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NHIS Engages Private Hospitals, Banks to Ease Health Coverage

As part of efforts to achieve a healthy living and promote wellbeing for all people in Nigeria as …

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RB Commits N1.2b to Stop Diarrhoea in Children

In its bid to support prevention of un-der five deaths  due to diarrhea in Nigeria, Reckitt B…

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Childhood CANCER: Foundation Seeks Cancer Registry

With one child diagnosed of cancer,   every three minutes, experts have called for a cancer r…

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Ebonyi Confirms Second Lassa Fever Death

The Ebonyi government has announced the second death from Lassa fever in the state.   The…

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KIDNEY DISEASE: Expert Highlights Preventive Strategies

With the rising incidences of kidney diseases among Nigerians, an expert has warned against unnece…

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2020: African Health Ministers Pledge to Improve Access to Vaccines

Ministers of health and other line ministers in African countries have committed themselves to kee…

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Zika Virus: Mosquito Trap Created in Toronto Could Help Fight Outbreak

A new cheap and biodegradable mosquito trap invented in Toronto could be used to help slow the spr…

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As FMC Owerri Resolves Leadership Crisis

The leadership crisis rocking the Federal Medical Centre, Owerri, Imo State, has been resolved &nb…

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Doctor, Nurse, Pregnant Woman Die of Lassa Fever in Kaduna

Three people including a medical doctor, a nurse and a pregnant woman have died at the Saint Louis…

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Kwara, Indian Hospital to Partner in Provision of Health Care Services

The Kwara State Commissioner for Health, Alhaji Suleiman Alege, on Monday said that the state woul…

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Surgeons Perform First Uterus Transplant on 26-year-old Woman

Surgeons have performed the nation's first uterus transplant, a new frontier that aims to give…

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Too Many Doctors, Health Ministry May Extend Freeze on Medical Courses

The Ministry of Health (MOH) may extend the freeze on new medical courses and institutions of high…

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Lagos Inducts 39 New Doctors

Thirty-nine new doctors were inducted by the Lagos State Government at the weekend.   Dai…

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Sokoto Tackles Polio Vaccine Rejection, 1 Million Immunized Against Measles

One million children have been immunised against measles and other child killer diseases in the la…

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Community Health Insurance will Tackle Maternal Mortality – NMA

Ensuring community health insurance in every community in the country will help address poor infan…

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‘Poor Healthcare Hinders Economic Growth’

Kwara State governor, Dr. Abdulfatah Ahmed has called for collaborative efforts by stakeholders to…

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National Postgraduate Medical College of Nigeria Congratulations to our Indefatigable Past President

The College President, Professor Ademola Abayomi Olaltan, FMCDS, PNMC, on behalf of the Governing …

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National Postgraduate Medical College of Nigeria Investiture Ceremony of the College President

The Governing Board and Senate of the National Postgraduate Medical College of Nigeria hereby invi…

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‘Why Doctors Shun Niger State Service’

The chairman of the Nigeria Medical Association (NMA) in Niger state, Dr. Abubakar Usman, has expl…

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Fear in OAU as 75 Students Troop to Hospital with Similar Symptoms

There was apprehension in Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife, Osun State, over the weekend …

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