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Lassa fever: NCDC announces end of emergency phase in Nigeria

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), on Friday announced the end of the emergency phase of Lassa fever outbreak in the country. This was mad

Buhari urged to assent to pending health bills

The National Advocates for Health, a civil society organisation made up experts in the health sector have called on President Muhammadu Buhari to asse

NGO takes breast cancer awareness to market women

A non-governmental organization, International Care Community for all Race and Rural Environment (ICCARRE) yesterday organised an awareness outreach t

Hypertension can lead to death, if left untreated – Expert

Dr Jide Owolana, the Chief Medical Director, Living Standard Hospital in Benin, Edo, says hypertension can lead to death, if untreated. Owolana made t

ARD vows “everything possible” to prosecute assault on doctors

The Association of Resident Doctors (ARD) in the FCT says it is alarmed at a spate of assault on medical personnel on duty, after an on-duty female do