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Lagos State Government Approves Consultant Pharmacist Cadre in Scheme of Service

His Excellency, Mr Akinwunmi Ambode, the Governor of lagos state has Approved the creation of the …

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#JOHESUStrike2018: JOHESU Strike Put on Hold in Yobe

Health workers in Yobe have put on hold the nationwide strike action directed by the Joint Health …

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Nurses Donate Sanitary Pad, Drugs to Federal Government Girls College, Bwari

Some nurses and midwives under the auspices of Igala Nurses and Midwives Association (INAMA) on Fr…

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Ebola Outbreak: WHO Hopes Congo’ll Give Nod to Deployment of Experimental Vaccine

World Health Organisation Deputy Director-General of Emergency Preparedness and Response Peter Sal…

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Nigeria’s Lassa Fever Outbreak Contained – WHO

The World Health Organisation says that with declining numbers and only a handful of confirmed cas…

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First to Die in Congos Latest Ebola Outbreak is a Registered Nurse

The Democratic Republic of Congo's Ebola outbreak has killed a nurse, according to the Health …

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Yakasai Proffers Solution to Incessant Health Workers’ Strike

* Advocates vector control to eradicate malaria   To permanently solve the problem of inc…

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Challenge the Younger Med Lab Scientists Says General Yakubu Gowon

The former Head of State, General Yakubu Gowon (Rtd) has enjoined the older generation of Medical …

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#JOHESUStrike2018: JOHESU Strike Won’t Affect Ebola Screening – Nigerian Govt

The federal government of Nigeria has said the ongoing Joint Health Sector Union (JOHESU) strike, …

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#JOHESUStrike2018: Health Workers Evict Patients, Doctors from Delta Hospital

Some health workers under the Delta State chapter, Joint Health Sector Unions (JOHESU), yesterday …

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Doctors Storm Kebbi for Medical Outreach

To ensure a healthy society with the prevailing health workers’ strike, about 100 doctors ha…

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#JOHESUStrike2018: Patients Groan as JOHESU Strike Lingers

The nation-wide indefinite strike by the members of the Joint Health Staff Union (JOHESU) members …

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#JOHESUStrike2018: Health Workers’ Strike Paralyses Medical Services In Oyo

Following the directive from the national body of the Joint Health Staff Union of Nigeria (JOHESU)…

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Emergency Phase of Lassa Fever Over, Says FG

The Federal Ministry of Health has announced the end of the emergency phase of the Lassa fever epi…

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Federal Government, U.S. Sign MoU on HIV, Hepatitis B, C Survey

* Minister, govs’ wives laud firm on medicine to boost cancer treatment   The Feder…

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Doctors Threaten Action, Reject Pay Parity, Consultancy Cadre, Others

* Nigeria records 33% national coverage on immunisation, hospitals count losses   Doctors…

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Codeine Substitute: BRISIN Wants Govt to Ban Use of Pit Latrine

The Basic Registry and Information System in Nigeria (BRISIN) has called for urgent sensitisation …

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HealthWatch #EbolaOutbreak: DR Congo Records Four Fresh Cases Of Ebola

Four new cases of Ebola have been detected in the Democratic Republic of Congo, two days after the…

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#JOHESUStrike2018: JOHESU Urges States’, Councils’ Health Workers to Join Strike

Following the inability of the Federal Government to meet the demands of the striking health worke…

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HealthWatch #EbolaOutbreak: Uganda On High Alert Over DR Congo Ebola outbreak

Uganda is on alert following an outbreak of the deadly Ebola virus in the neighboring Democratic R…

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