Health

Minister: FG guided by safety, transparency in COVID-19 mass vaccination

The Federal Ministry of Health (FMOH), has says it is guided by principles of safety, efficacy, transparency and accountability in the COVID-19 mass vaccination campaign in the country. The Minister…

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Healthcare workers seeks support for breastfeeding mothers

Healthcare workers at  the Ajeromi-Ifelodun General Hospital,Ajegunle, on Friday urged husbands, families and friends to support breastfeeding mothers around them. They also urged individuals to help nursing mothers  to achieve…

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Pharmacists lament loss of 200 members to brain drain

…………, better conditions in Canada, other places National Chairman, Association of Hospital and Administrative Pharmacists of Nigeria (AHAPN), Mr Olabode Ogunjemiyo, said about 200 of its members left the country…

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Resident Doctors give FG 2 weeks ultimatum on new hazard allowance, others

The President, National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD), Dr Dare Ishaya, has asked the Federal Government to implement the payment of the new Hazard Allowance and arrears stipulated as at…

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NMA performs 1000 surgical operations in Kwara communities

By Abiodun Esan (Ilorin) The Nigeria Medical Association (NMA), Kwara Chapter has performed 1,000 free surgeries and medical healthcare to indigent patients in Esie community, in Irepodun local government of…

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Minister: FG engaging WHO, CEPI to develop lassa fever vaccine

The Federal Government is currently engaging with the World Health Organisation (WHO) and the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI) for the development of new therapeutics and a vaccine for…

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FG: Nigerians to access affordable surgical care

Consultant Grade 1, Federal Ministry of Health, Hospital Services, Dr Deborah Bitrus-Oghoghorie, has said that Nigerians would began to access affordable surgical care. Speaking at the Federal Medical Centre, Ebute-Metta,…

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Okene Reference Hospital ‘ll end medical tourism in Nigeria, says Kogi Gov

Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State has assured Nigerians that the soon-to-be-inaugurated Reference Hospital, Okene, will end medical tourism in the state and Nigeria at large. A statement issued in…

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Osinbajo receives London-Lagos biker, cautions against polio complacency

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo says there is need to sustain the campaign against polio, warning that the disease is “very crafty.” Osinbajo handed down the warning on Thursday at Presidential…

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NCDC deplores misinformation about monkeypox

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has decried what it described as widespread misinformation about the infection, especially in Nigeria. The Director-General of the NCDC, Ifedayo Adetifa, said this…

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