Top Ten News Items on Health, 18th May 2018
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Senate explains N57.15b vote for basic healthcare in 2018 budget. DR Congo Ebola outbreak spreads to Mbandaka city. FG Signs MoU With UNICEF On…
Top Ten News Items on Health, 11th May 2018
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New Ebola outbreak declared in Democratic Republic of the Congo. Nigeria declares end to Lassa fever outbreak. WHO cholera vaccine drive targets 2 million…
Top Ten News Items on Health, 04 May 2018
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Sweet Sweet Codeine – inside Nigeria’s deadly cough syrup trade. FG bans production, importation of codeine-containing syrups. National Assembly to allocate 1% CRF to…
Top Ten News Items on Health, 27th April 2018
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UNICEF: 4.3m Nigerian Children Miss out on Vaccinations Every Year. UNFPA: $10m Annual Budgetary Allocation to Family Planning, Poor. World Malaria Day: WHO urges…
Top Ten News Items on Health, 20th April 2018
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Expert calls for men’s inclusion in family planning advocacy. Nigeria’s Lassa fever cases decline to lowest level in four months – NCDC. FG, BVGH…
Top Ten News Items on Health, 13th April 2018
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At 2nd THISDAY Healthcare Policy Dialogue, Leaders Task Nigeria on Universal Coverage. 21 million Nigerians to be protected against Yellow Fever in 2018…
Top Ten News Items on Health, 6th April 2018
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Osinbajo says all Nigerians must have access to health insurance scheme. NHIS delists 23 HMOs, grants 34 provisional nod. NHIS chief denies investing scheme’s…
Top Ten News Items on Health, 30th March 2018
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Meningitis, not ‘strange disease’, killed eight in Kano – Official. 559 hospitalised in Bauchi cholera outbreak—MSF. Experts accede to impressive progress by Nigeria’s Polio…
Top Ten News Items on Health, 23rd March 2018
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Nigerian govt inaugurates committee on basic healthcare fund. Bill Gate, Dangote sign MoU with 6 governors on immunisation fund. Own the fight against HIV/AIDS,…
Top Ten News Items on Health, 16th March 2018
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302,096 tuberculosis cases undetected in Nigeria – NTBLCP. NCDC, WAHO simulates Yellow fever outbreak. Minister of Health inaugurates Isolation Unit, other projects at…
Top Ten News Items on Health, 9th March 2018
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WHO earmarks $178 million on health issues in Nigeria for 2 years. Osinbajo, GAVI delegation discuss Nigeria’s healthcare system. Experts call for legal framework,…
Top Ten News Items on Health, 2nd March 2018
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Lassa fever cases rise to 317 –NCDC. NMA locks down all health facilities in Kogi. UNICEF revs up efforts to save over 17m Nigerian…
Top Ten News Items on Health, 23rd February 2018
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ECOWAS opens Regional Centre for Surveillance and Disease Control in Abuja. Nigeria ranked 11th highest on newborn deaths —UNICEF Report. National Hospital receives second…
Top Ten News Items on Health, 16 February 2018
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Over 90% of Nigerians not captured by NHIS. Nigerian medical council inducts 249 foreign trained graduates. Malnutrition of Children Under Five Years Worsens, Says…