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The Walk Is Over: ECOWAS Must Now Deliver on Malaria Elimination and Maternal Survival

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By | October 14, 2023

Top Ten News Items on Health, 14th October 2023

FG Launches Operational Guidelines For Health Insurance. FG directs hospitals to save gunshot, accident victims before requesting police reports. Experts Seek Implementation Of Self-Care Guidelines For Sexual, Maternal Health. States face pressure to close 198m health coverage gap. Cautious optimism as WHO recommends second-ever malaria vaccine. NAFDAC partners NHIA on access to affordable medicines. Severe […]

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Top Ten News Items on Health, 19th January 2018

By | January 19, 2018

Response team in Ebonyi after outbreak of Lassa in hospital. Schools shut as health emergency hits Ebonyi State. Polio: Germany commits 150m euros in Nigeria. Thousands of displaced people cut off from aid in Borno state. Govs Call for domestication of HIV Treatment. Pharmacists, Nurses fault Ondo Health Insurance Bill. Adamawa State approves New Policy On Health. Plateau Signs MoU with Firm […]

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Top Ten News Health Items on Health, 28 April 2017

By | April 28, 2017

Doctors should no longer prescribe chloroquine for malaria, says Adewole. “Made in Nigeria” insecticide treated nets unveiled. Meningitis Cases Declining – NCDC. Katsina communities reject polio immunisation over ‘lack of amenities’. FCT Minister Directs Opening Of Karu General Hospital. Construction of 3 new General Hospitals begin this year – Ambode. NNPC to Reorganise Operational Model of 52 Medical Centres, hospitals. Oyo to […]

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Top Ten News Items on Health, 10 March 2017

By | March 10, 2017

FG explains plans to upgrade seven cancer centres across Nigeria. Eight years after raising billions, Turai Yar’Adua’s Cancer Centre remains abandoned, overtaken by weeds. Nigeria loses $1.5bn yearly to maternal deaths – UNFPA. Minister inaugurates Primary Health Care Supply Chain Revitalization Committee. Council approves 10 training institutions for medical lab technicians. FG to engage 200,000 […]

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