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Dr. Temitope Ilori, the Director-General of the National Agency for the Control of AIDS (NACA), announced that 75,000 new HIV […]
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Nigeria, one of the world’s top plastic polluters, is taking significant steps to address its plastic waste problem by banning […]
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Ivory Coast this month launched mobile enrolment centres for the country’s universal health coverage programme, which has been criticised since […]
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Nigeria – As the death toll from the latest cholera outbreak reaches 40, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) […]
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MWINGI, Kenya (AP) — Esther Kangali felt a sharp pain while on her mother’s farm in eastern Kenya. She looked […]
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Vice President Kashim Shettima has commended Nigerian doctors for their significant contributions and sacrifices in improving healthcare delivery in the […]
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The Osun State Government said it has reactivated and established the Public Health Rapid Response Team, PHRRT and Public Health […]
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Lagos State is facing a critical shortage of medical professionals due to mass migration, leading to a deficit of 30,000 […]
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Nevielle Leinyuy’s story is not unique. After completing his nursing training in Cameroon, he spent nearly a decade as a […]
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The World Health Organization (WHO) has cautioned that foods exposed to temperatures above 5 °C (41 °F) for over two […]
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Jigawa State, Nigeria – The Pharmacy Council of Nigeria (PCN) has announced the closure of over 350 pharmacies and medicine […]
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Oyo, Nigeria – First introduced as part of the routine immunisation programme in October last year, the HPV vaccine, developed […]
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Anambra State, Nigeria—Professor Kelechi Okonta, a leading medical expert in cardiothoracic surgery and public health at the University of Port […]
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In April, Uganda launched a mass vaccination campaign to combat the mosquito-borne yellow fever virus, aiming to immunize millions. However, […]
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Koforidua, Eastern Region, Ghana– The Ghana Health Service has held its 2024 town hall advocacy meeting on the elimination of […]
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In a groundbreaking study published in the journal Toxicological Sciences, researchers from the University of New Mexico have discovered microplastics […]
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The House of Representatives Committee Chairman on Health Institutions, Amos Magaji, has emphasized the need for sustained financial investment in […]
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The Federal Government on Friday said the second phase of the Human Papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination will commence on May 27, […]
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The Federal High Court in Lagos State has convicted Dr. Anuoluwapo Adepoju, a medical doctor and the proprietor of MedContour […]
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Association of Resident Doctors, ARD, Federal Medical Centre, FMC Keffi, on Wednesday, staged a protest against an alleged assault on […]
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