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WHO Launches Global Action Plan on Physical Activity

WHO Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus is today joining Prime Minister António …

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Resident Doctors Withdraws Suit Against JUTH, Seek Buhari’s Assent to RTP Act

Rising from an Extraordinary National Executive Council meeting (E-NEC), which held in Abuja on Sa…

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Federal Government Calls for Ban of Shisha

The Minister of Health, Prof. Isaac Adewole on Monday called on the police and all other governmen…

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Nigeria Needs N14.4b to Control TB as 420 Die Daily

• ‘HIV has claimed 35m lives globally’ • Ebola kills 25 in Congo, 37 infec…

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The More kids a Woman Has, The Higher Her Hypertension Risks—Study

A woman with more children has a greater risk of heart attack, stroke and heart failure, a newly p…

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40 Hospitalised, 89 Under Watch as Cholera Hits Kaduna Secondary School

A cholera outbreak has been reported in Government Girls Secondary School, Kawo, Kaduna, with abou…

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Dr Isabelle Skinner Appointed CEO of International Council of Nurses

The President and Board of Directors of the International Council of Nurses (ICN) today announced …

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Kwara Nurses Suspend Strike Action

The National Association of Nigeria Nurses and Midwives (NANNM) Kwara State chapter, has suspended…

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Worry And Indifference Coexist At The Center Of Ebola In The Congo

Ebola, out! Ebola, out!... Those are the words children chant in unison after school in the Wangat…

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‘Multivitamins Provide no Health Benefits’

* Folic acid was found to be only pill proven to ‘stop’ heart disease, stroke * Expe…

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Woman Convicted And Sentenced To 2 Years For Procuring Fake Medical Report

Meanwhile, for being in possession of fake medical reports from a Maitama, Abuja district hospital…

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Health Workers Seek Payment of Salary Despite ‘No Work’

The Joint Health Sector Unions are seeking the payment of salaries of health workers who did not w…

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Cancer, Diabetes, Lung, Heart Diseases Kill 41m Yearly, Says WHO

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has said that collectively, cancer, diabetes, lung and heart d…

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JOHESU Nominees For The Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) Centre

The JOINT HEALTH SECTOR UNIONS & ASSEMBLY OF HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS have nominated some ind…

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#EbolaWatch: Seven New Suspected Ebola Cases Reported In DRC

Seven new suspected cases of Ebola have been detected in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). …

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‘Stem Cells’ Approved to Mend Human Hearts for First Time

Scientists in Japan now have permission to treat people who have heart disease with cells produced…

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#EbolaWatch: Trump Ebola Aid Really A Sleight Of Hand

Just as a new flare-up of Ebola heats up in the Congo, the Trump White House on Friday issued this…

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PCN Closes Down 280 Illegal Patent Stores In Zamfara

In its bid to sanitise drug management and administration to the public, the Pharmacist Council of…

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Ondo PDP, Activists, Slam Govt Over Neglect of Mother and Child Hospital

Weeks after rainstorm blew off rooftops of some buildings in the Mother and Child Hospital, Akure,…

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National NANNM President @AAbdrafiu Address on Suspension of #JOHESUStrike2018

National NANNM President @AAbdrafiu Address on Suspension of #JOHESUStrike2018   To Allah…

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