Decline in Lassa Fever Cases as NCDC Sustains Intensive Response
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Over the last five weeks, there has been a decline in the number of new cases of Lassa fever reported in Nigeria….
Nominations open for Nigerian Healthcare Excellence Awards 2019
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Nomination for the 6th edition of the Nigerian Healthcare Excellence Awards (NHEA) 2019 has opened. This was made known by Dr. Wale…
Top Ten News Items on Health, 8th March 2019
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Patient free Of HIV after stem cell treatment. Universal Health Coverage: Rwanda urges African govts to fund healthcare. IWD: Over 800,000 women…
Why is Balance Better? – International Women’s Day 2019
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When we talk about gender equality in society, we often think of the pay gap or in public prominence. Some may also associate…
MTN Continues To Spearhead Intervention to Combat Deadly Scourge Of Substance Abuse
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In furtherance of the drive to curb the increasing rate of substance abuse in Nigeria, MTN Nigeria, under the Anti Substance Abuse…
Top Ten News Items on Health, 1st March 2019
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Financing primary healthcare systems vital to improving peoples’ lives — Melinda Gates. How community informants help improve polio surveillance – WHO. Hygeia HMO partners…
Latest Health Jobs In Nigeria Published On 28th February 2019
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State Programme Coordinator – Health, Christian Aid, Benue, deadline 8th March, 2019. Apply for this job Staff Nurse/Midwife (RN/RM), Greenfield Health Management…
Zero Discrimination in Nigeria: Moving from Policy to Practice
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In January 2019, President Muhammadu Buhari signed into law the Discrimination Against Persons with Disabilities Prohibition Act, to provide for the full…
Ebola response in Democratic Republic of the Congo risks slowdown
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26 February, Geneva – WHO Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus today called on donors to continue funding the response to the Ebola outbreak…
NCDC REVIEWS LASSA FEVER OUTBREAK RESPONSE AMIDST REDUCING NUMBER OF CASES
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The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has reported a decrease in the number of Lassa fever cases reported weekly in the…
Top Ten News Items on Health, 22nd February 2019
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Six states to benefit from N23.3b UK malaria intervention project. Government urged to step up to HIV as donor funding drops. FG allocates land…
Latest Health Jobs In Nigeria Published On 21st February 2019
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Laboratory Scientist (Microbiologist), Lily Hospitals Limited, Delta, deadline 26th February, 2019. Apply for this job Health Informatician, eHealth4everyone, Abuja, deadline 15th March,…
Is this Nigeria’s Last Lap to Polio Freedom?
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In about six months, Nigeria will achieve what will arguably be one of her recent greatest public health achievements; being declared polio-free….
African Private Sector leaders take the lead to rewrite Africa’s healthcare narrative with support from African Heads of State
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ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia, February 14, 2019/ — GBCHealth (www.GBCHealth.org), Aliko Dangote Foundation (www.Dangote.com/foundation) and the UN Economic Commission for Africa (www.UNECA.org) jointly held the…