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WHO Announces a Public Health Emergency of International Concern

WHO statement on the first meeting of the International Health Regulations (2005) Emergency Commit…

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Lassa Fever: Doctors Seek Compensation For Deceased Members

  Following the outbreak of Lassa fever in the country that claimed the lives of two of its…

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Pharmacists Council of Nigeria (PCN): Reorganizing The Drug Distribution System in Nigeria

(1) The Machinery for reversing the ultimately put in place very sound channel  for drugs dis…

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Ondo State Explains Rationale Behind Massive Investment in Health

Ondo State Government has explained the rationale behind its continued massive investment in the s…

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Student Nurse Survives Lassa Fever in Ekiti

A student nurse that contacted Lassa fever has been discharged from the Federal Teaching Hospital,…

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BREAKING NEWS: Zika Virus Outbreak Is A 'Global Public Health Emergency', Says WHO

  . Zika virus outbreak IS a 'global public health emergency', says World Health Or…

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WHO Meets To Decide Whether To Declare Zika A Global Emergency

Independent experts to the World Health Organisation (WHO) on Monday began deliberating whether to…

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Jigawa Immunises 110,048 Children Against Polio

No fewer than 110,048 children were immunised during the last round of polio immunisation against …

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Britain Grants First Licence for Genetic Modification of Embryos

Britain on Monday granted its first licence for the genetic modification of human embryos as part …

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Lassa Fever: UNIBEN Dismisses Rumours of Student’s Death

The University of Benin, Edo State, on Monday dismissed the speculation that the deadly Lassa feve…

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International Council of Nurses Press Release: Brings Nursing voice to World Health Organization Executive Board

Geneva, Switzerland; 1 February 2016 – On the occasion of 138th session of the World Health …

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UNIABUJA To Conduct Further Research On Sickle Cell, Hypertension

The University of Abuja is to conduct extensive researches aimed at facilitating improvement in th…

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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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Tuberculosis: 91,534 Nigerians Are Affected Annually – Expert

It has been reported that 91,534 Nigerians are infected with with tuberculosis annually but sadly,…

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Zika virus: We’re Conducting Tests on Mosquitoes —FG

  LAGOS — As part of preventive measures against possible outbreak of Zika virus, the…

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Measles - Ekiti Govt Urges Parents to Disregard Negative Myths On Vaccine

  The Ekiti State commissioner for Health, Dr. Olurotimi Ojo, has advised parents to disreg…

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Lassa Fever: Ebonyi State Calls for FG Assistance

Ebonyi state government has declared that the increasing numbers of suspected cases of Lassa fever…

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Basic Health Provision Fund and The 2016 Budget

The National Health Act (2014) was passed into law so as to address the challenges of funding in t…

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N221bn Health Budget’ll Cause Disaster – NMA

The Nigerian Medical Association has faulted the N221.7bn given to the health sector in the 2016 A…

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Doctors Protest Colleague’s Arrest

Private doctors, under the aegis of the Association of General and Private Medical Practitioners o…

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