Top Ten News Items on Health, July 28 2017
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FG committed to elimination of viral hepatitis in Nigeria by 2021. NHIS controversy worsens as Reps reject agency’s budget. Nigeria sets up task force…
Top Ten News Items on Health, 05 May 2017
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FG inaugurates governing Boards, Councils of tertiary health institutions. FG approves UNTH, UITH sites for surveillance. NSHIP, World Bank commit $145m on health facilities…
Top Ten News Items on Health, 10th February 2017
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NACA, NCDC dismiss HIV/AIDS cure claims by Nigerian Professor. NASS to increase 2017 health sector budget to N1.1trn — Tejuoso. HMOs return…
Top Ten News Items on Health, 13 January 2017
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Nigeria flags off scheme to revive 10,000 primary health care centres. Millions of children to receive measles vaccine in north-eastern Nigeria. President…
Top Ten News Items on Health, 06 January 2017
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Final trial results confirm Ebola vaccine provides high protection against disease. INTERVIEW: Nigeria’s health minister speaks on resident doctors, polio, tuberculosis, budget,…
Top Ten Health News Items in 2016
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Government of Nigeria reports 2 wild polio cases, first since July 2014. Lassa Fever Outbreak: 41 Nigerians killed in 10 states –…
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….
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…
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, 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…