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Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance has appointed Nigeria’s former Minister of Health, Dr Muhammad Pate as its new Chief Executive Officer. […]
Continue ReadingThe Federal Government has said that it has achieved the criteria to stop the treatment for river blindness in Imo, […]
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Jigawa State Government said it has recorded over 367 suspected cases of cerebrospinal meningitis in 17 local government areas. Permanent […]
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A Consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologist at the Irrua Specialist Teaching Hospital, Irrua, Edo State, Dr Qudus Lawal said implementing the […]
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The Director General of the National Agency for the Control of AIDS, Dr. Gambo Aliyu has urged Nigerians to know […]
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Preventing breast cancer. Image credit: Global News Cancer care experts have said that lifestyle changes in Nigeria and other low […]
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…status to aid local vaccines, pharmaceutical ingredients production The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control and the […]
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medical analysis concept: cancer treatment An expert, Runcie Chidebe, has sought adequate recruitment of psychologists in hospitals to tackle the […]
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The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention has confirmed 117 more cases of Lassa fever, raising the total number […]
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PSN registra Pharm Ibrahim Babashehu Ahmed. Photo credit: PSN Ted Odogwu, Kano The Registrar of Pharmacy Council of Nigeria, on […]
Continue ReadingSecurity agencies and the Independent National Electoral Commission have assured Persons with Disability of safety during the forthcoming election. This […]
Continue ReadingVibrio cholerae bacteria in small intestine, 3D illustration. Bacterium which causes cholera disease and is transmitted by contaminated water The […]
Continue ReadingThe Federal Government has said the country has recorded a 85 per cent decline in the Circulating Vaccine-Derived Polio Virus […]
Continue Reading… dispatches three charter flights to Turkey, Syria The Director General of the World Health Organisation, Dr Tedros Ghebreyesus on […]
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Female Genital Mutilation Nigeria accounts for the third-highest number of women and girls who have undergone Female Genital Mutilation, with […]
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Female Genital Mutilation As Nigeria joined the global community to mark the United Nations International Day of Zero Tolerance for […]
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The entrance of Ibafo primary health centre visited by our correspondent. Image Patients and their relatives are lamenting the scarcity […]
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The World Health Organisation (WHO) has revealed that 700,000 persons die out of the 1.1 million new cancer cases recorded […]
Continue ReadingTo prevent measles infection, Nigerians must embrace good hygiene and nutrition practices and also get vaccinated against the health condition, […]
Continue ReadingDr. Sylvester Ikhisemojie When the World Health Organisation announced that it was changing the name of Monkeypox disease to Mpox, […]
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