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Doctors Threaten to Stop Attending to Lassa Fever Patients in Public Hospitals

Doctors in public hospitals may start refusing to attend to patients with Lassa fever, if they are…

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Pregnant Women Shut Down State Specialist Hospital Akure over Delivery Fees

Scores of pregnant women on Thursday shut down the Ondo State Specialist Hospital, Akure, in prote…

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Zamfara To Recruit 340 Doctors, Nurses And Midwives – Commissioner

Alhaji Lawal M-Liman, Zamfara Commissioner for Health said on Thursday that 340 health personnel i…

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Health Workers Task Government on Salary Arrears

The Katsina State Medical and Health Workers Union has called on the state government to pay the 1…

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Zamfara to Recruit 340 Doctors, Nurses – Commissioner

Alhaji Lawal M-Liman, Zamfara Commissioner for Health said on Thursday that 340 health personnel i…

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Health: Zamfara Establishes Emergency Operation Centres

The Zamfara State Government, on Thursday, in Gusau, said it had established emergency operation c…

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Lassa Fever Spreads to 20 States, Kills 142 with 400 Confirmed Cases

• NCDC confirms first case, fatality in Abia • Two health workers affected with one de…

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World Health Workers Week: Celebrating the Heroes that keep us Healthy

Going through the health system there are several stops, from the midwives to the counselor throug…

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15% of all Infertile Nigerian Men have no Sperm —Study

Men without sperm make up about 15 per cent of all infertile men in the reproductive age of father…

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US Surgeon Generals Advisory: More Should Carry Antidote To Counter Opioid Overdoses

The U.S. Surgeon General issued an advisory Thursday urging more Americans to carry naloxone, whic…

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Lassa Fever: “Hold Buhari Responsible For Abia Doctor’s Death” – PDP Tells Nigerians

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has asked Nigerians to hold President Muhammadu Buhari-led Fede…

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Nigeria Loses N300b Annually to Prevention, Treatment of Malaria

‎Nigeria loses an estimated N300 billion annually to treatment and prevention, including loss …

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‘Brain Drain, Funding Greatest Threats to Health Sector’

The Chief Medical Director of the Ekiti State University Teaching Hospital, Ado Ekiti, Dr Kolawole…

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US Firm Introduces Smart-currency to Boost Healthcare System in Nigeria

As part of its effort to make healthcare system more affordable and accessible, a United States Fi…

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FG Earmarks 8 Teaching Hospitals for Support Facilities

Federal government has earmarked eight university teaching hospitals in the country for significan…

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Pharmanews Team Visits Therapeutic Laboratories Boss

…Presents a congratulatory plaque on his 90th birthday   As a way of advancing the…

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AHAPN Charges Management of UDUTH, Others on Efficient Service Delivery

Sequel to their tour of three northern states tertiary hospitals, the National Executive Committee…

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Global Strategy On Human Resources For Health: Workforce 2030

Introduction In May 2014, the Sixty-seventh World Health Assembly adopted resolution WHA67.24 on…

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Scientists Use Stem Cells To Grow A BEATING Human Heart Muscle For The First Time Ever

Scientists have grown the first human heart muscle that functions just like an adult's would. …

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Gov’t Urged To Give Allowances For Trainees In Midwifery, Pediatric Nursing

Ghana : The Alliance for Reproductive Health Rights (ARHR), an NGO, has urged government to provid…

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