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…
Top Ten News Items on Health, 18 November 2016
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Nigeria records 35 per cent decline in malaria cases. Nigeria loses $2.4bn to malaria annually— FG, Dangote Foundation. WHO donates Polio Modular…
Top News Items on Health, 11 November 2016
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AfDB approves US $1-million grant to finance nutrition campaign in Nigeria’s Borno State. WHO and partners support measles vaccination in Borno State,…
Top Ten News Items on Health, 04 November 2016
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We have no accurate data of health insurance beneficiaries in Nigeria -Prof Yusuf. 1,473 midwives deployed to PHCs to save mothers, children….
Top Ten News Items on Health, 28 October 2016
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Nigeria has sufficient Anti retro-viral drugs – NACA. FG flags-off one PHC per ward programme in Borno. FG flags-off free VVF surgeries…
Top Ten News Items on Health, 21 October 2016
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HIV/AIDS: Nigeria facing antiretroviral drugs shortage, says UN. Chibok girls: FG will provide medical care – Minister. US re-launches malaria hotline in Nigeria. Oyo State…
Top Ten News Items on Health, 14 October 2016
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Massive immunization campaign to reach 41 million children in Nigeria and region to contain polio outbreak. Nigeria Losing Billions of Dollars to…
Top Ten News Items on Health, 07 October 2016
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FG releases N9.8bn for polio eradication. WHO provides medical supplies to 15,000 Boko Haram victims. Children below one-year-old to get new pneumonia…
Top Ten News Items on Health, 20th September, 2016
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FG cancels plan to build 10,000 PHCs. UNICEF revises humanitarian funding appeal for Nigeria to US$ 115m. FG begins free screening for cancer. FG launches…
Top Ten News Items on Health, 23rd September, 2016
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Cholera kills six in Lagos, 39 under observation. Government to adopt telemedicine to tackle medical tourism, manpower gap. Govt to restore peace…
Top Ten News Items on Health, 09 September 2016
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Nigeria reports third polio case in Borno. Nigeria’s Health Council to approve National Health Policy. Government confirms Lassa Fever outbreak in Ondo…
Top Ten News Items on Health, 02 September 2016
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N’Assembly plans bill to exempt NHIS, others from TSA. NHIS scam worse than oil subsidy, says new secretary. Japan Donates $800m to…
Top Ten News Items on Health, 26 August 2016
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WHO lauds Nigeria’s prompt response to polio outbreak in Borno. NCDC debunks 3 cases of Lassa Fever in Anambra. Alert!: Fake Quinine…
Top Ten News Items on Health, 19 August 2016
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Lassa fever kills doctor, 2 others in Anambra. FG Releases N9.8bn to tackle polio outbreak. Drug scarcity hits Aso Rock clinic despite…