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PT Health Watch: Why seizures are common among children in poor communities – Expert

PT Health Watch: Why seizures are common among chi...

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UPDATED: Nigeria’s health budget too small to address challenges – Bill Gates

UPDATED: Nigeria’s health budget too small to addr...

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Midterm Scorecard: Nigeria’s health sector remains fragile despite Tinubu’s efforts

Midterm Scorecard: Nigeria’s health sector remains...

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WHO, TY Danjuma signs $2.26m agreement to strengthen Nigeria’s health system

WHO, TY Danjuma signs $2.26m agreement to strength...

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WHO, TY Danjuma sign $2.26m agreement to strengthen Nigeria’s health system

WHO, TY Danjuma sign $2.26m agreement to strengthe...

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Children’s Day: FCT parents call for ban on flavoured tobacco

Children’s Day: FCT parents call for ban on flavou...

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Study links gender to antimicrobial resistance in Nigeria

Study links gender to antimicrobial resistance in ...

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Four million rural dwellers benefitted from NYSC’s health initiative in 11 years- DG

Four million rural dwellers benefitted from NYSC’s...

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Trump administration quietly shuts down CDC’s infection control committee

Trump administration quietly shuts down CDC’s infe...

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Experts advocate hand hygiene culture to prevent infections, strengthen health systems

Experts advocate hand hygiene culture to prevent i...

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Yobe targets 80% vaccination coverage by 2026

Yobe targets 80% vaccination coverage by 2026

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Malaria’s Deadly Grip: Poor sanitation undermines govt efforts in Yobe, Kebbi

Malaria’s Deadly Grip: Poor sanitation undermines ...

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FG set to privatise management of State House Medical Centre

FG set to privatise management of State House Medi...

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Nigeria has the highest number of unvaccinated children globally – UNICEF

Nigeria has the highest number of unvaccinated chi...

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INTERVIEW: Why Nigeria is recording severe Lassa Fever cases, deaths — NCDC DG

INTERVIEW: Why Nigeria is recording severe Lassa F...

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Saudi medical team conducts 28 cochlear implant surgeries for Kenyan children

Saudi medical team conducts 28 cochlear implant su...

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Rivers, Benue, Akwa Ibom record highest HIV cases in Nigeria- Report

Rivers, Benue, Akwa Ibom record highest HIV cases ...

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ANALYSIS: How Congo-Brazzaville’s illegal medicine trade crisis can be tackled

ANALYSIS: How Congo-Brazzaville’s illegal medicine...

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Nigeria allocated additional $200m to health in 2025 budget – WHO

Nigeria allocated additional $200m to health in 20...

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Women call for increased availability of contraceptives in Jigawa

Women call for increased availability of contracep...

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Researcher identifies alternative therapies for prostate cancer treatment

Researcher identifies alternative therapies for pr...

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World Health Day 2025: APC chieftain seeks protection of mothers, newborns

World Health Day 2025: APC chieftain seeks protect...

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Nigeria receives one million Gavi-funded vaccine doses to combat meningitis

Nigeria receives one million Gavi-funded vaccine d...

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300-bed Kaduna hospital ready soon – Commissioner

300-bed Kaduna hospital ready soon – Commissioner

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Stakeholders seek better training facilities, curricula for pharmacy technicians

Stakeholders seek better training facilities, curr...

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Kwara receives 1,982 nutrition packs from UNICEF

Kwara receives 1,982 nutrition packs from UNICEF

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Understanding Neurodivergence in Nigeria’s Context, its Impact on Children

Understanding Neurodivergence in Nigeria’s Context...

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Researcher identifies safer alternatives for Alzheimer’s treatment

Researcher identifies safer alternatives for Alzhe...

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WHO facing massive funding gap after slashing budg...

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Sokoto condemns harmful traditional metal poisoning treatments

Sokoto condemns harmful traditional metal poisonin...

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Collaboration key to advancing pharmacy practice, says ACPN chair

Collaboration key to advancing pharmacy practice, ...

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Tinubu appoints new chairperson for National Health Insurance Authority, NHIA

Tinubu appoints new chairperson for National Healt...

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MSF urges action as meningitis outbreak spreads in North-West

MSF urges action as meningitis outbreak spreads in...

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NACA to end mother-to-child HIV transmission in Delta

NACA to end mother-to-child HIV transmission in De...

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Adamawa govt confirms rabies outbreak, plans mass pet vaccination

Adamawa govt confirms rabies outbreak, plans mass ...

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Kwara extends free X-rays, tuberculosis treatment to children

Kwara extends free X-rays, tuberculosis treatment ...

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What Nigeria is doing to end Tuberculosis – Oluremi Tinubu

What Nigeria is doing to end Tuberculosis – Olurem...

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One Nigerian dies of TB every seven minutes -Oluremi Tinubu

One Nigerian dies of TB every seven minutes -Olure...

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Funding cuts threatening TB gains, WHO laments

Funding cuts threatening TB gains, WHO laments

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Only 17% Africans have access to oral healthcare – WHO

Only 17% Africans have access to oral healthcare –...

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FG approves N32 billion for BHCPF to strengthen primary healthcare services

FG approves N32 billion for BHCPF to strengthen pr...

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FG approves N32.8bn to boost primary healthcare

FG approves N32.8bn to boost primary healthcare

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NCDC records 103 Lassa fever deaths, 563 confirmed cases

NCDC records 103 Lassa fever deaths, 563 confirmed...

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NAFDAC nabs man allegedly defrauding foreign companies

NAFDAC nabs man allegedly defrauding foreign compa...

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Roche, Oncopadi tech to support 5,000 breast cancer patients

Roche, Oncopadi tech to support 5,000 breast cance...

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FCTA plans to upgrade all general hospitals, PHCs in 2025

FCTA plans to upgrade all general hospitals, PHCs ...

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Diphtheria: Kings College students to be discharged soon – LUTH CMD

Diphtheria: Kings College students to be discharge...

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World Kidney Day 2025: Learning to avoid risks, early detection

World Kidney Day 2025: Learning to avoid risks, ea...

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BREAKING: Suspected meningitis outbreak kills 26 in Kebbi – Govt

BREAKING: Suspected meningitis outbreak kills 26 i...

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Sokoto govt alerts residents on meningitis outbreak

Sokoto govt alerts residents on meningitis outbrea...

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