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Relocate in two weeks, PCN orders medicine dealers

By Ifunanya / February 10, 2023

PSN registra Pharm Ibrahim Babashehu Ahmed. Photo credit: PSN Ted Odogwu, Kano The Registrar of Pharmacy Council of Nigeria, on […]

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Polls: INEC, Police assure people living with disability of safety

By Ifunanya / February 10, 2023

Security agencies and the Independent National Electoral Commission have assured Persons with Disability of safety during the forthcoming election. This […]

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Africa records 26,000 cholera cases, 660 deaths in January – WHO

By Ifunanya / February 10, 2023

Vibrio cholerae bacteria in small intestine, 3D illustration. Bacterium which causes cholera disease and is transmitted by contaminated water The […]

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Nigeria records 85% decline in vaccine-derived poliovirus -FG

By Ifunanya / February 8, 2023

The Federal Government has said the country has recorded a 85 per cent decline in the Circulating Vaccine-Derived Polio Virus […]

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Earthquake: Aftershocks, severe winter hampering rescue efforts – WHO

By Ifunanya / February 7, 2023

… dispatches three charter flights to Turkey, Syria The Director General of the World Health Organisation, Dr Tedros Ghebreyesus on […]

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Nigeria ranks third-highest in Female Genital Mutilation worldwide —UN

By Ifunanya / February 7, 2023

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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Stop female genital mutilation, experts tell FG, parents 

By Ifunanya / February 7, 2023

Female Genital Mutilation As Nigeria joined the global community to mark the United Nations International Day of Zero Tolerance for […]

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Naira scarcity: Patients lament as hospitals insist on cash payment

By Ifunanya / February 6, 2023

The entrance of Ibafo primary health centre visited by our correspondent. Image Patients and their relatives are lamenting the scarcity […]

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700,000 die of cancer each year of 1.1m cases in Africa – WHO

By Ifunanya / February 6, 2023

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has revealed that 700,000 persons die out of the 1.1 million new cancer cases recorded […]

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How to prevent measles infection —Experts

By Ifunanya / February 6, 2023

To prevent measles infection, Nigerians must embrace good hygiene and nutrition practices and also get vaccinated against the health condition, […]

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