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Nurse, Others Arrested for Allegedly Stealing Four-Month-Old Boy

A 43-year-old senior nurse with Federal Medical Centre, Katsina is among four suspects now in Kats…

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Why There Should be Increased Adoption, Funding for Family Planning

Stakeholders representing the various strata of the society have called for improved efforts towar…

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Expert Warns Against Abuse of Antibiotics

Former Vice-Chancellor, Ambrose Ali University, Ekpoma, Prof. Dennis Agbonlahor has warned patient…

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FCT Board Flags-off 2017 African Vaccination Week

The Federal Capital Territory Primary Health Care Development Board yesterday flagged-off the 2017…

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Lagos Seals 126 Illegal Pharmacies, 34 Hospitals

The Lagos State government said it has raided and sealed 126 illegal pharmaceutical outlets over u…

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Medical Officer Warns FUT Minna Students Against Self-Medication

Dr. Uthman Taofeek, Director, University Health Services, at the Federal University of Technology,…

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‘How Low Drug Production Impedes Epidemic Control’

• Stakeholders seek good policies to halt trend • Survey blames inadequate financing, …

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Stop Giving Codeine and Tramadol to Children – FDA Warns

The Food and Drug Administration says medications containing codeine or tramadol should not be giv…

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Healthcare is Endangered in LUTH, Says JAF

The Joint Action Front (JAF), has demanded the immediate restructuring of healthcare services at t…

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Nurse Replaces Surgeon General After Obama Appointee Resigns

Surgeon General Vivek H. Murthy, an Obama administration holdover, was asked to resign by the Trum…

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Nigerian Health Worker Scoops Prestigious International Award

Agnes Ochai, from Enugu, Nigeria has been unveiled as the winner of the first ever Women in F…

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Meningitis: Be prepared for emergencies, FG tells medical directors

The Federal Government has directed chief executives of its tertiary hospitals to prepare and be p…

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Gov’t Vows to Flush out Fake Alternative Medicine Practitioner

The Anambra State Government has said that measures have been taken to flush out quacks among alte…

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Medical Directors Partner Media Trust on Hepatitis

The Guild of Medical Directors a body of medical doctors who own and run private hospitals and cli…

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Hospital Detains QUADRUPLETS over N300,000 Bill

Suspense and anxiety enveloped residents of a neighbourhood around Bauchi Road Jos, Plateau State,…

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NACA: Assessing the HIV/AIDS Ownership and Sustainability Drive of FGN

The launch of Presidential Comprehensive Response Plan in Nigeria in July 2013 clearly stat…

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New Hepatitis Data Highlight Need for Urgent Global Response

New WHO data reveal that an estimated 325 million people worldwide are living with chronic hepatit…

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Federal Ministry of Health Requests Details of Outstanding Liabilities And Relativity Allowance

In a memo tittle: REQUEST FOR SUBMISSIONS OF UPDATED DETAILS BREAKDOWN OF OUTSTANDING LIABILITIES …

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LASUTH Assistant Director of Nursing Launches Two Books

The Assistant Director of Nursing Services, Lagos State University Teaching Hospital, (LASUTH), Mr…

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Bello Orders Opening of Karu General Hospital

FCT Minister, Malam Muhammad Musa Bello, FCTA permanent Secretary, Dr Babatope Ajakaiye and the Se…

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