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…
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…
Top Ten News Items on Health, 8th February 2019
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Buhari targets 10,000 functional primary healthcare centres, says NPHCDA boss. Oyo Health Insurance Health Scheme Captures 100,000 Enrollees. Sign Pharmacy Council of…
Top Ten News Items on Health, 1st February 2019
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Immunisation: FG, Bill Gates Foundation Sign $75m Financing Agreement. World Leprosy Day – Nigerians urged to stop discrimination against lepers. Nigeria has 11 million…
Top Ten News Items on Health, 16th November 2018
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Buhari signs bill establishing Nigeria Centre for Disease Control. Lassa fever kills two, infects five in Edo, Ebonyi, Ondo. WHO cautions against…
Top Ten News Items on Health, 31st August 2018
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Nigeria’s Polio laboratories pass another round of accreditation exercise. Donors provide 95% of HIV/AIDS funding in Nigeria –NACA DG. Fresh Crisis rocks…
Top Ten News Items on Health, 10th August 2018
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FG okays $150m World Bank Loan for Polio Eradication. Nigeria launches Epidemic Response Scheme to combat infectious diseases. DRC begins vaccination against latest Ebola…
Top Ten News Items on Health, 3rd August 2018
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Cluster of presumptive Ebola cases in North Kivu in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Nigeria launches initiative to protect patients’ rights. FG set…
Top Ten News Items on Health, 29th June 2018
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FG launches HIV/AIDS indicator survey. Medical practitioners in Nigeria to benefit as Buhari signs 2 bills into law. Adewole Recommends TB Screening…
Top Ten News Items on Health, 15th June 2018
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Immunization: GAVI extends funding support to Nigeria till 2028. U.S. Announces $102 Million Humanitarian Assistance To Nigeria. Nigeria has more HIV-infected babies than…
Top Ten News Items on Health, 1st June 2018
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JOHESU suspends strike, members to resume on Monday. World No Tobacco Day: WHO urges countries to raise taxes. Sale of codeine syrup thrives in…
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, 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…