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Anambra Govt Intensifies Fight Against Quack Doctors

Anambra State government has commenced training for its task force team to monitor hospitals to curb…

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WHO Alerts to Rise in Malaria Burden Due to Extreme Weather Changes

Climate change and its impacts, particularly extreme weather and heatwaves, pose a “substantial risk…

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World AIDS Day: Kano Reports 4,728 HIV Cases

The Kano State government has said that of the 138,430 persons tested for HIV, 4,728 have been posit…

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Practitioners Seek Board for Traditional Medicine

The Association of Integrative Medicine Practitioners of Nigeria has called on the Federal Governmen…

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Doctor Loses US Citizenship 61 Years After Living in America

Siavash Sobhani, a long-time resident of North Virginia and a respected doctor, has recently been st…

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Over 98,000 HIV/AIDS Patients in Anambra – Commissioner

The Anambra State Aids Control Agency and the state Ministry of Health have disclosed that no fewer …

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Why Nile Varsity Increased Medical Student Admission — VC

The Vice-Chancellor, Nile University, Dili Dogo, has said that the university’s decision to admit mo…

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Medical Stakeholders Meet to Implement WHO’s 2030 Rehabilitation Agenda

The Medical Rehabilitation Therapists Board of Nigeria met in the Federal Capital Territory on Wedne…

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Federal Hospital CEOs Diverting Drug Funds, PSN Alleges

The Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria has called on the Federal Government to probe alleged corrupt …

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433 Foreign-Trained Doctors Fail MDCN Qualifying Exam

No fewer than 433 out of the 836 foreign-trained medical graduates who sat the qualifying examinatio…

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World AIDS Day: Nigeria Progressing Towards Ending AIDS as Public Health Problem-NACA Boss

The Director General, National Agency for the Control of AIDS (NACA), Dr Gambo Aliyu, has said that …

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NPHCDA Expresses Concern Over Low Uptake of Cervical Cancer Vaccine in Lagos, Other Southern States

The National Primary Healthcare Development Agency (NPHCDA), has expressed concern over the low upta…

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PSN Charges FG on Local Production of APIs

Following closure of a British pharmaceutical giant, GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) and others in the country…

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HIV: AHF Trains Women of Childbearing Age to Eliminate Transmission to Children

AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF), an NGO has trained HIV women of childbearing age called mentor mot…

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How Lack of Basic Care Claims Lives of Colorectal Cancer Patients in SSA

Most people with colorectal cancer in sub-Saharan Africa receive no treatment or only inadequate tre…

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Graphic Health Warnings to Save 11,744 Tobacco Users Yearly

Nigeria Tobacco Control Alliance (NTCA), yesterday, stated that the implementation of graphic health…

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PSN Charges FG on Local Production of APIs

Following closure of a British pharmaceutical giant, GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) and others in the country…

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Health Workers Must Treat Accident, Gunshots Patients Without Recourse’, FCCPC Tells Doctors

The Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC), has reminded healthcare givers t…

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Nigeria Misses Out as Anti-Malaria Vaccine Shipment Heads to African Nations

There is no mention of Nigeria (which has the highest burden of malaria in the world) as shipment of…

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Abia Cancels Nursing School Examination, Probes Misconduct Allegation

The Abia State Government has ordered the cancellation of the recently concluded Preliminary Test Se…

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