Health
Resident Doctors Begin One-Week Warning Strike Over Kidnapped Colleague
Nigerian doctors under the aegis of the Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) have embarked on a nationwide one-week warning...
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FG Directs States to Establish Emergency Response Teams as Mpox Cases Rise to 40
In its desperate bid to contain the spread of Mpox in the country, the federal government has directed states to...
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4.4 Million Children in North-East, North-West Nigeria Malnourished – FG
The federal government says 4.4 million children in the north-east and north-west regions are malnourished. Ladidi Bako-Aiyebusi, director of nutrition...
Read moreNCDC Reports Significant Decline in Mpox Cases Across Nigeria
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has observed a significant decline in suspected and confirmed Mpox cases across the...
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Lagos Govt Resumes Free Medical Outreach ‘Alaafia Eko’
The Lagos State Government has successfully resumed the second phase of its free medical outreach, known as "Alaafia Eko," across...
Read moreDoctors Urge Nigerians Against Undercooked Bush Meat to Prevent Mpox Virus
The Association of Resident Doctors, University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital (ARD-UITH), has warned Nigerians against consumption of undercooked bush meat,...
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Tinubu Launches NSIA Health Expansion Initiative: 120,000 Health Workers to be Retrained
President Bola Tinubu has launched the Nigeria Sovereign Investment Authority (NSIA)-Healthcare Expansion Programme and the retraining of 120,000 frontline health...
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Lagos Govt Calls for Birth Control Law to Tackle Out-of-School Children
The Lagos State Government has called for the enactment of a birth control law to address the menace of out-of-school...
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WHO Declares Mpox a Global Public Health Emergency Amid Spreading Outbreak in Africa
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has declared mpox a global public health emergency for the second time in two years....
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67% of Nigerian Health Workers Emigrate to UK, New Policy Aims to Stem Exodus
… UK's NHS will struggle if they pull out - Pate The coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare Prof....
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