Year: 2024

Health Insurance: LASHMA partners LASRRA to simplify enrolment, expand Ilera Eko coverage

As Ilera Eko enrollees increases to over 1m The Lagos State Health…

Juliet Umeh

Tinubu signs Executive Order to revitalise health care

President Ahmed Bola Tinubu, has signed an Executive Order (EO) to transform…

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NAFDAC alerts on fake Ampicillin/Cloxacillin

The National Agency for Food and Drugs Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has…

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Reps seek free medicare for pregnant women

https://youtu.be/_t6Aa3g_gmI Video: IDRC/CRDI The House of Representatives has urged the Federal Ministry…

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Obesity rising in Africa

Obesity is rising rapidly in Africa. Between 2000 and 2016, Africa nearly…

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NMA elects new officers

... as courts rules membership should be voluntary for medical doctors in…

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Man who received first-ever modified pig kidney transplant dies

The first man to receive a genetically modified pig kidney transplant has…

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Ondo activates 5O facilities for clinical breast examination

Trains 67 health workers to create awareness The Ondo State Ministry of…

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How my kidney was harvested, 16-year old boy narrates ordeal in court

A 16-Year-Old Boy, yesterday told an FCT High Court in Zuba that…

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Police arrest fake medical doctor in Lagos, seal hospital

A 37-year-old fake medical doctor practicing with forged certificates has been arrested…

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Epidemiologist advocates single-dose for HPV vaccines

... As former Health Minister, Prof. Isaac Adewole bows out of UCH …

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Measles: Adamawa shuts schools

Adamawa State Government has closed down public and private schools following the…

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How new Sector Renewal Investment Initiative will improve  quality health delivery – Minister

The Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Prof. Muhammad Ali Pate,…

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Brain Drain: Only 58,000 doctors renewed licence in 2023 – MDCN Registrar

The Registrar, Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria (MDCN), Dr Fatima Kyari,…

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World Malaria Day: More countries roll out vaccine

In a significant step forward for malaria prevention in Africa, three countries—Benin,…

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WHO, PSHAN sign pact to strengthen Nigeria’s Primary Health Care

As part of the innovative drive towards transforming primary healthcare delivery in…

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First patient of pig kidney transplant discharged from hospital

Rick Slayman, the world’s first living recipient of a genetically edited pig…

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Tuberculosis: 300 die in Ogun as Kaduna records 32,297 in 2023

The Senior Programme Officer of the Institute of Human Virology Nigeria, IHVN,…

Juliet Umeh

NiMet advises respiratory disease patients over expected 3-day haziness from Monday

The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet), has predicted sunshine and haziness from today…

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Lassa Fever Spreads To 16 States

Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) has confirmed 109 new…

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Tinubu appoints new DG for NACA

President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of Dr Temitope Ilori as…

Sam EFERARO

Nigerian Hospitals depleted, healthcare in danger — APHPN President raises alarm

Worried by current economic hardship, the national President Of Association Of Public…

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Senate advocates NHIS coverage for kidney diseases

The Senate, on Thursday, called on the Federal Government to expand its…

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Over 500 Patients Recover From Meningitis In Yobe

No fewer than 564 patients out of the 636 recorded cases of…

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FGM is gruesome, criminal violation of women’s rights- Senator Ireti

The Chairman Senate committee on Women Affairs, Senator Ireti Kingibe has described…

Juliet Umeh