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NAFDAC alerts public on defective tetracycline ointment
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has issued an alert to the public, warning them on defective tetracycline hydrochloride ophthalmic ointment.
The notification which is contained in a public alert…
55 countries are facing health workers shortage – WHO Boss
World Health Organisation (WHO) has said that 37 African countries are facing health worker shortages and no less than 55 countries are struggling with serious health worker shortages as they continue to seek better paid opportunities in…
Lassa Fever: 22 States Recorded 109 Deaths In January -NCDC
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, NCDC, says 22 states of the federation recorded 109 deaths from Lassa Fever in January 2023.
The NCDC via its official website on Tuesday said the infections were recorded…
Taliban Launches Annual Polio Vaccination Drive In Afghanistan
Taliban administration in Afghanistan has launched the annual polio inoculation campaign aimed at reaching more than nine million children under the age of five.
Afghanistan and Pakistan are the last countries with endemic polio, an…
BioNTech Mobile mRNA Vaccine Labs Reach Rwanda
Six mobile vaccine production units by German pharmaceutical company BioNTech have arrived in Rwanda.
This is the first shipment to Africa as the continent seeks to boost mRNA vaccine manufacturing.
The units, made from…
Federal Government to Build Resident Institutions in Health Sector – Minister
Nigeria's Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire, says the Federal Government has laid a strong foundation upon which the health sector could continue to build resilient institutions, as part of measures to cushion the effects of brain drain…
Jesse Otegbayo gets reappointed as UCH Chief Medical Director
The Federal Government has reappointed the Chief Medical Director of University College Hospital, Ibadan, Oyo State, Jesse Otegbayo, for another term of four years.
The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), approved the…
Lagos State Hospitals discharge 53 bus-train accident survivors
Twenty-one more survivors of last Thursday’s train-bus collision in Lagos have been discharged. Their discharge yesterday brings to sum total of 53, the total number of injured civil servants being conveyed in the bus to their office when…
Kaduna State University Scientist, others develop malaria repellent fabric
Prof. Zakari Ladan, of the Department of Pure and Applied Chemistry, Kaduna State University (KASU), and other co-researchers, have developed a mosquito repellent fabric.
In a statement by the Public Relations Officer of KASU, Adamu…
Lagos Train-bus crash: Residents donate 300 units of blood
Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State says Lagos residents donated over 300 units of blood to save lives of the train/bus accident victims.
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