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World Cancer Day and a Troubled World

As a worldwide affair that takes place annually on February 4, World Cancer Day unites the world&r…

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Lassa Fever: Kogi Doctors Raise Alarm Over Poor Facilities In FMC

The Association of Resident Doctors, ARD, in Kogi State, has decried the poor facilities in Federa…

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Nigeria Needs Cancer Registry, Says Olaleye

As Nigeria joins the international community to mark World Cancer Day today, a clinical fellow in …

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Pharmacists Seek Reps’ Help On Review of Laws

• Yakassai says open drug markets would ultimately be closed down • Dogara as Special …

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Lassa Fever: Lagos, AGPMPN Advocate for Personal Hygiene

The Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Dr. Jide Idris, has challenged Nigerians to imbibe good h…

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As States Battle to Stop Lassa Fever

Paul Obi writes on strategies to confront the Lassa fever epidemic, which have caused suspense and…

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Final Push Against Polio

With less than two years to certify Nigeria polio-free, the Dangote Foundation, Bill and Melinda G…

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The Cost of Lassa Fever

The pain seems not to be over yet for a nursing student from Ondo State, as she battles to save he…

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Zika: Profile of a Mysterious Virus

The world’s latest health scare is Zika: a tropical, mosquito-borne virus that holds little …

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Indian Firm Develops World’s First Vaccine Against Zika

An Indian pharmaceutical firm claims that it has developed the world’s first vaccine against…

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Senior Nurses Take Part in Norways First ICN Leadership for Change Workshop

Geneva, Switzerland; Oslo, Norway; 3 February 2016 - The International Council of Nurses (ICN) and…

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Experts Allay Fear on Tuberculosis

Medical experts believe there is no need for persons suffering from tuberculosis, otherwise known …

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FG Takes Measles Campaign to 17 Southern States

The Federal Government has taken the second batch of immunisation of children in the country again…

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CDC Confirms Sexual Transmission of Zika Virus

Health officials are faced with new concerns after a county in Texas reported a case of Zika virus…

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Lassa Fever: 6 Die In Bauchi

The Bauchi State government has confirmed that six people have died  of the dreaded Lassa fev…

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US Confirms Sexually-Transmitted Zika Virus Case

An Aedes Aegypti mosquito, which transmits the Zika virus is photographed on human skin in a lab. …

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Oshiomhole: Edo Hospital Better Than Many in Europe

Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State has said that the newly constructed state’s 200-bed C…

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Leprosy: Nigerians Still Living In Ignorance Of Its Causes, Symptoms

Another World Leprosy Day has come and gone and the disease is still spreading with 3,000 new case…

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Mosquito-Transmitted Zika virus May Spread to Nigeria

ZIKA virus, a mosquito-borne disease that has swept quickly throughout equatorial countries, may s…

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Fidson Healthcare Plc and GB Pharma Holdings Position to Expand Pharmaceutical Outreach into Nigeria and Beyond!

WASHINGTON, DC (January 28, 2016) – The leading and publicly traded Nigerian pharm…

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