Health
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High electricity costs choking teaching hospitals to death
LAGOS — Skyrocketing electricity costs are crippling Nigeria’s teaching hospitals, jeopardising critical healthcare delivery and training for the nation’s future medical…
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Nigeria now biggest exporter of doctors — Babajide, Lagos NMA chairman
Nigeria’s Healthcare has witnessed an unprecedented crisis. This is evidenced by the distortions of COVID, skyrocketing foreign exchange, the high…
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UCH Ibadan resident doctors commence indefinite strike over blackout
An indefinite strike has hit the University College Hospital in Ibadan, as members of the Association of Resident Doctors are…
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60% world population lacks access to medical oxygen — Study
A new report by The Lancet Global Health Commission on Medical Oxygen Security has found that six out of every…
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WHO launches plan for free child cancer medicines
The World Health Organization launched on Tuesday a new platform providing cost-free cancer medicines for thousands of children living in…
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FG approves $1.7bn Hope projects to improve healthcare for Nigerians
The Federal Government of Nigeria has approved the sum of $1.7 billion for Human Capital Opportunities for Prosperity and Equity…
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Cancer Society urges NASS to approveN25bn for transition of Nat’l Cancer Health to Health Insurance Fund
The Nigerian Cancer Society, NCS, has called on the National Assembly to appropriate N25 billion for the transition of the…
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USAID funding cut threatens development programmes in Nigeria
Emotions have continued to trail the recent Executive Order by President Donald Trump to halt foreign aid to African countries…
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‘I avoided eba, amala, akpu to beat breast cancer’ – Akeredolu’s widow
Betty Anyanwu-Akeredolu, widow of the former governor of Ondo State, Rotimi Akeredolu, has revealed that eliminating starchy foods played a…
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FG intensifies efforts to end Female Genital Mutilation
Abuja — The Minister of Women Affairs, Imaan Sulaiman-Ibrahim, has reaffirmed the federal government’s commitment to eradicating Female Genital Mutilation…
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