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Lassa Fever: Nigeria Records 16 Deaths in Less Than One Month

Since the beginning of 2018, Nigeria has recorded 16 deaths from 61 confirmed cases of Lassa fever…

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FG/WHO Begins Yellow Fever Vaccination in Three States

The federal government on Thursday began a mass vaccination campaign to prevent the spread of yell…

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UNICEF Sensitises Stakeholders To Measles Vaccination

The United Nations Children Education Fund (UNICEF) on Thursday urged parents to always bring out …

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Enugu Govt Sensitises Residents On Dangers Of Lassa Fever

The Enugu State Ministry of Health says it has begun intensive sensitisation of residents on the d…

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UCH Launches Ambulances for Elderly on Wheelchair

To further boost care of the elderly in Nigeria, the University College Hospital (UCH), Ibadan com…

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No Case of Lassa Fever in Asokoro Hospital – Official

The management of Asokoro District Hospital, Abuja, has dismissed speculations of a reported case …

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Bill Gates to Pay Nigeria’s $76m Polio Debt

World’s richest man American Bill Gates and his wife Melinda are to pay off a $76million deb…

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Reps Move to Stop Medical Tourism for Public Servants

DISTURBED by the terrible state of Nigeria’s health care system due to government neglect an…

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UNIUYO Teaching Hospital Runs on 10 Generators —Acting CMD

UYO—Services at the University of Uyo Teaching Hospital are being powered by 10 generating s…

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Osun Takes Delivery of N200m Worth of Medical Facilities

• As commissioner allays fear over Lassa fever   Medical facilities worth about N200…

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Doctors Offer Free Eye Surgeries To Mark Amosun’s 60th Birthday

Members of the National Association  of Government, General Medical and Dental Practitioners …

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FG Releases N360m For Purchase Of Contraceptives

…. Okays N10.5bn Rehabilitation Of Hadejia-Nguru Road    To check population …

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One to 4,000 Doctor Population Ratio Unacceptable, MDCAN Tells FG

The Medical and Dental Consultants Association of Nigeria (MDCAN) has said that the one doctor to …

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Onanuga: We Will Deliver 75 World Class PHCs to Lagosians by May

In August last year, the governor signed the release of about N1b for renovation of 20 PHCs in the…

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Lassa Fever: Irrua Isolation Centre Full, Over 25 Cases Under Treatment

…Source says cases from Ebonyi were treated in ISTH, not Abakaliki   The Lassa Fev…

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Lagos Awards Contract for Toxicology Section

The Lagos State Government says it has awarded the contract for the expansion of the operations of…

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First Private Medical University in Nigeria Begins Admission of Students

The first private medical university in Nigeria, PAMO University of Medical Sciences (PUMS), Port …

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Okorocha Warns Against Handshaking as Lassa Fever Kills 3 in Imo

GOVERNOR of Imo State, Rochas Okorocha has warned residents against handshaking, following the out…

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Trump Travel Ban: Doctor Faces Deportation After 40 Years in America

A respected doctor who has been in the United States for nearly 40 years has been picked up by Ame…

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Lassa Fever: NMA Canvasses Yearly Enlightenment to Stem Scourge

The South East caucus of the Nigeria Medical Association ( NMA) has called on State Governments in…

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