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Kwara to establish multi-billion naira cancer treatment centre
By Emmanuel Kehinde, Ilorin
Kwara State Government has announced plans to establish a multi-billion naira Cancer treatment Centre to be situated at the Ilorin General Hospital.!-->!-->!-->…
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COVID-19: Anambra creates super sites for free counseling
BY SUNNY A. DAVID
Anambra State government has positioned itself to fight the impact of COVID-19 especially among the most vulnerable Communities.To this extent government has!-->!-->!-->…
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60,000 persons to benefit from NG -CARES in Anambra
BY SUNNY A. DAVID
About sixty thousand people in Anambra State would benefit from the Nigeria COVID-19 Action Recovery and Economic Stimulus, NG-CARES, programme expected to!-->!-->!-->…
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1200 patients to benefit from free eye medical treatment in Bauchi
Bauchi State Governor, Sen Bala Mohammed talking to patients at Makkah Eye Center in Bauchi
By Akanji Alowolodu, Bauchi
A total of 1200 people drawn from Bauchi, Gombe and!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->…
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Another life-saving Covid treatment found
Kimberley Featherstone is one of the patients who received the treatment during the trial
Exactly a year on from the discovery that a cheap steroid drug prevented Covid!-->!-->!-->…
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COVAX facing shortfall of 190mn – UNICEF Ambassadors warns
COVAX, the global initiative supporting poorer countries in gaining access to vaccines, is already facing a shortfall of 190 million doses, goodwill Ambassadors of the United!-->…
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University of Ilorin gets molecular lab for COVID-19, other infectious diseases’ testing
BY KEHINDE EMMANUEL, ILORIN
The University of Ilorin has again raised the bar in public health provision in the country, with the flag-off of its ultra-modern Molecular!-->!-->!-->…
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Kwara gives free malaria care to 600,000 children
BY KEHINDE AKINPELU, ILORIN
No fewer than 600,000 children aged between 3 months and 5 years in 11 Local government areas of Kwara State are to receive free malaria care, the!-->!-->!-->…
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1 in 7 Nigerian kids have HIV – stakeholders
By Akpan David, Calabar
Key stakeholders in the health sector have raised the alarm that every Nigerian child in every seven is HIV positive.
They met in Abuja over the!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->…
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Pathologist describes tobacco as world’s biggest health threat
Professor Ima-Obong Ekanem
By Akpan David, Calabar
Tobacco has been described as an epidemic, and which has become the world’s biggest public health threat ever faced.
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Governor Inuwa flags-off Gombe contributory healthcare scheme
Governor Inuwa Yahaya of Gombe State
By Mato Adamu
Gombe State Governor, Muhammadu Inuwa Yahaya has flagged off the State Contributory Healthcare Scheme ( GoHealth) with!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->…
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Plateau Governor, Lalong takes second COVID-19 jab
By Anthony Maliki
Governor Simon Bako Lalong has recieved the second jab of the COVID-19 Oxford AstraZeneca vaccine with a call to citizens of the State to make themselves!-->!-->!-->…
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Women journalists distribute sanitary towels to girls in Cross River
By Akpan David, Calabar
The Nigeria Association of Women Journalists, Cross River State Chapter has distributed sanitary towels to secondary schools girls.
President of the!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->…
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Gombe, labour agree to implement State Health Contributory Scheme
Gombe State Commissioner for Health, Dr. Habu Dahiru (middle) flanked by other dignitaries at the press briefing.
By Akanji Alowolodu, Gombe
After a long time of!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->…
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Cholera outbreak kills 20 persons in Bauchi, 322 others test positive
Bauchi Health Commissioner, Dr Aliyu Maigoro briefs journalists on cholera outbreak
By Akanji Alowolodu, Bauchi
Not fewer than 20 people have been confirmed killed by!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->…
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Kaduna workers strike: Full statement by National Association of Nigerian Nurses and Midwives on…
OFFICIAL STATEMENT OF NANNM KADUNA STATE COUNCIL ON ALLEGED DISCHARGE OF PATIENTS AND REMOVAL OF OXYGEN ON A 2-DAY OLD BABY
In respect to the recent happenings in the state and!-->!-->!-->…
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