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Ebola Outbreak Triggers New Directive on Border Control

The Federal Executive Council (FEC) ‎has directed the Ministry of Health to step up surveillan…

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Saraki, UNFPA Highlight Importance of Midwives in Health Sector

To commemorate this year’s International Day of the Midwife on Tuesday, Toyin Saraki, wife o…

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‘Malaria is Preventable, But Most People Don’t Know How’

Pharmaceutical manufacturing company, Fidson Healthcare Plc, has called on all Nigerians to embark…

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Total Healthcare Shutdown Eminent at Midnight as JOHESU at State, FCT and LGA Levels Join Strike

As the the nationwide industrial action by Joint Health Sector Union (JOHESU) at the Federal Healt…

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Anti-Cancer Drugs Researcher Made Jobless, Homeless by Tax Mistake

A pharmaceutical specialist, Nisha Mohite, who developed anti-cancer drugs, has lost her job, home…

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NAFDAC Explains Rising Cases of Drug Abuse in Nigeria

• Emzor still open to customers • Pharmaceutical firm refutes claims on production of …

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‘Closure of Pharmaceutical Companies Will Affect Economy’

A civil society group, Concerned Nigerians, have described the closure of three pharmaceutical org…

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Sorry We Ticked Some Of You Off!; CDC Apologizes For Hiding Ticks On A Poppyseed Muffin To Warn Of Lyme Disease Threat

Lyme Disease rash or Erythema Chromium Migrans. This condition is caused by the bacteria Borrelia …

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Association of Hospital and Administrative Pharmacists of Nigeria, Public Notice on Strike Action

Re: Declaration of Indefinite Strike Action   In compliance with the directive by the Joi…

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Rann Attack: Abducted Nurse, Midwives Write Buhari

Two midwives and a nurse abducted By the Abu Musab Albarnawi faction of the Boko Haram at Rann, in…

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2,131 Pregnant Women Test Positive to HIV in Lagos

Lagos State Government has disclosed that at least 2,131 pregnant women have tested positive to Hu…

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Customs Seizes Container Load of Tramadol, Detains Importer in Lagos

One suspect has been detained by the Tincan Island Command of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), i…

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#JOHESUStrike2018: UPTH Secures Services of Red Cross

The management of the University of Port Harcourt Teaching Hospital, UPTH, has concluded plans to …

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Nigerian Medical Association Honours Dr. Zainab Bagudu

The Nigerian Medical Association (NMA), the highest professional body of Nigerian doctors and dent…

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Buhari Blames Jonathan for Rot in Health Sector

President Muhammadu Buhari has blamed past leaders of the country, especially the administration o…

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‘More Nigerians Suffering Brain Injury, Stroke’

A public health practitioner, Ms Shola Kogbodoku, has said that the number of patients suffering b…

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Nigeria has Over 70 Fertility Clinics – AFRH president

The President of the Association for Fertility Health, Dr Faye Iketubosin, has put the number of f…

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Panic as Lassa Fever Allegedly Kills Health Officer in Ondo

A few months after the deadly Lassa Fever was contained in Ondo State, the disease has allegedly k…

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#JOHESUStrike2018: Ogun Government Reads Riot Act to Health Workers Warming up for Strike

Ogun State government has cautioned health workers on its payroll against joining their counterpar…

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Breaking News: #Ebola Resurfaces, Kills 17 In Congo

Ebola deadly virus, that raged in some African countries several years ago, has staged a return in…

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