurse

Enugu State Governor, Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi, has offered N5m as reward for information that could lead …

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As a medical student, I had no time for romance in school –Faponle, President, Society for the Study of Pain, Nigeria

Born on June 12, 1959, Prof Aramide Faponle is the President of the Society for the Study of Pain,…

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Enugu Health Workers Protest Murder of FNHE Head of Nursing, Maria Amadi

Members of Enugu State Branch of the National Association of Nigeria Nurses and Midwives and Healt…

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Chamber Seeks Improved Healthcare Delivery Through ICT

To improve healthcare delivery, there is the need for investment in Information and Communications…

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Case For Improved Primary Healthcare In Nigeria

In my regular visits to rural areas in Nigeria to run medical clinics, I often encounter children …

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We will help Develop Nigeria’s Pharmaceutical Industry — Indian High Commissioner in Nigeria

INDIAN High Commissioner  in Nigeria, Mr. Abhay Thakur has assured of genuine collaboration i…

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Intensifying the war against HIV/AIDS

THE recent report that Nigeria’s HIV/AIDS prevalence rate has dropped to 1.4 per cent is lau…

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Nigeria has 15m Drug Addicts – Buba Marwa

Describing the development as alarming, Marwa, who was  military governor of Lagos State, put…

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Ondo Seals off Hospital for Illegal Training of Nurses

The monitoring team of the Ondo State Ministry of Health, on Thursday, sealed off the Arib Hospita…

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25th Anniversary: NAFDAC gets Accolades over war against Counterfeit Medicines

The Wife of the President, Mrs. Aisha Muhammadu Buhari and other stakeholders in the health indust…

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Ebola Disbelief Widespread in DR Congo Hotspots

More than a quarter of people surveyed in Ebola-hit areas of the Democratic Republic of Congo told…

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Tuberculosis Kills 4,500 Nigerians Daily – Prof Lawson

The Board Chair of Stop TB Partnership Nigeria, Professor Lovett Lawson, said tuberculosis is prev…

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Return Management of Institutions to Hospital Administrators, Health Workers Tell FG

The Medical and Health Workers’ Union of Nigeria (MHWUN) has called on the federal governmen…

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Veritas Varsity Begins Law, Medicine programmes

The Vice-Chancellor of Veritas University Abuja, Rev Fr. Prof Hyacinth Ichoku has said the univers…

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Health Minister Lays Foundation for Lions Club Dialysis Centre at LUTH

The Minister of Health, Prof. Isaac Adewole, Thursday laid the foundation for the construction of …

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Revealed: Baby Buried Without Autopsy on ‘Doctor’s’ Recommendation

Fifteen-month-old Taye Adetunji, who died under curious circumstances at HJ CLAIROOWEN medical cen…

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Health Workers to Buhari: Don’t Appoint only Doctors as Ministers of Health

The Medical and Health Workers Union of Nigeria (MHWUN) has warned President Muhammadu Buhari on t…

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