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157m Nigerians Lack Access to Handwashing Facilities, says WaterAid

As the world commemorate the Global Hand-washing Day today, WaterAid Nigeria has disclosed that ab…

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Handwashing with Soap May be More Effective Than Any Vaccine, Says Minister

Minister of Health, Professor Isaac Adewole, has said that washing the hands with soap can prevent…

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Community Fears Grow as DR Congo Ebola Death Toll Climbs

Humanitarian workers are struggling to calm community fears in strife-torn eastern Democratic Repu…

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Community Fears Grow as DR Congo Ebola Death Toll Climbs

Humanitarian workers are struggling to calm community fears in strife-torn eastern Democratic Repu…

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Research: Human Retinas Grown In A Dish Explain How Color Vision Develops

Biologists at Johns Hopkins University grew human retinas from scratch to determine how cells that…

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South Africa: HIV-Positive Mother Donates Liver To Her Uninfected Baby

A liver transplant from an HIV-positive woman to her uninfected baby in South Africa has the poten…

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UNFPA Donates to VVF Unit of General Hospital, Calabar

The UN Population Fund (UNFPA) has donated medical supplies to the Vesico Vagina Fistula (VVF) uni…

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People with Sickle Cell Protest Detention in Hospital Over Bills

AWKA—PEOPLE living with sickle cell disorder have protested the alleged detention of their m…

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Building Africa’s Laboratory Workforce Must Be Prioritised– Dr. Pascale Ondoa

Since laboratory professionals play a vital role in the identification of diseases, ensuring the r…

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Isolo General Hospital Charges Workers to Reduce Brain Drain Syndrome

Medical Director, General Hospital Isolo, Dr. Godwin Akhabhoa, has charged Nigerian health workers…

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Bagudu Elected Director Union of Cancer Control

The 2018 World Cancer Congress, organised by the Union for International Cancer Control (UICC) in …

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5% of BHCPF to Be Spent on Disease Emergency Management’

The Minister of Health, Prof. Isaac Adewole has hinted that five per cent of the Basic Health Care…

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25% of Reproductive Women in Nigeria Live with Uterine Fibroid, Says NISIR

The Nigerian Society of Interventional Radiology (NISIR), has revealed that about 25 per cent of N…

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Anxiety as Buhari Fails to Reconstitute Board of Medical Council

Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) says it “may not be able to guarantee calm” in the …

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WHO Tasks African Leaders on Mental Health Care

The World Health Organisation ( WHO ) has urged African leaders not to relent in the training of P…

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Ondo Approves N1.5bn for Cancer Treatment Centre

The Ondo State Government said on Wednesday in Akure that it had approved N1.5 billion for the tak…

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NANNM Decries Shortage of Nurses, Midwives in Nigeria

* Tasks govt on safety of health workers, facilities * Demands gazette of unified scheme of serv…

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Group Wants Teenage Pregnancy Checked in Nigeria

A Non-Governmental Organisation, known as the AIDS Healthcare Foundation, has called on government…

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Unemployment, Poverty can Cause Mental Illness – Experts

The World Mental Health Day was celebrated all over the world on Wednesday. Stakeholders in the gl…

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NHIS Workers Demand Sack of Boss Over Alleged Graft

Workers in the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) have renewed the call for the sack of its E…

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