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Nigerian NGO Wins 2017 Mental Health Award

Mentally Aware Nigeria Initiative (MANI), a non-governmental organisation, has won the 2017 Nelson…

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Antibiotics, Meningitis, Others Lead to Hearing Loss, Says Audiologist

Hearing loss has been linked to several factors such as meningitis, measles, jaundice, antibiotics…

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Indebtedness: Hospitals as Detention Camps

The National Health Act, the doctor’s Hippocratic Oath, the nation’s constitutional pr…

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Enugu is Polio-Free – WHO

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has declared Enugu State ‎polio-free.Tthis was made known …

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First Cardiology Tackles Cardiac Arrest with Cutting Edge Technology

Statistics is still very hazy about the number mortality per annum arising from heart attacks or h…

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Duke Tasks FG to Strengthen Capacity to Tackle Breast Cancer

The Chairman, Child Survival and Development Organisation of Nigeria (CSDON), Onari Duke, has call…

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1.3m Die of Lung Cancer Every Year Globally, Says Expert

A medical expert with Haematology Department, University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital (UITH), Dr. M…

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Indian Surgeons Remove 263 Coins, 100 Nails From Mans Stomach

A man who went to the doctor in India complaining of abdominal pain was found to have nearly 12 po…

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Healthcare Quality, Facilities Have Increased By 72%, Says Adewole

The Minister of Health, Prof. Isaac Adewole, has announced that Nigeria’s quality of healthc…

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PSN: Lack of Medicine, Vaccines now Security Risks to Nigeria

The Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria (PSN) has stated that the unavailability of medicines and va…

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NHIS: Doctors Call for Inclusion of ENT Treatment in Scheme

The Pan- African Federation of Oto-rhino-laryngological Societies (PAFOS), specialists in the trea…

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Why scan-Reading Artificial Intelligence is Bad News for Radiologists

The better artificial intelligence gets, the greater the popular concern that smart machines will …

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Nurses Appeal To Oyo State Government Over Plight of LAUTECH Hospital Staff

Nurses in Oyo state have appealed to the state government to see to the plight of health workers a…

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National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (Nice): Dont Clean Your Ears With Cotton Buds

Cotton buds should not be used to clean ears, health officials say. Inserting a bud could damage t…

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How Irregularities Marred our Medical Exams – Foreign-Trained Doctors

Some Nigerian foreign-trained doctors yesterday narrated how irregularities marred their recently …

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W.H.O: Europes HIV Epidemic Is Growing At An Alarming Pace As Infections Reach Their Highest Level

Europe's HIV epidemic is growing at an 'alarming pace' as infections reached their hig…

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1 in 10 Drugs in Africa Fake, Says WHO Report

An estimated one in 10 medical products circulating in low- and middle-income countries is either …

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Again, FG Arraigns Three Fake Patent Medicine Dealers in Kaduna

The Federal Government of Nigeria has dragged three male suspects; Afam Ofor, 26 years, Peter Gabr…

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Nationwide Inuaguration of LGA Health Coordination Units

The Nigeria Supply Chain Integration Project (NSCIP) of the National Products Supply Chain Managem…

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FG Inaugurates Stock Visibility Solution Committee

The Federal Ministry of Health has inaugurated the Technical Committee on the Implementation of St…

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