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FG Targets Optimal Health Outcomes Through Research Innovations

The federal government yesterday, launched what it described as strategic health research developmen…

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WHO, KANO PARTNER OVER UNIVERSAL HEALTH COVERAGE

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has renewed its pledge to support the Kano state government acce…

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RESIDENT DOCTORS THREATEN STRIKE OVER KIDNAPPED COLLEAGUE

The Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) said it will embark on an indefinite strike from…

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AVOID POOR TREATMENT OF MALARIA, MAY CAUSE KIDNEY DAMAGE

Medical experts have warned that poorly treated and incomplete malaria treatment could lead to malar…

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VARSITY TO INDUCT PIONEER NURSING GRADUATES

McPherson University, Seriki Sotayo, Ogun State, is set for the inaugural induction ceremony of the …

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NMA WANTS DOCTOR KILLED IN FAULTY ELEVATOR IMMORTALISED

The Nigerian Medical Association, Lagos State branch, has called on the state government to immortal…

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UNIVERSITY OF BENIN, BENIN CITY, NIGERIA, ADMISSION TO POSTGRADUATE PROGRAMMES 2023/2024 ACADEMIC SESSION

Applications are invited from suitably qualified candidates for admission into the following Postgra…

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PHILANTHROPIST DONATES N250M HEALTH FACILITY TO ILORIN TEACHING HOSPITAL

An Ilorin-based philanthropist, Sheriff Shagaya, has donated a N250 million state-of-the-art facilit…

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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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