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NCDC, WHO Simulation Exercise Puts Global Pandemic Readiness To The Test

A simulation for a global pandemic response involving more than 40 countries takes place 4-6 Decem…

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Minister Assures Release Of Basic Healthcare Funds

The Minister of State for Health, Dr. Osagie Ehanire has assured Nigerians that the Basic Health C…

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Heads of 19 Agencies Affirm Support for the New National Action Plan for Health Security

Nigeria and the rest of the world continues to be at risk of infectious disease outbreaks and publ…

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Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospitals Complex, Ile-Ife Nigeria Disclaimer

Recent developments have revealed that certain unscrupulous individuals have devised means of posi…

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FG Recalls 2.5 Million Bottles of Codeine

The Minister of Health, Prof. Isaac Adewole, on Tuesday, said no fewer than 2.5 million bottles of…

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Reddington Unveils Services to Tackle Medical Tourism

  As part of its contribution towards stemming medical tourism, Reddington Hospital has unv…

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Decentralise Primary Healthcare to Achieve UHC, FG Tasked

  To ensure that Nigeria attains Universal Health Coverage, UHC, healthcare providers have …

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Report: Johnson & Johnson Knew For DECADES That Asbestos Lurked In Its Cancer-Causing Talc

Johnson & Johnson allegedly knew its Baby Powder contained asbestos for decades, a report clai…

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Health Workers Vow To Resist Privatisation Of Public Hospitals

Members of the Medical and Health Workers Union of Nigeria (MHWUN) have vowed to resist any attemp…

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What Nigerians Must do to Prevent Infectious Diseases, by NCDC

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has called on Nigerians to adopt environmental sanit…

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What We’re Doing to Standardise, Regulate Traditional Medicine – NAFDAC

The National Agency for Food and Drugs Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has said that sensitisi…

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Nursing Shortages Still a Concern in Asia

Asian nurse leaders from ten nursing associations, representing approximately six million nurses f…

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Polio: FCT Commences Vaccination Dec 15

The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) says it will commence polio immunisation for c…

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MHWUN Seeks Parley with Buhari Over Crisis in Health Sector

Leadership of Medical and Health Workers’ Union of Nigeria, MHWUN, weekend, appealed to Pres…

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World Close to Attaining HIV Treatment – NACA

The Director-General of National Action for the Control of AIDS (NACA), Dr Sani Aliyu, says the wo…

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7th Annual General Meeting/Scientific Conference of the Association of Resident Doctors (ARD), Rivers State University Teaching Hospital (RSUTH) chapter

Association of Resident Doctors (ARD), Rivers State University Teaching Hospital (RSUTH) chapter I…

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NMA tasks Governors to implement Primary Health Insurance Scheme

The National President of Nigeria Medical Academy, NMA, Dr Francis Faduyile has called on state go…

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PRESS BRIEFING: Fake Drug Manufacturers Arrested By @PolicNG In Lagos

PARADE OF FOUR (4) NOTORIOUS FAKE PHARMACEUTICAL DRUG MANUFACTURERS AND DISCOVERY OF A FACTORY WIT…

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We Will Resist Hospitals Privatisation – Health Workers

The Medical and Health Workers Union of Nigeria (MHWUN), has said it would resist any attempt by t…

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ECOWAS Partners NCDC to Tackle Yellow Fever Outbreak

The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) is working with the Nigeria Centre for Dise…

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