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OCTOBER 2023: Medicalworld Trains Over 70 Medical Professionals in AHA BLS, ACLS, PALS and Firstaid

In a significant milestone for the healthcare community, Medicalworld Nigeria, a leading medical tra…

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How Iwosan Lagoon Hospitals Is Putting The Patient At The Heart Of Healthcare Delivery

Throughout the years, the healthcare industry has undergone profound transformations, evolving from …

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Nigeria Attains HIV Closing-gap Status as Patients Surrender for Treatment

Health expert, Dr. Jay Osi Samuels, said Nigeria has achieved appreciable improvement in Human Immun…

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Lassa Fever Kills 188 in 28 States

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention has recorded 1,095 Lassa fever cases and 188 d…

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Adamawa Community Health Workers Seek Improved Funding for Drugs, Facilities

Among the constraints faced by the vulnerable citizens of Adamawa State, including the Internally Di…

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Academy Of Medicine Proffers Ways To Tackle Inter-Professional Rivalry In Health Sector

The Nigerian Academy of Medicine (NAMed) has called on all stakeholders, particularly government age…

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Only 1,300 Doctors Attend to Kano’s 20m Population, NMA Laments

The Nigerian Medical Association, Kano State Chapter, has expressed serious concern over the mass ex…

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Lagos NMA Demands Better Deal for Medical Personnel

Lagos State chapter of the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) has deplored government’s poor disposi…

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Ranks of Health Personnel Rise as UNILAG Inducts 141 into Pharmacy Profession

The ranks of health personnel in Nigeria has risen with the induction of 141 graduating students of …

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Doctors, Pharmacists to Earn N200k-N400k Monthly in New Guidelines for Healthcare Workers

The need for a robust healthcare sector in Nigeria has been highlighted not only by the global COVID…

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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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