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End of Ebola transmission in Guinea

Geneva, 29 December 2015 - Today the World Health Organization (WHO) declares the end of E…

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Doctors Threaten Strike in A’Ibom Over 15 Months’ Unpaid Salaries

  Doctors in the employ of the Akwa Ibom State Government have threatened to down tools fol…

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Ondo Health Commissioner Interview On Health Sector Issues

  Dr. Dayo Adeyanju is the Commissioner for Health, Ondo State. In an interview with Martin…

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Death Rate Increases as Imo Public Hospitals Remain Shut

Death rate in Imo State is rising daily as private hospitals in the state are now being overstretc…

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New Global Framework To Eliminate Rabies

News release   A new framework to eliminate human rabies and save tens of thousands of li…

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How Swallowing A Balloon Will Help You Beat The Bulge

. Hi-tech inflatable that pops after four months given approval for use in the UK in the battle ag…

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C-Sections Are Best With a Little Labour, Study Says

For years, research has shown that babies born by cesarean section are more likely to develop heal…

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UniAbuja Hospital Gets JAC Ultimatum Over Unpaid Allowances

The University of Abuja Teaching Hospital (UATH) branch of the Joint Action Congress (JAC), has is…

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2015 AGM Communique of the Nigeria Society of Physiotherapy

A COMMUNIQUE ISSUED AT THE END OF THE 55TH ANNUAL SCIENTIFIC CONFERENCE AND GENERAL MEETING (AG…

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Sierra Leone Awards the Ebola Fighters

The work of World Health Organization Ebola fighters, many of whom have spent more than a year wor…

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Less is More In Ablation Treatment For Persistent AFib

  Editor’s note: This is one in a 10-part series of the top medical research advan…

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Aregbesola Inaugurates 9-man Board for LAUTTH

Osun State Governor, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola has inaugurated a nine-man Governing Board headed by P…

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Pharmacists Urge FG To Support Local Drug Companies

  A pharmacist, Mr. Moses Oluwalade, has called on the Federal Government to declare a stat…

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Non-Communicable Diseases Rising In Rural Communities – APHPN

The Kwara State Chairman, Association of Public Health Physicians of Nigeria, Dr. Adekunle Salaude…

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The Secret To IVF Success? SIX Cycles: 65% of Couples Have A Child After This Duration, Study Finds

  . Most couples fail to have a child with their first IVF cycle, statistics show . But t…

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2016 Budget: FG To Spend N221.7bn On Health Sector

President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday said N221.7 billion would be spent on health sector in 2016 …

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FG Urged to invest More in Health System

The Executive Director, Centre for Sustainable Development and Education in Africa (CSDEA), Theoph…

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Resident Doctors Make Case for Health Care Facilities in North-East

The Association of Resident Doctors in Borno State has urged the federal and state governments to …

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FG To End Drug Hawking In 2 Years, Says Council Registrar

Mr Nurudeen Mohammed, Registrar, Pharmacists Council of Nigeria (PCN), on Tuesday said the Federal…

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NHIS Not Only For Public Servants – Zonal GM

Alhaji Idris Mohammed, General Manager, North-Central Zone A of National Health Insurance Scheme (…

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