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Health Workers Demand Equal Pay with Doctors

There are strong indications that a fresh crisis might be looming in the health sector between docto…

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AXA Launches Hospital to Support Health Insurance

AXA, a global insurance and asset management firm, has launched its medical center plan in Nigeria c…

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Nigeria in Urgent Need of Vaccine for Children, says WHO

The World Health Organisation Country Representative to Nigeria, Walter Mulombo, on Friday said Nige…

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NAFDAC Alerts Nigerians on Substandard Paracetamol from Liberia

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has issued a public alert …

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Primary Health Care Board Alerts Public On Fake Online Job Recruitment Portal

The Lagos State Primary Health Care Board (LSPHCB) has distanced itself from an online publication w…

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Cancer scare: NAFDAC concludes probe, says Nigerian noodles safe

The Director General of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, Prof Mojis…

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LASG to Subsidise Cost of Blood Screening

The Lagos State Government has disclosed plans to subsidise the cost of screening blood in the state…

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Sri Lanka Doctors Remove World’s Largest Kidney Stone

Sri Lankan military doctors have removed what is now recorded as the world’s largest kidney stone fr…

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FG Introduces HPV Vaccine into Vaccination Schedule, Seeks Monarchs’ Support

The Federal Government has said it will soon introduce the Human Papilloma Virus vaccine into the co…

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UNIMED Begins Clinical Simulation Training for Medical Students, Staff

University of Medical Sciences (UNIMED), Ondo State, yesterday, began a new initiative in the health…

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Pay Dispute: Junior Doctors in England on Strike

Thousands of junior doctors have gone on strike across England as the dispute with the British Gover…

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Blood Shortage Bites Harder with only 25% of Transfusion Demand Met Yearly

As Nigeria joins the rest of the globe to mark World Blood Donor Day (WBDD) today, June 14, very li…

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Nasarawa Doctors Threaten Strike, Issue Govt 21-day Ultimatum

The Nasarawa State chapter of the Nigeria Medical Association has issued a 21 days strike ultimatum …

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NCDC Working to Strengthen Cholera Prevention Mechanisms – DG

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention says it has taken measures to strengthen the c…

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NDDC to resume N’Delta free medical scheme

The Niger Delta Development Commission has said it will soon reactivate its free health care program…

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Fresh Alert on Circulation of ‘Deadly’ Eye Drops

Concerns over circulation of eye drops that could cause blindness and death have persisted; three mo…

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Japa: MDCN advises UNIMED medical graduates against fleeing abroad

The Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria has advised the newly inducted medical doctors of the Univ…

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Anthrax: 5 Things to Know About the Disease

A recent announcement by the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development cautioning citize…

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We‘re optimistic Tinubu will meet our demands — JOHESU

The Joint Health Sector Unions have expressed optimism that President Bola Tinubu Administration wou…

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MDCN Inducts First Set of UNIMED's Medical Students

No fewer than 34 pioneer medical students of University of Medical Sciences (UNIMED), Ondo, Headquar…

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