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25,380 PHC Centres Lack Skilled Birth Attendants – NPHCDA

The National Primary Health Care Development Agency says only 463 of the 25,843 primary healthcare f…

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FG Moves To Replace Striking Doctors With Ad-Hoc Staff

The federal government has threatened to hire ad-hoc doctors with salaries of the striking resident …

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Brain Drain Fuelling Shortage of Oncologists, says Research Institute’s Boss

Director General, National Institute for Cancer Research and Treatment, Dr. Usman-Malami Aliyu, has …

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Experts urge healthy living, improved education on hypertension

About one-third of adult Nigerians are living with hypertension, with only half of them aware of the…

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OAUTHC Resident Doctors Begin Warning Strike

Resident doctors at the Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospital Complex, Ile Ife, Osun, on Wedn…

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Minister Carpets Resident Doctors as Strike Grounds Hospitals

Grace Edema, Lara Adejoro, Segun Adewole, Matthew Ochei, Animasahun Salman, John Charles, Olaide Oye…

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Pharmaceutical firm’s product gets WHO approval

Swiss Pharma Nigeria Limited, a subsidiary of Service, a French multinational pharmaceutical company…

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Strike: Doctors Shun Talks, Medical Tourism Gulps $3bn in Three Years

Nigerians spent about $3bn on foreign healthcare-related services from 2020 to 2022, according to fi…

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How to Solve Absenteeism in Health Facilities, by New Study

A new research has recommended a combination of government regulations and involvement of actors at …

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BREAKING: FG declares doctors’ strike illegal, to implement no-work-no-pay

The Federal Government has warned members of the National Association of Resident Doctors to shelve …

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JOHESU, AHPA Issue FG 15-day Ultimatum Over Demands

The fragile peace in the nation’s healthcare system may be threatened as the Joint Health Sector Uni…

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Delta Approves Residential Quarters for DELSUTH Doctors

The Delta State Government on Monday approved the construction of residential quarters to accommodat…

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Resident Doctors Declare Five-day Warning Strike

Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) has declared a five-day warning strike, following fa…

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Govt Kicks Against Move to Halt Doctors’ Migration

Federal Government, yesterday, opposed a bill sponsored by a member of House of Representatives, Gan…

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Non-sugar sweeteners don’t aid weight loss – WHO

The World Health Organisation has warned against the use of non-sugar sweeteners to control body wei…

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UK Nursing Union Leader Calls For Double-Digit Pay Offer To Avert Strikes

UK Nursing union leader Pat Cullen urged Health Secretary Stephen Barclay to restart pay negotiation…

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NAFDAC warns against use of Primezen Black capsule

The National Agency for Food and Drugs Administration and Control (NAFDAC), on Sunday warned users/c…

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UNICEF Donates Health Centre To Benue Community

The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has donated a health centre, FSP Clinic, to Daudu commun…

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Over 75,000 Nurses, Midwives Left Nigeria in Five Years

No fewer than 75,000 nurses and midwives migrated from Nigeria in the last five years as a result of…

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How Kwara Doctor Raped Nurse During Surgery

The Kwara State Commissioner of Police, Mr Paul Odama, on Friday evening, paraded a middle-aged medi…

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