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Enter ‘DiagnosMe.Africa’ online portal
• Now you can access medical tests at home Stack Diagnostics, a premium molecular diagnostics and personalised medicine company, has unveiled an online portal known as DiagnosMe.Africa to enhance health
Agbami Parties Handover 34th Science Laboratory Complex
• Boost Interest in STEM Star Deepwater Petroleum Limited, (a Chevron Company) and its parties in the Agbami field- Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Famfa Oil Limited, Statoil Nigeria Limited,
NHIS boss forces self into office with police escort
• No official letter from Health Minister to suspend me, he says • NANS vows to sack him by Tuesday • ‘We won’t work until he obeys Council,’ workers insist
Experts advocate comprehensive NHIS cover for diabetes
as Sanofi Summit ends Experts at the one-day Diabetes Summit organized by Sanofi Aventis, a global biopharmaceutical healthcare company focused on human health on Wednesday October 17, have advocated a
NHIS: Presidency silent as suspended ES defies Governing Council, remains in office
• Aso Rock may overrule Council • We stand by our decision, Council insists ABUJA – Suspended Executive Secretary, National Health Insurance Scheme, Prof Usman Yusuf, has defied directive by
NHIS governing council suspends Executive Secretary, Prof. Usman Yusuf ‘indefinitely’
Constitutes administrative panel to investigate him Says scheme may collapse in 3 years if decision not taken Sadiq Abubukar named as acting Executive Secretary At a briefing in Abuja, Thursday,
Nurses must embrace professional core values – Idris
(L-R): Assistant Director of Nursing Services, Lagos State PHC Board, Mrs. Toyin Odukoya; Director Medical Administration, Training and Programmes, Ministry of Health, Dr. Funmilayo Shokunbi; Director of Nursing Services, Lagos
Over 5,000 doctors, nurses have left Nigeria for UK – Health Watch
ABUJA – The Nigeria Health Watch, a health blog, said on Monday that over 5,000 doctors and nurses trained in Nigeria have abandoned the nation to practice in United Kingdom.
Shocker! World Bank admits misleading Nigeria to ignore education, health sectors
The World Bank says it “has to take some responsibility’’ for advising Nigeria and other African countries to invest more in roads, railways and energy rather than in education and
Group makes fresh call on NHIS boss to step down over corruption allegations
ABUJA – The Association of Senior Civil Servants of Nigeria has made fresh call on the Executive-Secretary, National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS), Prof. Usman Yusuf to step aside
Experts storm Lagos for Sanofi Diabetes Summit
Top endocrinologists and other experts in the management of diabetes around the world are expected to converge in Lagos next week for the second edition of the Diabetes Summit organized
P&G wins Occupational Safety and Health Standards award
The award winning plant Procter and Gamble (P&G), a leading fast moving consumer goods company in Nigeria and makers of Pampers and Ariel, has received the National Development Safety and
UK, Nigeria sign MOU to strengthen health security
[L-R] Dr. Ene Obong, Director of Climate Change, MoH (representing the Honourable Minister of State for Health, Nigeria); CEO Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, Dr. Chikwe Ihekweazu; Chief Executive Officer,
Ebola: WHO calls for protection of humanitarian workers, Civilians in Congo DRC
Amidst statistics showing that Ebola has claimed no fewer than 101 lives, with 151 people affected, as at September 25 the World Health Organisation (WHO) has called for the protection
Africare, ExxonMobil, NBA expand school intervention programmes for FCT schools
ABUJA – Power Forward, a youth development initiative of Africare, Exxonmobil and National Basketball Association, in conjunction with the Federal Capital Territory Secondary Education Board, has attracted more beneficiaries in
World leaders budget US$ 13 billion yearly to fight TB
From Akin Jimoh, (DEVCOM) with Agency report NEW YORK – World leaders at the first-ever UN High-level meeting on TB, have agreed to mobilize US$ 13 billion a year by
Buhari chairs Multi-Stakeholder Panel discussion
President Buhari at the UN yesterday President Muhammadu Buhari is expected to serve as a Co-chair of the first Multi-Stakeholder Panel discussion at the United Nations High-Level Meeting (UN
Global Health, Business Leaders Pledge Major Commitments to End Tuberculosis
25 September 2018 ¦ New York City – Ahead of the United Nations High-Level Meeting (UN HLM) on Tuberculosis (TB), global health and business leaders convened at the TB Innovation
Foundation advocates free cervical cancer screening, vaccination
Mrs Onasanya, centre, (Standing in white) with participants at the event A magazine publisher, Mrs Tewa Onasanya, has called on government to provide free screening and vaccination on cervical cancer
Lagos pledges partnership with AGPMPN on primary health care
Gov. Ambode The Lagos State government has assured the Association of General and Private Medical Practitioners of Nigeria, (AGPMPN), of its resolves to partner with the association in providing adequate
Russian health ministry creates new powder vaccine against Ebola
The Russian health care ministry, has got a new dry powder vaccine against the deadly Ebola virus disease, Health Minister, Veronika Skvortsova said on Thursday. “We have created a new
WHO calls for urgent action to end TB
Fewer people fell ill and died from tuberculosis (TB) last year but countries are still not doing enough to end TB by 2030, warns the World Health Organization (WHO). Although
Sanofi, Lagos Catholic diocese sign pact on diabetes, hypertension management
• Inaugurate Diabetes and Hypertension Clinic Multinational pharmaceutical company, Sanofi Aventis and the Catholic Archdiocese of Lagos, today (September 17) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to provide specialised care
US Ambassador visits NCDC
• says centre is a model for Africa The United States Ambassador to Nigeria, Mr. Stuart Symington, today, September 10, commended the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) for being
1,086 youths test positive to HIV/Aids in Nasarawa
About 1,086 out of 75, 435 young Nigerians between the ages of 14 and 19, who were counselled and tested for HIV/AIDS in Nasarawa State, have been confirmed to be