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Drug Counterfeiting is Another form of Corruption – Health Minister

The Minister of Health, Prof. Isaac Adewole, has described counterfeiting of drugs as another form…

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Nigerian Doctors Release Statement on Buhari's Health

The Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) has demanded that President Buhari address the nation on hi…

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Ondo State Nurses To Shut down Hospitals, Begin Indefinite Strike

Nurses in Ondo State south west Nigeria  are to embark on an indefinite strike from 12 midnig…

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Nigeria Society of Physiotherapy Call for Articles

Sequel to the NSP Presidents announcement of the News Magazine "Physio Health Issues" an…

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UPDATE: FTH Gombe Junior Nurses Rejoin NANNM

The junior Nurses (NOI/II) who recently withdrew from NANNM have returned to the association after…

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Crisis Rocks Edo Sickle Cell Centre Over Alleged Administration Of Opioids Drugs On Patients

The Edo State Sickle Cell Board Chairman, Prof. (Mrs.) Caroline Edijana Omoti has called on the Ed…

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‘Why Enugu Orthopaedic Hospital Recommends Amputations’

Contrary to the allegation that most patients taken to the National Orthopaedic Hospital, Enugu (N…

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240,000 Nigerian Children Die Yearly from Diarrhoea – USAID

The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has said that at least 240,000 Nige…

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Nasarawa Assembly Increases Health Budget for Children, Women

The Nasarawa State House of Assembly has increased the state’s 2017 health budget to tackle …

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Staff of ABU’s New Medical Centre Embark on Strike

Workers of the newly commissioned Ahmadu Bello University’s (ABU) Medical Centre, including …

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NMA, Resident Doctors Demand True State Of Buhari’s Health

…say non-disclosure creates confusion, distrust   Against the background of Presid…

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‘Many Cancer Patients Cannot Access Radiotherapy in Nigeria’

Consultant radiation oncologist and Executive Director of Sebeccly Cancer Care Centre, Yaba, Dr. O…

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Female Genital Mutilation Highest in Osun, Ebonyi – UNICEF

The United Nations Children Fund, on Monday, listed five states in the country where female genita…

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National Association of Government General Medical and Dental Practitioners Resume Suspended Strike

The Ondo state chapter of the National Association of Government General Medical and Dental Practi…

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NHIS Boss Solicits the Support of the SGF

The Executive Secretary of the National Health insurance scheme (NHIS) Prof.Usman Yusuf has solici…

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6 February 2017: International Day of Zero Tolerance to Female Genital Mutilation

Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) is a gross violation of girls' and women's human rights th…

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FG Laments Lack of Engineers for Cancer Machines Repairs

The Federal Government has decried the lack of biomedical engineering companies to fix broken canc…

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Army Aids Health Care in Northeast—NPHCDA

The National Primary Health Care Development Agency has praised the armed forces for helping resto…

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Catholic Doctors Seek Amendment Of National Health Act

Chairman Association of the Catholic Medical Practitioners of Nigeria, Owerri Archdiocese chapter,…

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HIV/AIDS Infection: Oyo Launches Anti-Stigma Law

The practice of compelling job seekers to undergo HIV/AIDS tests as a condition for offering appoi…

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