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Vaccine bill hits $181m ahead of 2017 budget

Nigeria will need to source extra $181 million to pay for vaccines in 2017 and 2018, analysis shows. That’s around N57b, nearly four times the N

‘Lagos midwives’ scheme gets less than 25% allocation’

The chairman, Evidence Sub-Committee, Lagos State Accountability Mechanism for Maternal and Newborn Health (LASAM), Mr Baruwa Basit, has revealed that

How PHCs provide care for Borno malnourished children

Primary Health Centres (PHCs) have been deployed as an effective tool in fighting malnutrition in Borno State. The state has faced nutritional emergen

Patent medicine dealers seek support on regulation, OTCs

The Nigeria Association of Patent and Proprietary Medicine Dealers (NAPPMED) has called on the federal government to support its members in providing

Leukemia and Aplastic anemia

 I must commend you for your impactful write up of Tuesday August 23, 2016 titled “Leukemia has killed many people that I know”. It&n