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CRH Seeks Drug Abuse Awareness in Schools

Centre for the Right to Health, CRH has urged the Federal Government to institutionalise drug educ…

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Doctors Worry Over Incessant Kidnapping of Colleagues in Rivers

Medical doctors under the aegis of the Association of General and Private Medical Practitioners of…

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Only One in 48 Applicants Get Admission to Study Medicine

Only one in 48 applicants will get admission to study medicine in Nigerian universities in this ye…

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Herdsmen kidnap NHIS Auditor, Police Arrest 17

Gunmen suspected to be herdsmen on Saturday abducted the External Auditor of the National Health I…

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14 Persons Killed In Suleja flood

Fourteen people are believed to have been killed after a downpour resulted into flooding in Suleja…

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Lassa Fever kills Pupil in Jos

One pupil of the Federal Government College, Langtang, Plateau State, has died of Lassa fever. Two…

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WHO Says Gonorrhoea is Becoming Untreatable

The World Health Organisation has warned that doctors have run out of effective antibiotics to tre…

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Another Nurse Assaulted At Kola Daisi Foundation Center

Reports state that another nurse has been assaulted by a doctor at Kola Daisi Foundation Center&nb…

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Pharmaceutical Society Of Nigeria Advocates For “Practical Pharmacy” In Nigeria

President of the Pharmaceutical Association of Nigeria Pharmacy, Ahamed Yakassai, has said that th…

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Kenyan Pharmacists Decry High Rate of Unregulated Medicines

The umbrella of pharmacists in Kenya on Thursday decried the high incidences of unregulated medici…

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Government to Close all Open Drug Markets in July – Minister

The Honourable Minister of Health, Isaac Folorunso Adewole, a Professor of Obstetrics and Gynaecol…

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Georgia’s Health Commissioner Named to Lead C.D.C.

The Trump administration on Friday named Dr. Brenda Fitzgerald, the public health commissioner of …

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FDA Approves New Treatment For Sickle Cell Disease

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved Endari (L-glutamine oral powder) for patients…

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FG. Convenes A National Summit On Primary Health Care In August 2017

The Federal Government is convening a national submit on Primary Health Care (PHC) in Nigeria in A…

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Remarks by Acting President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo at 37th Council Meeting of West African Council of Nursing

It gives me great pleasure to be part of this august gathering of nurses and midwives from the Wes…

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Government to close all open drug markets in July – Minister

The Honourable Minister of Health, Isaac Folorunso Adewole, a Professor of Obstetrics and Gyn…

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Lekki Flood: Government Gives Palliative Guides

Lagos State Government on Sunday urged residents to remain calm and vigilant in the wake of the to…

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Sickle Cell Centre Underway In Delta

A Sickle Cell Centre will soon be established in Delta State if activities at the state House of A…

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#Lassafever: One Dead, Two Under Watch After Outbreak At Federal Government College, Plateau

One student has been killed, while two others are currently in hospital, following an outbreak of …

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WHO: Antibiotic-Resistant Gonorrhoea On The Rise, New Drugs Needed

Data from 77 countries show that antibiotic resistance is making gonorrhoea – a common sexua…

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