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Vanguard hosts medical team for blood sugar screening

… large turnout by staff It was the turn of Vanguard,  a leading national daily, to host the medical team coordinated by Nigeria Health Online yesterday for the ongoing free

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Merck empowers African women cancer survivors

… Launches Merck-More-than-a-Patient Initiative NAIROBI, Kenya, November 2, 2016: Merck, a leading science and technology company, today announced the kick off of “Merck More than a Patient,”  a new initiative

Blood glucose screening for journalists begins

* NHO partners Rainbow Specialist Hospital, Roche Diabetes Care, Eli Lilly, Pathcare as Nigeria gears up for WDD As part of activities marking the 2016 World Diabetes Day (WDD) Africa’s premier

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Chevron, Agbami partners boost North East reconstruction

… donate ambulances Star Deepwater Petroleum Limited, a Chevron Company and its Co-venturers in the Agbami field – Famfa Oil Limited, last week stepped into government’s reconstruction efforts of the

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Promote good governance, UNODC workshop participants urge media

  Participants at a three-day workshop on Anti-Corruption in Nigeria organized by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC)  recently  in Calabar have called on the mass media

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USAID re-launches $10,000 reward for whistle-blowers on fake malaria drugs

  The office of Inspector-General (OIG), of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), has re-launched its reward for persons who would help it with information on stolen and

Progress on male contraceptive

Scientists discover way to stop sperm swimming Could be taken by just before sex The fast-acting effect of the pill could wear off for men within days British scientists have

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EU partners UNODC, NAPTIP to mark decade of anti-trafficking campaigns

       The European Union (EU), the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) are collaborating on

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Chevron begins mass dewarming of Lagos school children

By Rebecca Ejifoma The co-venture of NNPC/Chevron has begun its campaign of deworming at least 60, 000 pupils from various primary schools in Eti-Osa Local Government Area of Lagos State

Nollywood star, Kate Henshaw joins battle against malaria

Entertainment icon Kate Henshaw has enlisted in the battle to raise awareness about the deadly consequences of malaria and pledged to join advocacy efforts. Henshaw made the commitment Thursday, October

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Malaria not “common” but deadly – expert

A professor of paediatrics, Olugbenga Mokuolu wants Nigerians to adopt a change of attitude towards malaria and see it as a fatal disease that it is instead of  under-estimating it

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Americas eliminate measles

… fifth vaccine-preventable disease to be eliminated from the region The Region of the Americas has become the first in the world to have eliminated measles, a viral disease that can

Japanese researcher wins 2016 Nobel prize for medicine

Japanese biologist Yoshinori Ohsumi has been declared winner of the 2016 Nobel Prize in medicine. According to the announcement by the Nobel Assembly at Stockholm’s Karolinska Institute, the biologist was awarded

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Novo Nordisk launches diabetes awareness campaign

… Minister Urges Regular Check With statistic showing that 40,800 persons died of diabetes related-cases in Nigeria last year, the Minister of Health, Isaac F. Adewole, has urged adult Nigerians

Doctor, is this cancer?

DR NIYI’S CLINIC Dear doctor, I’m a single 23 years old lady.  Two months ago, I noticed a soft swelling on my private part. Although it is not painful, it becomes

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Bank commemorates World Cerebral Palsy Day

FBN Holdings Plc is demonstrating its commitment to support people living with disabilities in its through by organising an advocacy campaign for the World Cerebral Palsy Day.         

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Most of world’s population breathes dirty air·    

… WHO releases new air quality model A new WHO air quality model confirms that 92% of the world’s population lives in places where air quality levels exceed WHO limits.

Shocking: Nigeria is 5th unhealthiest nation in the world!

Ranks 187 out 190 countries Franc is healthiest as No 1 Latest ranking by the World Health Organisation (WHO) of the health systems of its 191 member states has placed Nigeria among

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Experts call for effective mosquito control in Africa

  With an alarming rate of over one million deaths from mosquito vector disease worldwide, medical experts and epidemiologists in Africa have advocated a total control of the insect through

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Resident doctors give FG Sept 30 ultimatum to address health sector issues

Resident doctors in Nigeria, appear set for another showdown with the Federal Government as they have given the federal and state governments a September 30 deadline to implement all pending issues

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Dr. Niyi Tolu writes for NHO

Welcome to Dr. NIYI’S CLINIC,  the medical world of Dr. Niyi O. Tolu, NHO’s new writer. A medical professional with passion for people and the promotion of good health, Dr.

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WHO confirms 3rd Polio case in Nigeria

The World Health Organization has confirmed a third case of polio in Nigeria, Rotary Club said Monday: a crippled toddler found in an area newly liberated from Boko Haram Islamic

Nigeria records 5 new cases of Lassa fever

Confirmed in Bauchi, Gombe, Plateau and Rivers States WHO expert committee releases updates from affected countries ABUJA – Five confirmed cases of Lassa Fever have been reported from four states

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Sitting in traffic jams exposes you to toxic fumes, new research shows

Drivers have been urged to close windows and turn off fans while in traffic jams to avoid breathing in dangerously high levels of air pollution. Latest research from the University

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Hope rising for diabetes management

… Daily insulin injection may soon give way to oral capsules   Every day, millions of people with diabetes worldwide have to inject themselves with insulin to manage their blood-sugar