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Lassa Fever Outbreak: NCDC Confirms 23 New Cases, 4 Deaths

The Nigeria Centre for Diseases Control, NCDC, has confirmed 23 new cases of Lassa fever including…

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WHO Launches Enriched Portal to Improve Disease Data Tracking

The World Health  Organisation, WHO,  Regional Office for Africa has launched a new and …

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Nigerians Urged to Adopt Health Information Technology

The Nigerian Medical Association, NMA, has urged Nigerians to adopt health information technology …

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NAFDAC DG Accuses N’ Assembly of Demanding Bribe

The Director General, National Agency for Food and Drugs Administration and Control (NAFDAC), Prof…

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Presidency Plans to Convert State House Medical Centre to Clinic

IN a bid to make the State House Medical Centre perform optimally, the Presidency has concluded pl…

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NDLEA Uncovers Hard Drug Factory in Enugu Suburb

Operatives of the Enugu State Command of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) on March…

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Lassa Fever Killed 117 in Three Months

Nigerian Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has said that 117 people have so far died since the out…

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Technology Firm Introduces Healthcare Product

A technology firm, Gricd, has built a smart cold chain box to actively keep temperature sensitive …

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NGC Donates Health Centre to Ondo Community

The Nigerian Gas Company (NGC), a subsidiary of Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), ha…

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NAFOWA Offers Medical Services to Host Communities in Kaduna State

The Nigerian Air Force Officers’ Wives Association (NAFOWA) Air Training Command (ATC) Chapt…

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Obaseki Mulls Compulsory Medical Test for Edo Workers

Edo State Governor Godwin Obaseki says his administration is working on a plan that will encourage…

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Nigerian Doctors, Pharmacists in the US to Train Health Workers on Opioid Addiction

Nigerian doctors and pharmacists in the United States of America are working towards tackling the …

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‘Ondo Begins Health Insurance Scheme for Workers Soon’

The Ondo State Governor, Mr Rotimi Akeredolu, has declared that the proposed health insurance sche…

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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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