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Artificial ripening: NAFDAC to commence nationwide monitoring of markets
Professor Moji, NAFDAC DG
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) says it will commence immediate nationwide monitoring of fruit markets to check…
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Brain drain: Zamfara loses 20 doctors in 6 months
Governor Yari of Zamfara State
No fewer than 20 medical doctors are said to have left the services of Zamfara state government between January and June this year in search of…
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PEPFAR: 7.7m people receive HIV counsel in 15 years
Ambassador Young
The United States Charge D ’affairs in Nigeria Mr. David J. Young has said in the 2017 financial year alone an approximately 7.7 million people received HIV…
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NAFDAC D-G says Tramadol has ruined lives of promising youths
“Tramadol has ruined the lives of many promising youths who should have been the future and asset of our beloved country,” Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye, the Director-Generl of NAFDAC has…
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Lassa fever kills nurse in Edo
An outbreak of Lassa fever has allegedly claimed the life of Mr Henry Ehimati, a male nurse working with Okomu Oil Palm Company staff clinic, located in Ovia South-West Local…
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24 more new cases of cholera recorded in Adamawa – Official
Adamawa State Governor Bindow
Adamawa Ministry of Health on Saturday confirmed 24 more new cases of cholera in the state.
A statement on cholera update issued by the…
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JOHESU begs FG for payment of 2 months salary
The Joint Health Sector Unions (JOHESU) has appealed to the Federal Government to pay its members April and May salary in line with their agreement to suspend their strike.
Mr…
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Yobe govt declares cholera outbreak over
Yobe state government has officially declared the cholera outbreak recorded in the state over, saying no cholera case has been reported for three weeks and all the samples from…
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Blood donation lowers calories, improves body fitness
The Blood Safety Programme Manager, Institute of Human Virology, Nigerians (IHVN), Mr Abdullahi Abubakar, says regular blood donation improves body fitness and lowers calories.…
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One dead, 40 hospitalised as suspected cholera case hits girls boarding school in Kaduna
No fewer than 40 secondary school students were rushed to Kawo General Hospital following outbreak of vomiting and diarrhea at Government Girls Secondary School, Kawo in…
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Cholera: 3 confirmed cases, 87 suspected in Plateau – Commissioner
The Plateau Commissioner for Health, Mr Kunden Deyin, on Monday said that three persons had been confirmed to have cholera, out of 90 suspected cases in the state.
Deyin,…
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Adamawa Cholera: Fatality rate drops to 1.8 per cent- Commissioner
Dr Fatima Atiku, Adamawa State Commissioner of Health
The Adamawa Commissioner for Health, Dr Fatima Atiku, has said the fatality rate of recent Cholera outbreak in Mubi…
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U.S. inaugurates new $5.2m medic warehouse
Officials from the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) joined Minister of Health Prof. Isaac Adewole to commission a central medical storage facility that will…
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JOHESU bows to pressure, suspends 6-week-old strike
The Joint Health Sector Union (JOHESU), appeared to have bowed to pressure as it has suspended its six weeks nationwide strike, while negotiation continues on Monday.
Its Chairman,…
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Nigeria, US, sign MoU on largest HIV/AIDS survey
By Kemi Yesufu
The Federal Government taken the first step to solving the challenge of verifiable data on HIV/AID in the country as it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding…
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