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WHO Urges Nigeria, Others to Prioritize Mental Health

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has called on Nigeria and other countries to prioritize mental…

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‘FCT Meningitis Deaths Yet to be Confirmed ’

The Executive Secretary of Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Primary Healthcare Development Board, D…

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Meningitis: Reps Invite Health Minister

The House of Representatives on Thursday resolved the investigate Federal Government’s handl…

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‘Medical Team Incomplete Without Occupational Therapists’

The Medical Director of Federal Neuro-Psychiatric Hospital (FNPH), Yaba, Dr Richard Adebayo, has c…

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Suicide: LUTH Launches Hotlines, Support Group

The Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH) has initiated two help programmes to contain the ris…

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Medical Experts Canvass Healthcare Revolution

Medical experts have urged  public and private sector institutions to work together for a par…

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Health Workers Charging N500 for Meningitis Vaccine – FCT Residents

Residents of Kubwa, a satellite town in Abuja, have alleged that they were being charged N500 by v…

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Customs Seize Imported Fake Drugs

The Nigerian Customs Service (NCS) says it will continue to intensify its ongoing crackdown on smu…

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Pharmacists Blame FG on Panic Measures Over Meningitis Epidemic Control, Proffer Solutions

• Want govt to permit community pharmacists to conduct routine immunisation against all kille…

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Lagoon Hospital Inaugurates Joint Pain School

As part of activities to raise awareness on Joint pain, the Lagoon Hospital has established Joint …

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Kizito Clinic Installs TB Detecting Machine to Eradicate Disease

Determined to eradicate tuberculosis from the country, Kizito Clinic Lekki, Lagos with support fro…

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‘How High Cost of Drugs Affects Quality of Health Services’

A pharmacist at the University of Lagos has alerted to how the high cost of drugs is negatively af…

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Doctor’s Forum Proffers Solutions to Medical Tourism

Medical practitioners under the aegis of Doctor’s Forum have berated the rise in medical tou…

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Ilorin General Hospital Commences Renal Dialysis for kidney Failure Patients

The General Hospital, Ilorin, has commenced the first renal dialysis for patient suffering from ki…

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Wesley Guild Hospital Upgrades to Federal Medical Centre

The Minister of Health, Professor Isaac Adewole has intimated the people of Ijesa that Wesley Guil…

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Meningitis: FG Imports Vaccines from UK, India

The Federal Government on Wednesday, announced that N2.8million doses of vaccines will soon be del…

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WHO Releases New Guidance on Malaria Elimination

For the first time in 10 years, WHO has published new policy guidance on malaria elimination. It p…

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Public Advisory on CSM by Federal Ministry of Health

Nigeria is currently experiencing an outbreak of Cerebrospinal Meningitis (CSM) that has spread ac…

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International Council of Nurses Partners with World Continuing Education Alliance to Improve Nurses’ Access to Education

The International Council of Nurses (ICN) and the World Continuing Education Alliance (WCEA) today…

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Meningitis Outbreak: 1 Dead, 23 Hospitalised in C/River

Dr Inyang Asibong, the State Commissioner for Health, who visited the hospital  on Wednesday,…

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