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MSH Decries Maternal, Child Health in Nigeria at 10

Many lives of mothers and children are still being lost in Nigeria despite commitments made by gov…

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Shun Unhealthy Behaviour to Avoid Heart Attack –Cardiologist

To avoid heart attacks and other cardiovascular diseases, it is necessary to stay away from behavi…

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Poverty, HIV Increasing TB Cases –Prof. Ujah

According to experts at a one-day symposium to commemorate the 2016 World Tuberculosis Day at the …

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Health Needs from Humanitarian Emergencies at an All-Time High

WHO and partners need US$ 2.2 billion to provide lifesaving health services to more than 79 millio…

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Lassa Fever: Man Tests Positive, 100 Under Surveillance

A middle-aged man (name withheld) has tested positive to Lassa fever in Katsina following contact …

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Minister Dismisses Planned Strike by Resident Doctors

* Orders local production of mosquito nets   The Minister of Health, Prof Isaac Adewole, …

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Health minister Okays Herbal Drugs

The Minister of Health, Prof. Isaac Adewole, has frowned on the importation of mosquito nets and d…

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Nigeria: About One in Three TB Cases Never Diagnosed

Uyo — President of the Nigeria Thoracic Society (NTS), Prof Etete Peters has said about one …

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Medical Students to Spend Seven Years, not 11 – NUC

The National Universities Commission has described as erroneous and misleading the news making the…

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Troops Arrest Pirates’ Medical Doctor in Bayelsa

An unnamed medical doctor who specialised in the treatment of injured sea pirates and kidnappers h…

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Pharmacists Advised Against ‘Get Rich Quick Sydrome’

A journalist receives treatment during the free treatment for journalists, organized by Womanhood …

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New Hope for Effective Vaccine Against AIDS

Some people infected with Human Immuno-deficiency Virus (HIV) that causes Acquired Immune Deficien…

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LASSA FEVER: Nigeria Accounts for 138 Out of 164 Deaths

The World Health Organisation, WHO, has scored Nigeria low in its response to Lassa fever outbreak…

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Maternal, Child Mortality Level Unacceptable – MSH

Management Sciences for Health (MSH), an organisation which supports health projects in 19 states …

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Measles, Whooping Cough Casualty not 6 –Jigawa Govt

The Jigawa State Government has said only one child died in Suletankarkar local government area of…

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Resident Doctors Give Fed Govt Strike Notice

The National Association of Resident Doctors of Nigeria (NARD) has given the Federal Government a …

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Industrial Harmony in Health Sector Heads for Crisis as Resident Doctors Give 21-Day Ultimatum

Industrial harmony that have existed in the nation’s health sector for sometime now will soo…

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Nigerian Institute of Medical Research Stinks

ESTABLISHED through the Research Institute Establishment Act of 1977, the Nigerian Institute of Me…

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Emergency Response to Ebola Flare Underway in Liberia Case Investigation Widens to Guinea

WHO and Ministry of Health teams in Liberia and Guinea are investigating the origins of transmissi…

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Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital Kano NANNM Branch Donates 2.5M to Colleague

The Nation Association of Nigerian Nurses and Midwives, AKTH Branch donated the sum of two million…

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