Resident Doctors give FG condition for suspending strike. Strike: FG orders federal hospitals to recruit casual doctors. Nurses nationwide threaten strike over allowances, others. NCDC confirms 20 cholera deaths, 319 suspected cases in Borno. End of Meningitis outbreak in Nigeria, December 2016 – June 2017. Refugee council raises the alarm over children malnutrition in northeast, others. Northern Nigeria’s major orthopaedic hospital overstretched – CMD. WHO deploys Polio personnel to forestall disease outbreaks in Benue state communities affected by floods. Nigeria’s effort towards malaria control yielding positive results – Health Minister. Zamfara to recruit 280 health workers – Gov. Yari.
Top Ten News Items on Health, 8th September, 2017
