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Health insurance, polio eradication, quackery dominate Physicians Week

The lag in Nigeria’s universal health coverage, the gap in polio eradication and the impact of quacks on health take centre as Nigerian Medical Associ

Enterprise launches 5-year plan for HIV vaccine

The Global HIV Vaccine Enterprise has launched a five-year strategy to speed up the development of an effective vaccine to prevent HIV infection. The

Neonatal jaundice, a threat challenging Nigeria’s newborns

Six in 10 full-term babies and eight in 10 preterm babies, are affected by neonatal jaundice, according to the World Health Organisation. In Africa, 6

Rotary offers N1m medicines, care to Galwuyi slum community

The Rotary Club of Abuja Maitama over the weekend offered medical outreach to more than 300 residents of Galuwyi community, an underserved urban slum

PSN alerts NAFDAC, customs over Chinese drugs with human flesh

The Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria (PSN) has reiterated that for medicine security, the Federal Government must as a matter of urgency take critica