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UBTH Graduates Nigeria’s First Elder Care Aides

The University of Benin Teaching Hospital (UBTH) has graduated Nigeria’s first set of Elder Care Aid…

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NMA Taraba Sets Up Committee to Check Quackery

The Nigerian Medical Association in Taraba State said on Friday it has set up a special committee to…

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HPV: Jigawa Vaccinates 650,000 Girls

The Jigawa Government says 65,000 girls have been vaccinated against the Human Papilloma Virus (HPV)…

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Bayelsa Health Workers May Begin Strike Tuesday

Barring any intervention by the Bayelsa State Governor, Douye Diri, health workers in the state will…

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NMA Backs IG’s Directive on Treating Gunshot Victims

The Nigerian Medical Association said it would adhere to the directive of the acting Inspector Gener…

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Proliferation of Substandard Medicines Worries NAFDAC

Director-General of National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), Prof. Moj…

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Academy of Medicine Tasks Govt on Brain Drain, Opens Entries for Media Award

Nigerian Academy of Medicine (NAMed) has lamented continued brain drain in the health sector, saying…

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PCN Inducts 116 OAU Graduates

Pharmacy Council of Nigeria (PCN) has inducted 116 Pharmacy graduates of Obafemi Awolowo University …

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Pharmacists task FG on reconstitution, funding of PCN, medicine security

PSN identifies many problems of local drug manufacturing, proffers solutionsAhead of its 96th yearly…

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Rotary Facilitates Free Polio Vaccines for 5,000 Infants in Imo

About 5,000 infants and children in Imo State have received free vaccines against poliomyelitis cour…

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NMA Deplores Licensing of Unqualified Foreign Medical Graduates

Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) has deplored attempts to interfere with regulation and standards …

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FG Begins Routine Cervical Cancer Immunisation for Girls

The Federal Government, on Tuesday, introduced the Human Papillomavirus vaccine into the routine imm…

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NMA Calls for Investigation of Quality of Medical Education Offered in Ukraine

The Nigeria Medical Association, NMA, has called for the investigation of the quality of medical edu…

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Nigeria Struggles to Contain Worst Diphtheria Outbreak

Three nurses care for a 10-year-old girl at a clinic treating dozens of patients in Kano, northern N…

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NMA Warns Against Degrading Doctors, Set to Improve Health Sector

Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) has warned against what it tagged “running down of doctors” witho…

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Ondo Doctors Decry N5,000 Hazard Allowance, Threaten Strike

The Ondo State chapter of the Nigerian Medical Association has threatened to embark on an industrial…

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Foundation Holds Cancer Awareness Walk

The Founder, Atinuke Cancer Foundation, Atinuke Lawal, has called on the government and individuals …

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Ex-UPTH MD Warns Against Inaccurate Laboratory Results

A former Chief Medical Director of the University of Port Harcourt Teaching Hospital, Prof. Aaron Oj…

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Bauchi NMA Reveals How Fake Doctor was Exposed, Arrested

The Bauchi State chapter of the Nigeria Medical Association has disclosed that a fake doctor arreste…

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Don’t Use Breast Milk for Eye Treatment, Ophthalmologist Warns

The Head of Ophthalmology Department, State Specialist Hospital, Asubiaro, Osogbo, Osun State, Dr Bo…

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