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#JOHESUStrike2018: LUTH Hosts JOHESU Members On Mobilization And Sensitization Rally

Following the start of sensitization and mobilization of the South West JOHESU members with member…

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#BottledWater: WHO Launches Plastic Health Review

The World Health Organization is to launch a review into the potential risks of plastic in drinkin…

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RESEARCH: Plastic Particles Found In Bottled Water

Research led by journalism organisation Orb Media discovered an average of 10 plastic particles pe…

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UITH Workers Protest Over Poor Working Conditions in Kwara

Workers of University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital (UITH), Kwara State under the aegis of Joint Hea…

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Dirty Environment Responsible for Lassa Fever Spread, Says Adewole

* Gov Ganduje allocates 30% of Kano budget to rehabilitation of health facilities   The M…

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Measles: Lagos Takes Step Towards Elimination

Children are dying needlessly from vaccine preventable diseases namely measles, tuberculosis, diph…

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Endometriosis: Nordica Walks to Raise Awareness

As part of efforts to raise more informed interest on Endometriosis, Nordica Fertility Centre, ove…

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FG Partners Ondo To Establish Infectious Disease Diagnostic Centre

The National Coordinator of the Centre for Disease Control, Dr Chikwe Ihekweazu, has revealed plan…

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Only 3 States have Domesticated VAPP Act — Adewole

Minister of Health, Professor Isaac Adewole, on Tuesday said only three states in Nigeria have dom…

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UNICEF: Nigeria Ranked Number One with Highest Unimmunised Children

UNICEF has raised an alarm about the threat that measles pose in Nigeria after the country was ran…

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Osun SDG Build 61 Primary Healthcare Centres

Osun State Government on Wednesday said it has built 61 Primary Health Centres in partnership with…

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Why 3.1m People Can’t Access Care in NorthEast

About 3.11 million people cannot access health facilities in the Northeast, after eight years of B…

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Nurses, Midwives Lose Suit Against Lagos

A Lagos State High Court in Ikeja has dismissed a suit seeking a declaration that nurses and midwi…

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Oyo Hospitals Shut for Training Auxiliary Nurses

The Oyo State Government on Wednesday said it had closed eight health facilities in the state foun…

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ACPN Urge FG to Close Down Open Drug Markets

The Association of Community Pharmacists of Nigeria has called on the government to close down all…

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Doctors’ Strike: ‘We Will Adopt Holistic Approach to Health Sector Reforms’

…appeals to doctors to go back to work   Worried by the recurring strike actions b…

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Using Breast Milk, Urine to Treat Babies’Eye Could Result in Blindness, Ophthalmologist Warns

Registrar of the Department of Ophthalmology, University College Hospital, Ibadan, Dr. Adegbola Ad…

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Seven Jailed For Selling Fake Medicine In Benin

A court in Benin has jailed seven senior staff of pharmaceutical companies on charges of selling i…

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Namibia Records First Case Of Listeriosis

A 41-year-old man is fighting for his life in a Namibian hospital after becoming the country's…

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Namibia Records First Case Of Listeriosis

A 41-year-old man is fighting for his life in a Namibian hospital after becoming the country's…

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