Health
Lagos Faces 30,000 Medical Professionals Deficit, Commissioner Calls for Reverse Brain Drain
Shortage of manpower is posing more distress to the health sector in Nigeria, Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin...
Read moreCholera Outbreak in Lagos: Five Dead, 60 Hospitalised
...as government urges preventive measures Five persons have reportedly died and 60 others hospitalised from the outbreak of severe gastroenteritis...
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Sanwo-Olu Launches Free Medical Outreach to Benefit 50,000 Lagos Residents
A free medical outreach aimed at providing essential healthcare services to 50,000 Lagos State residents is set to begin today,...
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Junior Doctors in England Plan to Strike Ahead of General Election
Junior doctors in England will strike just days before the general election, their union announced Wednesday, as a protracted pay...
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Primary Health Care: We’re Expecting Additional $60 Million in Grants from Donor Agencies, Says FG
The federal government said it was expecting an additional $60 million in grants as part of the $3 billion pledge...
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Lagos Govt Set to Establish Essential Medicines Agency
… 25,000 residents to benefit from Free Medical Outreach programme tagged ‘Alafia Eko’ Lagos State Government has announced plans to...
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NAFDAC Raids Cosmetics Shops in Lagos, Seals 3 for Sale of Unregistered Products
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, NAFDAC, has shut down three cosmetics shops and raided several...
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Lagos Court Convicts Cosmetic Surgeon, Anu Adepoju, Over Fatal Plastic Surgery
The Federal High Court sitting in Lagos State has convicted a medical doctor and founder of MedContour Services Ltd., Dr....
Read moreDevaluation of Forex Contributes to Rising Cost of Drugs in Nigeria- Health Minister
The Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Muhammad Pate, has attributed the devaluation of the foreign exchange to the...
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Expanded Immunization Programme: Over 50 Million Lives Saved in Africa- WHO
An estimated 51.2 million lives have been saved through vaccines in the African region over the past 50 years. For...
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