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Monkey Pox: Senate Tasks FG to Take Proactive Measures

The Senate on Tuesday, urged the Federal Government to be pro-active in containing and preventing …

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Monkey Pox: Osun State Sets Up Three Quarantine Centres

Following the outbreak of monkey pox in more states, the Osun State Government has set up three qu…

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No Monkey Pox in Enugu — Health Commissioner

Enugu State Commissioner for Health, Dr. Fintan Ekochin, has dismissed rumour making the rounds th…

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Ekiti Resident Doctors Begin Three-Day Warning Strike

The Association of Resident Doctors in Ekiti State on Tuesday embarked on a three-day warning stri…

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Drug Abuse: 3m Bottles of Codeine Consumed Daily in North— Senate

The Senate, yesterday, raised the alarm that the 19 Northern states of the federation were under s…

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WHO to establish high-level commission on noncommunicable diseases

Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO), announced …

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Tenfold increase in childhood and adolescent obesity in four decades: new study by Imperial College London and WHO

The number of obese children and adolescents (aged five to 19 years) worldwide has risen tenfold i…

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UPDATED: NPMCN Pass List of the September 2017 Primary and Part 1 Screening Fellowship Examinations

The National Postgraduate Medical College of Nigeria has released the Pass List of the September 2…

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Cholera killed 184 Persons in Eight States – NCDC

The Nigerian Centre for Disease Control says no fewer than 184 persons died from an outbreak of ch…

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Open Drug Market to be Shut Permanently by December 2018 – FG

All the open drug markets in the country are to be shut down latest by December 31, 2018, as part …

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Edo NMA Chides JOHESU on Strikes

The Edo State chapter of the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) has chided the leadership of the J…

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Africa Sets To Get ‘Vaginal Ring’ That Prevents HIV/AIDS Transmission During Sex

Africa will soon receive a new vaginal ring that will help to prevent transmission of HIV/AIDS in …

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Enugu State Ministry of Health Issues Warning to General Public Over Monkey Pox

The Enugu State Ministry of Health has urged residents of the state to be wary of touching or comi…

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More Nurses Are Earning Bachelor’s Degrees, But Likely Will Not Reach 2020 Goal

The proportion of front-line nurses with bachelor’s degrees in U.S. hospitals increased from…

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NHIS Pays Panel N19m Over Probe of Suspended Boss

The ministerial investigative committee set up to probe the executive secretary of the National He…

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Two Suspected Cases Of Monkeypox Recorded In Lagos – Commissioner

Dr Idris told journalists at a news conference on Monday that it has become necessary to sensitise…

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FG Adopts Multisectorial Approach to Block Revenue Leakages

The Federal Ministry of Health in collaboration with the Federal Ministry of Finance and support f…

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World Mental Health Day 2017: How Mentally Supportive is Your Workplace?

The need to make workplaces mentally friendly has arisen again, as the global community commemorat…

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‘How We Give Birth in Wheelbarrows’

Madamai is a village in Kauru Local Government Area of Kaduna State. The community, located on a r…

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#MonkeyPox Spreads to 6 States

A disease suspected to be monkeypox has been reported in six more states, after the first case of …

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