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Osinbajo Seeks PPP For Effective Care Delivery

The Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osibajo has called for public private partnership (PPP) for effecti…

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Expert Tasks Govt On Building More Maternal, Child Centres

The president, National Association of Resident Doctors at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital …

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Anambra to Establish 326 Health Centres

The Anambra State government said yesterday that it had concluded arrangements to set up Primary H…

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Declare State of Emergency in ABSUTH, S’East Doctors Tell Ikpeazu

The South-East caucus of the National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) has called for a decl…

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Rivers Govt Confirms Case of Lassa Fever

Rivers State Government, yesterday, confirmed a case of Lassa fever, but advised residents of the …

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FG, UCH Screen 3,000 for Non-communicable Diseases

Reprieve has come the way of thousands of indigent people in rural areas and cities in Oyo State a…

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Adamawa: Presidency Donates Over N60m Drugs To Victims Of Madagali, Michika Bomb Blasts

The presidency has donated drugs to the victims of Madagali and Michika bomb blasts in Adamawa Sta…

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Doctors Withdraw Services to Zamfara Police Over Brutality to Colleague

The Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) in Zamfara state has withdrawn all  medical services t…

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NITDA, HRORBN Plan Software to Digitise Patient Health Records

Health Records Officers' Registration Board of Nigeria (HRORBN) and National Information Techn…

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Ear Implant Restores Hearing

* New cochlear-implant releases drug to prevent complications after surgery   A hearing d…

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Federal Medical Center Yola Embarks on Medical Outreach

As part of its corporate social responsibility, the Federal Medical Center (FMC) Yola, has embarke…

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Donald Duke Urges FG to Focus on Primary Health Care

Former Governor Donald Duke of the Cross River State has urged the Federal Government to provide m…

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Better HIV Treatment Increases Syphilis Rates

Drug treatments designed to suppress HIV could be driving up rates of syphilis, a new study has wa…

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Controversial New Blood Pressure Guidelines Aren't One-Size-Fits-All

New guidelines tackle a question many older adults on blood pressure medication face: How low shou…

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Dr Garba Kangiwa Urges Regular Hepatitis B Screening

A consultant Haematologist, Dr Garba Kangiwa, has called for regular hepatitis B screening to enab…

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Tales Of Bird Flu

Time to stem this pestilence   That bird flu, a strain of avian influenza virus, is ravag…

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International Committee Of The Red Cross Confirms Death Of 6 Nigerian Workers In The Accidental Military Air Strike

We report with sadness that among the casualties of today's airstrikes in Rann 6 Nigerian RedC…

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One Year After West Africa Was Declared ‘Ebola-Free’, The Crisis Is Far From Over

“One year after Ebola, life, light and hope have returned to some of the worst-hit communiti…

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Lassa Fever: NCDC Advises on Preparedness by Hospitals and Healthcare Workers

The Nigeria Centre of Disease Control (NCDC) calls the attention of Nigerians to an increasing num…

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NAFDAC Public Notice on Recall of Megajex Natural Sex Enhancer

The attention of the Agency has been drawn to the recent recall of all lots Megajex Natural sex En…

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