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Survey Rates Nigeria Health Care Performance Low

For Nigerians to enjoy better healthcare delivery, government at all levels have been urged to ens…

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#Codeine: Lagos State Targets Mental Health Law, Parenting

In order to effectively tackle drug abuse including that of codeine in the country, the Commission…

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Family Planning; Side Effects, A Major Barrier

Mrs. Teniola Fadairo, 54 years, a mother of four had set out to embrace family planning (FP). As s…

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Developing HIV Vaccine Feasible In Near Future, Says NACA

The National Agency for the Control of AIDS (NACA) has said that although progress in Human Immuno…

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Doctors Stitch 19 Accident Victims With Bare Hands, Lament Johesu Strike

Medical doctors at Irrua Specialist Teaching Hospital (ISTH), Edo State, last Saturday applied sut…

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FG to Hands-Off HIV/AIDS Control to States

The Federal Government may next year hand over the management of HIV/AIDS to states.The coordinato…

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#JOHESUStrike2018: Private Medical Practitioners Beg Health Workers to End Action

President of the Association of General and Private Medical Practitioners of Nigeria, AGPMPN, Iyke…

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#JOHESUStrike2018: Nigeria Society of Physiotherapy Seeks Professional Role

The Nigeria Society of Physiotherapy ( NSP ) says it is a professional body of specialists and cri…

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Akwa Ibom to Improve Child Eye Care

The Akwa Ibom state government says it is determined to improve child eye care services in the sta…

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Ayade To Launch Cross River Health Insurance May 28

Ahead of the May 28 official launch of Cross River State Health Insurance Scheme (CRSHIS), industr…

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Medical Guild Decries State of Labs, Tasks FG on Headship

IRKED by growing cases of misdiagnosis in the country, the Medical Guild, who are medical doctors …

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UPCOMING AHA & ASHI - ADVANCED CARDIAC LIFE SUPPORT (ACLS) COURSE

The American Safety and Health Institute (ASHI) Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) Course bui…

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Nurse Appointed As Commissioner of Health In Kwara State (@Kwaragovt) By Bilyaminu Bala Yahya

The Nursing community in Nigeria was pervaded with great joy and extreme cheerfulness on Wednesday…

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Developing HIV Vaccine Feasible in Near Future, Says NACA

* Nigeria may continue to record cases of Lassa fever, says NCDC   The National Agency fo…

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#EbolaWatch: 3 Ebola Patients Taken Away From Hospital To Church For Prayers in Congo

Three Ebola patients left a treatment centre in the Democratic Republic of Congo after their famil…

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Woman Allegedly Forged Nursing Licence, Risks Three-Year Jail

For allegedly forging a Nursing and Midwifery Council’s licence, a 28-year-old woman, Debora…

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World Health Assembly Delegates Agree New Five-Year Strategic Plan

World Health Assembly delegates today agreed an ambitious new strategic plan for the next five yea…

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Adamawa #Cholera Outbreak: 12 Dead, 134 Hospitalized

About 12 people were reported dead while over 134 others have been infected by cholera outbreak in…

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Adamawa #Cholera Outbreak: 12 Dead, 134 Hospitalized

About 12 people were reported dead while over 134 others have been infected by cholera outbreak in…

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#JOHESUStrike2018: JOHESU Sokoto Calls Off Strike

Sokoto State chapter of the Joint Health Sector Union (JOHESU) yesterday called off its industrial…

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