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Lassa Fever Deaths Hit 119 with 376 Confirmed, 1,495 Suspected Cases

Latest update on Lassa fever outbreak in the country showed that the disease has in one week kille…

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Gunmen kill Medicine Vendor

There was pandemonium around Abeokuta Street in the heart of Kaduna city yesterday as unknown gunm…

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Chlamydia Doubles Ovarian Cancer Risk

Chlamydia could double a woman’s risk of developing ovarian cancer, a major report has found…

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FG Opens Community Health Centre at Kaduna TB, Leprosy Hospital

The Minister of State for Health, Dr. Osagie Ehanire, has commissioned Community Health Care Centr…

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Robbers Rape, Bath UNIMAID Nursing Student with Chemicals

A final year student of the Department of Nursing, College of Medicine, University of Maiduguri, F…

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Gombe State Govt. Earmarks N20m for Family Planning kits

Gombe State Government has earmarked N20 million to procure child-spacing kits in the state. Gov. …

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Uganda Investigates Suspected Fake Vaccines

Two companies in Uganda are being investigated over the supply of suspected fake Hepatitis B vacci…

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‘Lassa Fever Still Common Because Rural Dwellers Believe Rats are Nutritional’

In an effort to prevent further outbreak of Lassa fever, Ebonyi Government is to begin intensive c…

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WHO Calls On European Clinicians To Remain Vigilant About TB

Health professionals must remain vigilant about tuberculosis, even in low-incidence settings, the …

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Meet Liberian Nurse Elizabeth Sele Mulbah Who Is Fighting For Peace

In a nation once wracked by civil war, Liberian Rotarian Elizabeth Sele Mulbah has spent much of h…

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Dubai Nurse Loses Salary, Savings To Fraudsters

She got a call that she had wọn a lottery to confirm her account for payment   "I …

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My Emergence as Lagos ACPN Chairman, an Act of God – Obideyi

Pharm. Olabanji Benedict Obideyi is the new chairman of Association of Community Pharmacists of Ni…

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Yakasai, Agbaje, Anukwu Forecast Pharma Business Growth in 2018

* As NAIP holds first bi-monthly meeting   Despite the myriads of challenges facing it, t…

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Unilever, Dental Association Hold Health Walk

unilever Nigeria Plc, producer of top toothpaste brand, Pepsodent, has partnered the Nigeria Denta…

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Mnch Procures N310m Free Drugs For Jigawa

Maternal and New Born Child Health programme has procured and supplied drugs and other consumable …

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US Flags-Off Insecticide Treated Bed Nets Worth $4.5M In Nasarawa

The United States  Government through the President’s Malaria Initiative (PMI) jointly …

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Smokers at Greater Risk of Hearing Loss

Smoking is associated with increased risk of hearing loss, according to a study of over 50,000 par…

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Why Disease-Bearing Insects, Viral Infections are Increasing

* Climate change promotes spread of mosquito, tick-borne viruses, yellow fever in Africa  &…

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Kenyan Nurses Dispute Report That Exonerates Doctors In Brain Surgery Mix-up

The National Nurses Association of Kenya (NNAK) on Sunday disputed the preliminary report from the…

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Eight Dead As Meningitis Hits Katsina Again

No fewer than eight persons were reportedly killed by a fresh outbreak of meningitis in Bugaje war…

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