Press Release on activities of the NCDC towards mitigating Lassa fever in Nigeria
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Lassa Fever: we are better prepared but there is no magic bullet On 20th December 2016, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control…
Nigeria Health Jobs Published on 21st December, 2016
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Nursing Officer, Kleinburg Medical Center, Lagos, deadline 22nd December, 2016. Details here Mental Health Counselor, Médecins Sans Frontières, Yobe, Borno, deadline 25th…
United Nations General Assembly To Convene Historic High-Level Meeting on TB with Heads of State
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15 December 2016 – Geneva, Switzerland – Following a campaign launched by Dr. Aaron Motsoaledi, Chair of the Stop TB Partnership Board…
Top Ten News Items on Health, 16 December 2016
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Full impact of devastated health services in north-eastern Nigeria revealed by WHO report. New WHO Country Representative formally assumes duties in Nigeria….
Nigeria Health Jobs Published on 15th December, 2016
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Health Officer – NOB, TA, The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), Bauchi, deadline 27th December, 2016. Details here Laboratory System Specialist, U.S…
Can the ASLM Conference reinvigorate Laboratory Medicine in Nigeria?
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Iruka Okeke is at the University of Ibadan. She writes this week about the progress made in the world of laboratory medicine…
Top Ten News Items on Health, 09 December 2016
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Humanitarian emergency directors call for US$1 billion to meet the needs of 6.9 million people in Nigeria’s North East. Reps stop NHIS’s…
Has the Nigerian patient been “Failed by Angels?”
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This week in Abuja the Centre for the Right to Health (CRH) will hold the premiere of an advocacy documentary, “Failed by…
Nigeria Health Jobs Published on 7th December, 2016
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Mental Health Counselor, Médecins Sans Frontières, Borno, deadline 9th December, 2016. Details here Clinical Quality Assurance Advisor, Marie Stopes International, Edo, Kano,…
Top Ten News Items on Health, 02 December 2016
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FG launches Guidelines For HIV/AIDS Prevention. World AIDS Day: US donates $400m, urges FG To invest in health. 800 Nigerians die daily…
Press Address on Medical Negligence in Nigeria & Non-Compliance to the National Health Act 2014
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PRESS ADDRESS ON MEDICAL NEGLIGENCE IN NIGERIA AND NON- COMPLIANCE TO THE NATIONAL HEALTH ACT 2014. FIRST NIGERIAN MEDICAL LAW SUMMIT Gentlemen…
Re-Positioning the NHIS for Success: A To-Do List for the Executive Secretary
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Editor’s Note: Dr. Cheluchi Onyemelukwe is Lead Consultant at Health Ethics and Law Consulting, a health law and policy firm, which provides…
The National HIV Prevention Conference Youth Summit 2016
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PRE- CONFERENCE YOUTH SUMMIT 2016 Theme: Hands on for HIV prevention According to UNAIDS, HIV/AIDS constitutes one of the world’s largest threats…
Top Ten News Items on Health, 25th November 2016
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$400m Polio funds not stolen, says Health Minister. FG, GSK freeze price of Pneumonia Vaccines for next 10 Years. Lagos records 9,579…