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Nigeria, Others Get New Vaccine to Protect Against Polio, FIve Diseases

The governing board of Gavi, the international organisation that provides vaccines to developing cou…

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Abia: Otti Suspends Principals of all Nursing/Midwifery Institutions

Governor Alex Otti of Abia has suspended the principals of all state-owned nursing/midwifery trainin…

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10 OAU Medical Unions Back Reinstated Acting CMD

The Joint Action Committee of Unions, an umbrella group for 10 different groups of staff working in …

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Nigerian, 25, Bags International Award for Contribution to Health Research

Iyiola Oladunjoye, a young Nigerian microbiologist from Ogun State, has been honoured with the prest…

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NUC Approves Nursing Science, Med Lab, other Courses for KolaDaisi Varsity

The National Universities Commission (NUC) has approved new academic programmes that will lead to th…

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WHO to Declare Sweeteners used in Diet Coke ‘Possibly Carcinogenic’ — Report

Aspartame, one of the world’s most widely used artificial sweeteners, is expected to be classified a…

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UK Begins Recruitment, Targets 300,000 Doctors, Nurses

The National Health Service in England will get more than 300,000 staff under a new plan announced b…

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Soft Drinks, Chewing Gums, Toothpastes Pose Cancer Risk, WHO Warns

World Health Organisation (WHO), yesterday, warned that artificial sweeteners to thousands of fizzy …

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Industrial Pharmacists Decry 300% Rise in Price of medicines

Pharmacists under the aegis of Industrial Pharmacists of Nigeria (NAIP) have advised Nigerians to br…

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Contaminated Sprite in circulation, NAFDAC warns Nigerians

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control has alerted Nigerians to a batch of…

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LASUTH Pioneers Surgery on Open-heart Closure

Ben Akabueze took place on June 20 this year at the facility’s cardiac catheterisation laboratory, a…

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Nigeria, Five others Achieve 40% COVID-19 Vaccination Rate

A health worker prepares a dose of the Sinovac-CoronaVac vaccine against COVID-19 (Photo by JAVIER T…

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HIV/AIDS: Nigeria targets epidemic control by 2030, says FG

The National Coordinator, National HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis and STI Control Programme, Ministry of …

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FG to Support Research to Boost Local Manufacture of Medicine, Vaccines

The Federal Government has expressed its readiness to support research to boost innovative local man…

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NUC Approves More Courses at Elizade Varsity

Elizade University, Ilara-Mokin, Ondo State, has received approval from the National Universities Co…

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S’East Stakeholders Demand State of Emergency in Health Sector

Stakeholders in the South East has demanded a state of emergency in the health sector as well as chi…

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Community Pharmacists Decry 15% Vaccination Rate

Association of Community Pharmacists of Nigeria (ACPN) has deplored 15 per cent routine immunisation…

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Brain Drain Needs Drastic Action, Mimiko, Health Workers tell FG

A former governor of Ondo State, Dr Olusegun Mimiko, and the President, Nigerian Union of Allied Hea…

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Embrace food safety culture, NAFDAC tells Bakers

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control has admonished the Association of M…

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NAFDAC alerts Nigerians of an unregistered drug product in circulation

The National Agency for Food and Drugs Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has alerted Nigerians of …

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