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WHO DONATES MEDICAL COMMODITIES TO PREVENT DISEASE OUTBREAKS IN C/RIVER

Cross River State government’s effort to fight against cholera and other disease outbreaks received …

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STAKEHOLDERS PLEDGE COMMITMENT TO TACKLING DIABETIC RETINOPATHY DISEASE

The National Coordinator of the National Eye Health Programme (NEHP) of the Federal Ministry of Heal…

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API PRODUCTION TO REDUCE HIGH COST OF MEDICINES

Director-General of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), Prof.…

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PATIENTS LAMENT AS SHORTAGE OF NURSES, DOCTORS HITS KADUNA HOSPITALS

In June 2024, Alhaji Usman Mamman, a man in his late 70s, was taken to Dantsoho General Hospital in …

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STERLING ONE FOUNDATION, OTHERS PATNER TO BOOST HEALTH SECTOR

Sterling One Foundation and other partners at the 2014 Africa Social Impact Summit, ASIS, have calle…

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NMCN RAISES ABUAD NURSING ADMISSION QUOTA

The Nursing and Midwifery Council of Nigeria has increased the admission quota for the Faculty of Nu…

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PSN ADVISES LAGOS CP ON SURVEILLANCE OF PHARMACY FACILITIES

LAGOS – Worried by the recent criminal attacks on pharmacists, the Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria…

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NIGER TO BUILD 100 PRIMARY HEALTHCARE CENTRES ACROSS STATE.

Niger State Governor Mohammed Umaru Bago has performed the groundbreaking for the construction of 10…

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OYO GOVT PROBES PATIENT'S DEATH IN IBADAN PRIVATE HOSPITAL.

Oyo State Government has commenced investigations to unravel the circumstances surrounding the death…

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NIGERIA'S DREADFUL DOCTOR-PATIENT RATIO

THE Nigerian Medical Association recently sounded a fresh alarm over the worsening doctor-patient ra…

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MEDICAL LAB COUNCIL INDUCTS 55 BABCOCK GRADUATES

The Medical Laboratory Science Council of Nigeria, on Monday, inducted 55 graduates of the Medical L…

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BAUCHI TO SHUT DOWN HEALTH CENTRES DURING NATIONWIDE PROTEST

The Bauchi State Government is set to close its Primary Healthcare Centers, PHCs, to safeguard the l…

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FG GRANTS ACCREDITATION TO COLLEGE OF NURSING SCIENCES IGBO-UKWU

As part of efforts to improve healthcare delivery Nigeria’s rural communities, the Nursing and Midwi…

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REPS DIRECT NURSING COUNCIL TO RESUME VERIFICATION OF NURSES AND MIDWIVES

The House of Representatives has asked the Nursing and Midwifery Council of Nigeria to reopen its we…

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ABUTH's RESIDENT DOCTORS EMBARK ON 5-DAY STRIKE

Resident doctors in Ahmadu Bello University Teaching Hospital (ABUTH), Zaria, has begun a five-day w…

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BAN OPEN DRUG MARKETS TO CURB DRUG ABUSE, PSN URGES FG

The Edo State chapter of the Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria (PSN), has called on the federal gove…

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BENUE TEACHING HOSPITAL REPOSITIONS TO FIGHT CANCER

The Benue State University Teaching Hospital (BSUTH) has repositioned its facility to fight cancer o…

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INNOVATION SOLUTIONS AS PANACEA FOR NIGERIA'S MATERNAL HEALTH CHALLENGES

Stakeholders in the health sector have harped on the need to scale up innovative solutions to addres…

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RETURN OF MEDIEVAL THERAPY: DOCTORS HEAL INFECTED FOOT USING MAGGOTS, HONEY

Doctors have healed a 46-year-old diabetic man’s infected foot using maggots, honey and human placen…

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NEED FOR ETHICAL REVOLUTION IN FCT's HEALTHCARE SYSTEM

This is a clarion call for an ethical revolution in the FCT healthcare system. I was recently asked,…

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