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530,000 Women Test Positive for Cancer in Niger

No fewer than 530,000 women in Niger State have tested positive to different types of cancer in th…

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Retired Female LUTH Doctor killed in Inferno

An octogenarian, Dr Katherine Rewane, has been killed after fire gutted her apartment on Tola Adew…

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When You Don't See Me: A Letter to My Patients

When you don't see me, it doesn't mean you aren't on my mind. Often times I leave your…

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How Will Zika Spread? Look at Chikungunya, CDC Head Says

  If you want to know how quickly the Zika virus will spread, just look at what happened in…

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ICN: Nurses are First Point of Care, Education and Community Resilience to Zika Virus

Geneva, Switzerland, 10 February 2016  As the largest group of health professionals in the worl…

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Manufacturers Warn Nigerians of Looming Drug Shortage

The Chairman, Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Group of Manufacturers Association of Nigeria, Mr. Okey…

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FGM: 19.9m Nigerian Women Mutilated …Results in Infant Mortality

On February 6th, Nigeria joined the rest of the world to mark the International Day of Zero Tolera…

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Govt Partners Vet Doctors on Rabies Sensitisation

Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development has come up with a national strategy which i…

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World Cancer Day: Health Ministry Out with New Policies

The Minister of Health, Prof. Isaac Adewole, yesterday rolled out a new set of policies by the Fed…

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Crisis Looms in LUTH … As Doctors Groan Under Unpaid Salaries, Arrears

The Association of Resident Doctors (ARD) at Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH), has warned…

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NMA Demands Arrest, Probe of Officer Who Shut Medical Doctor in Imo

The Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) has written the Inspector General of Police (IGP); and dema…

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Zika Virus – A Global Health Emergency

The World Health Organisation (WHO) a few days ago declared the Zika virus and its suspected link …

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How to Unlock Billions for Healthcare

In these days of economic  anxiety  it may appear wildly optimistic to say that there is…

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Rising Cases of Still Births

The health authorities could do more in curbing these unnecessary deaths   An estimated 3…

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Lassa Fever: 13 Year Old Dies In Nasarawa

  The Commissioner for Health in Nasarawa State, Dr. Daniel Iya, on Tuesday confirmed the d…

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China Confirms First Imported Case of The Zika Virus

  China's official Xinhua news agency said Tuesday that the country had confirmed its f…

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Health Care Scheme Excites Ekiti Community

Residents of Ayedun community in Ikole Local Government Area of Ekiti State are excited about a lo…

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New dawn at Neuropsychiatric Hospital, Enugu

For 19 years, the members of staff of the Federal Neuropsychiatric Hospital, Enugu, have carried o…

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Cancer is our Priority in Health Sector — FG

The Federal government has declared cancer a priority project in the health sector and initiated a…

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Produce your Shot Colleague, Imo CP Challenges Doctors

The Imo State Commissioner of Police, Mr. Taiwo Lakanu, has dismissed the allegation in some quart…

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