Health officials have warned a second person has been identified with the rare and potentially life-threatening infection monkeypox, just days after the first ever case in England was identified in…
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THE Joint Health Sector Unions (JOHESU) has directed its members to unfailingly commence an indefinite nationwide strike in all Federal Health Institutions across the country as from midnight on Tuesday….
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A mutated strain of Human Immuno-deficiency Virus (HIV) spotted in Canada is driving sufferers to develop Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) quicker than usual, a study reveals. The strain is…
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One of the leading indigenous pharmaceutical companies in Nigeria, Drugfield Pharmaceuticals Limited, has launched and donated its highly effective baby care ointment, Chlorxy-G gel, in Ghana. The Ghana Health Service…
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The Enugu State Government has announced plans to introduce Health Insurance Scheme (SHIS) for workers in the state public service. The state Commissioner for Information, Mr Ogbuagu Anikwe, made this…
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A deadly virus carried by fruit bats has killed at least five people in southern India and more than 90 people are in quarantine, a top health official said Tuesday….
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The Democratic Republic of Congo is preparing to launch an Ebola vaccination programme Monday in a bid to stop the latest outbreak of the dreaded fatal disease from spreading. The…
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The World Health Organisation (WHO) Congolese and United Nations officials were racing on Thursday to prevent a runaway Ebola outbreak in Congo. They are working out the logistics of keeping…
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Uche Orji, chief executive officer of the Nigerian Sovereign Investment Authority, NSIA, says massive fraud in the fertiliser subsidy programme has been eliminated since the introduction of the Presidential Fertiliser…
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Health officials have declared the end of the emergnecy phase of the 2018 Lassa fever outbreak in Nigeria. At least 423 confirmed cases were reported with 106 deaths from the…
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