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The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control says it has conducted a rapid risk assessment to guide the country’s preparedness in case of an outbreak of Ebola in the country. The NCDC said this risk assessment was conducted following the…

As Nigeria marks her 62nd independence, the Nigerian Medical Association has tasked the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), with appropriate budgetary allocation to the health sector and Universal Health Coverage. The NMA…

Ebonyi state recorded eight cases of rabies between January and September, the Commissioner for Health, Ebonyi State, Dr Daniel Umezurike said this on Wednesday. Umezurike gave the figure during Ebonyi Dog-Mediated Human Rabies Control…

The Lancet Oncology Commission report says Nigeria lost about 5.9 billion dollars to cancer deaths and other cancer related factors in 2019. The Chairman, Lancet Oncology Commission for Sub-Saharan Africa, Prof. Wil Ngwa, said this on…

The German Government has contributed more than 200 million euros in the last 20 years in the fight against polio eradication, an official said this on Wednesday in Abuja. Mr Vincent El-Haidag, KfW Portfolio Manager for the German…

The National Health Insurance Authority says it will not hesitate to prosecute any erring hospital or pharmaceutical company that undermines the workings of the health insurance scheme. Acting Coordinator of NHIA in Ogun, Mr Bode…

The Instinct Resource Services Limited has trained 200 officers of the Nigerian Immigration Service across the country on mental health awareness. The Managing Director, IRS, Mr Ayuba Fagbemi, who disclosed this in a statement at the end…

The commissioner for health, Kogi State, Dr Zakari Usman, declared that here is no outbreak of measles in Kogi State. He told newsmen in Lokoja that media reports of an outbreak some three days past, was outright misinformation. “The…

The Ministry of Niger Delta Affairs (MNDA), has announced a plan to establish medical centres across rural communities in the Niger Delta region so as to give people at the grassroots access to basic but critical modern medical services.…

The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) in Ebonyi State, Southeast Nigeria, has tasked the people of the State living in the rural areas to visit Hospitals for their medications each time they are sick and to avoid self treatment or…