Sodiq Abubakar (not real name) was not going to miss this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity; it was prayers answered for him and he was ready to deploy all his resources to get
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Tuberculosis spreading, becoming untreatable in Nigeria, experts warn
World TB Day: Africa’s tuberculosis burden falling but slowly — WHO
ABUJA—World Health Organization, WHO, has said that cases tuberculosis, TB, in Nigeria and other African countries is declining but at a pace not fast enough to meet the 2020 milestones of the End TB Strategy.
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Kiev reports first measles death as cases soar
Ukraine’s capital has seen its first death from measles in a major outbreak, the health ministry said Monday. A 57-year-old woman died in hospital of complications from the highly infectious illness, health ministry spokeswoman Maryna Dadinova told AFP. Eight people, including two children, have died of measles in Ukraine this year. There were 16 deaths […]
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Hunger in Africa continues to rise – FAO
Maiden Lassa fever int’l conference holds in Nigeria
Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) By Jessica OnyegbulaThe Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) says it is ready to host the first Lassa fever international conference, in the country. The Chief Executive Officer, NCDC, Dr. Chikwe Ihekweazu, made this known in statement made available to newsmen on Tuesday in Abuja. Ihekweazu said
Edo government unveils Yellow fever reactive vaccination campaign
Edo State government has unveiled Yellow fever mass vaccination campaign, targeting 3 million people across 13 local council areas. The project is in collaboration with the National Primary Healthcare Development Agency (NPHCDA), and the World Health Organisation (WHO). The vaccination campaign, which commenced yesterday would continue till December 24, 2018, having as its target, people […]
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Gowon challenge medical lab scientists to end quackery in practice
Fred Ezeh, Abuja Former Military Head of State, Yakubu Gowon, has identified quackery as major threat to stability and credibility of medical laboratory science practice in Nigeria. He was saddened that activities of quacks and unregistered “medical laboratory scientists” have eroded the public trust and confidence on the profession, thus forcing them to adopt the […]
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Buhari mourns OPC founder, Fasehun
President Muhammadu Buhari has commiserated with the Yoruba nation over the passing of the founder of Oodua Peoples Congress (OPC), Dr Frederick Fasehun. The President, in a condolence message by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Mr Femi Adesina, in Abuja on Saturday, also condoled with the family of the medical practitioner and the […]
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Gunfire, threats and curfews slow Congo’s fight against Ebola
When medics tried to reach Ebola patients in a village in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo during a recent surge in violence, they were blocked by men wielding machetes and axes. Worried about being kidnapped, […]
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