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Averting Another Doctors Strike

Medical doctors under the aegis of the National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) have given …

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WHO: Angola Yellow Fever Outbreak Spreads to DRC

. Vaccinations Needed to Stop Yellow Fever Outbreak in Angola   The World Health Organiza…

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How Healthy Lifestyle Helps Against Diabetes

The Kaduna State chapter of the Association of Public Health Physicians of Nigeria (APHPN), has ad…

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Diabetes Becomes 7th Leading Cause of Death by 2030

An Epidemiologist at the Department of Epidemiology and Community Health, University of Ilorin Tea…

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The Many Wrong Beliefs About Ulcer

Most believe that ulcer is caused by the consumption of certain foods like groundnut, garden egg, …

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NMA Wants MDCN Reconstituted

Rising from a meeting of its national officers committee, the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) h…

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US Officials Sound Warning on Zika: 'Scarier Than We Thought'

U.S. health officials say that the more researchers learn about Zika, the more concerned they are …

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Cholera, Measles to Gulp $2.2b in 30 Countries- WHO

World Health Organisation(WHO) and health partners are working together to provide urgent health s…

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Proposed Strike: Health Minister, Stakeholders Meet Today

To find a lasting solution to the quagmire of the proposed strike by the National Association of R…

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Commissioner: Sokoto Has Enough Vaccines For Heat-related Diseases

The Sokoto State Government on Sunday said it had stockpiled vaccines and drugs to prevent any out…

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Heart Transplant to End as Stem Cell Therapy Halves Deaths from Heart Failure

Stem cells can repair a damaged heart and potentially halve the number of people dying from heart …

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JOHESU Opposes Outsourcing of Pharmacy, Account Sections at LAUTECH

The Joint Health Sector Unions, JOHESU, Ladoke Akintola University Teaching Hospital, Osogbo, h…

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US NGO Decries Increasing Maternal Mortality, HIV/AIDS

The United States of America President’s Emergency Plan For AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), has urged …

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‘185 Of 1,000 Births Die Before 5th Birthday in Kaduna’

Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria – Partnership For Advocacy in Child and Family Health, PSN…

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Pharmacists want Access to Forex for Drug Makers

To forestall possible nationwide shortage of essential medicines, pharmacists under the aegis of t…

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Physicians Seek Speedy Launch of Health Act

The Association of Public Health Physicians of Nigeria (APHPN) has called for a speedy launch of t…

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Committee of CMDs, MDs kick over Minister’s 5-year Single Tenure Policy

The crisis rocking the Federal Ministry of Health over the decision of the Minister, Prof. Folorun…

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NSP President in Ife For Comrade Faniran Retirement Party/Send Forth

The department of Physiotherapy of the Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospital Complex rol…

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PSN President Reveals his Vision for the Profession

Pharm. Ahmed I. Yakasai is president of the Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria (PSN).  In this…

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Onions Lowers Risk of Cancer – Dietician

A dietician at the University College Hospital, Ibadan, Dr. Tunde Ajobo, on Thursday said that con…

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