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80% Of Health Problems Can Be Solved At PHCs

The Minister of Health, Professor Isaac Adewole has said that 80% of health problems in Nigeria co…

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Young Pharmacists Group Launches An Innovative And Interactive Website

In line with the fulfillment of campaign promises, the Pharm. Ekomobong Hanson led PSN-YPG has lau…

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Uganda Marburg Virus Outbreak Is Contained – WHO

Uganda has contained an outbreak of the Ebola-like Marburg virus weeks after it emerged, the World…

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FG Tasks Nursing Council on Male Nurses’ Enrollment

The Federal Ministry of health has tasked the Nursing Council of Nigeria on the need to upscale th…

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MWAN Screens 6,000 Women for Cervical Cancer

In their efforts to prevent cancer, Medical Women Association of Nigeria (MWAN), Lagos State Branc…

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Eating Frozen Food is Embalming Self Before Death – Lokpobiri

The Minister of State for Agriculture and Rural Development, Senator Heineken Lokpobiri has said t…

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Remove Tariffs on Anti-Diabetes Drugs, Others, Fed Govt Urged

The Federal Government has been urged to remove tariffs on imported anti-diabetes drugs and device…

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Patronise Govt Health Care Facilities

Wife of the governor of Lagos State, Mrs. Bolanle Ambode, has called on expectant mothers to patro…

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11 Persons Hospitalized as Cholera Hits Anambra

Eleven persons have been hospitalised in Anambra following an outbreak of cholera in Inoma communi…

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Emir Of Kano Appeals For President Buhari Support To Fight Drug Abuse In The North

Emir of Kano, Muhammad Sanusi II, has appealed to President Muhammadu Buhari to assist northern st…

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Nigerian Doctor Toluwalase Awoyemi Emerges Winner of the 2018 Rhodes Scholarship

* A 24-year-old Nigerian doctor, Toluwalase Awoyemi has emerged the winner of the 2018 Rhodes Scho…

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PSN President Visits DG NAFDAC, Prof Mojisola, Speaks On The Need To Effective Delivery Of Service

The President of Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria (PSN), Pharm. Ahmed I. Yakasa, on Wednesday, 6t…

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Common BP Drug Raises Skin Cancer Risk

A new study, led by Danish-based researchers, shows that one of the most popular drugs used worldw…

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FRC Wants Increased Funding, Expansion of Calabar Federal Neuro-Psychiatric Hospital

The Fiscal Responsibility Commission (FRC) wants increased funding and expansion of the 104 years …

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Foundation Partners GE Healthcare to Train Nigerian Nurses

General Electric (GE) in partnership with the Gamaliel and Susan Onosode Foundation (GAMSU) has an…

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EU, UNICEF Celebrate Hand Washing Day in Bayelsa

The European Union/United Nation Children Fund (EU/UNICEF) Niger Delta Support programme (NDSP) in…

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Buhari Orders Corps Members Enrolled in NHIS

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved enrolment of members of the National Youth Service Corps, …

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South African Health Minister On The Listeriosis Outbreak In The Country

PRESS RELEASE: Media statement by the Minister of Health Dr Aaron Motsoaledi on the outbreak of a …

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Dementia: Number of People Affected to Triple in Next 30 Years

As the global population ages, the number of people living with dementia is expected to triple fro…

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FG to Rehabilitate 70 Hospitals

The Federal Government has earmarked seventy hospitals across the country for a special health int…

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