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Nigerian Doctor invents Cheap, Portable Ventilator

A young Nigerian doctor, Dayo Olakulehin, has invented a cheap, portable, easily deployable, easy …

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The Lassa Fever Epidemic

The nation’s health authorities should work towards eradicating the viral disease   …

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All States at Risk of Lassa, NMA warns

  The Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) has warned states yet unaffected in the ongoing ep…

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Lassa Fever: Ondo Urges FG to Provide Rapid Test Kits

As Nigeria battles with the ongoing Lassa fever outbreak currently ravaging 12 states, including t…

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Tackling Medical Tourism

John Shiklam writes that the partnership between the famous Dr. Agarwal’s Eye Institute, Ind…

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Measles Kills Five in Oyo

The Oyo State Government has ordered the state Ministry of Health to begin emergency immunisation …

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Breaking News: NANNM DELSUTH Calls Off Strike, Management Sues Ovie Doghro, Nigerian Airforce, Others

  The Indefinite Strike action which was embarked on by the NANNM DELSUTH Union on the 9…

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Student Nurse infected with Lassa Fever in Ekiti

A female student nurse at the Federal Teaching Hospital (FETHI) Ido Ekiti, Ekiti State at the week…

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Zika virus Could Spread Rapidly in the Americas

Zika - a mosquito-borne virus linked to the birth of babies with small heads and underdeveloped br…

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In Lassa Fever, Nigeria Faces Another Health Challenge

With the outbreak of Lassa Fever, Nigeria is again confronted with another health challenge severa…

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Unrest In The Health Sector And The Way Forward

Federal teaching hospitals in Nigeria have in recent time been bedevilled with several chronic pro…

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Experts Close 300 Open Heart Patients Without Surgery

Experts have recorded remarkable feat in the treatment of about 300 hole in the heart patients, us…

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FG Inaugurates National Lassa Fever Action Committee

The federal government will tomorrow inaugurate a National Lassa Fever Action Committee in view of…

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Lassa fever: Resident Doctors Demands Improved Rapid Response

The National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) has called on government to improve existing r…

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Lassa Fever: Lagos Quarantines 92 Contacts of Index Case

The Lagos State Government on Saturday called on residents to remain calm over the outbreak of Las…

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Lassa Fever: Only The Federal Ministry of Health Can Make Pronouncements – Minister

Due to claims and counter claims concerning the number of deaths caused by the re-emergence of Las…

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Scientists Establish Link Between Lassa Fever,

As the Lassa fever epidemic continues to spread in Nigeria and the report of World Health Organisa…

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Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria Public Notice

Ethical Responsibility of Medical Practioners and Dental Surgeons   The Medical and Denta…

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NMA calls for Mandatory NHIS for Nigerians

The President of Nigerian Medical Association Dr. Kayode Obembe, has advised the federal governmen…

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Lassa fever: Medical Centres in Ilorin, Umuahia Plan Ahead

The University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital (UITH) and the Federal Medical Centre (FMC) Umuahia in …

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