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Poor Infrastructure Bane of Health Care Delivery, Says Ahmed

Kwara State governor, Alhaji Abdulfatah Ahmed, has identified poor infrastructure and facilities a…

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What to know About Ovarian Cancer

Ovarian cancer is the third gynaecological cancer that affects women, after breast and cervical ca…

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Lack of Forex Causing Shortage of Medicines in Nigeria

The Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Group of Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (PMG-MAN) has said …

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National Hospital Conducts Free Screening in FCT

The National Hospital, Abuja,  has conducted  free health screening for residents of Kuj…

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Medical Lab Scientists Seek Training on GMOs

The Association of Medical Laboratory Scientists of Nigeria (AMLSN), FCT branch, has called on the…

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Taraba’s Hepatitis B Prevalence Quadruples National Rate

The Taraba State Commissioner of Health, Dr. Innocent Vakkai, has said the state has a 40 percent …

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Nigeria Needs National Reference Lab – Experts

Health experts have called on the federal government to set up a national reference laboratory in …

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Police Tasked on Checking Quack Nurses, Midwives

The National Association of Nigerian Nurses and Midwives (NANNM) has enjoined the acting Inspector…

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Swiss Biostadt Partners Siemens on Medical Technology

At the launch of the deal in Lagos, SBL Chairman Dr. Cosmas Maduka said the partnership would prov…

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Executive Secretary to Reposition NHIS

The new National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) Executive Secretary, Prof Usman Yusuf, has promise…

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Delta Releases N100m UNICEF Counterpart Fund

The Delta State Government has released N100 million counterpart funding for the United Nation&rsq…

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…As Pharmacists Seek Bailout for Drug Manufacturers

Pharmacists have called on the Federal Government to release the N200bn Pharmaceutical Interventio…

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PCN Seals 259 Illegal Drug Stores in Lagos

The Pharmacists Council of Nigeria has raised the alarm over the increasing number of illegal drug…

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Lassa Fever: Quarantined Persons in Delta Now 55

The number of persons under surveillance in Delta State for Lassa fever is now 55, Commissioner fo…

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Occupational Therapy: What’s That?

I saw a patient a few days ago with back pain radiating down her left leg. The pain was a tingling…

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How You Can Manage Fibroid Naturally

First, I want to make it very clear that in order to know if you have fibroid, you need to do a sc…

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Fake Quinine Sulphate can Lead to Death — Expert

Pharmacist in the Department of Pharmacognosy and Environmental Medicine, Faculty of Pharmaceutica…

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More STDs Resistant to Antibiotics – WHO

Growing resistance to antibiotics has complicated efforts to rein in common sexually transmitted d…

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UNICEF Raises Fresh Concern Over Malnutrition in Southwest

UNICEF has expressed fresh concern over the level of malnutrition in the Southwest geo-political a…

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HPV Vaccine Cuts Cervical Cancer Rate Worldwide By Half

Global efforts to reduce cervical cancers and deaths have paid off with new developments showing t…

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