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The Ameer, Muslim Ummah of the National Hospital Abuja (NHA), Dr Yau Gagarawa has urged the Nigeria Medical Association (NMA) to assist the government in the formulation of good policies in the medical profession. The ameer (Leader) made…

Pharmacists under the aegis of the Society for Pharmaceutical Sales and Marketing (SPSM) of Nigeria have urged the Federal Government to implement policies that would promote and ensure drug availability and security in the country. The…

The Director-General, Nigerian Institute of Medical Research (NIMR), Professor Babatunde Salako, has tasked the Federal Government to establish a Medical Research Council in the Country. Prof. Salako made the call at a stakeholders’ meeting…

Striking health workers under the aegis of Joint Health Sector Unions have urged the public to intervene in the matter leading to their ongoing nationwide industrial action embarked on since May 26. JOHESU Chairman in Federal Teaching…

The federal government of Nigeria has commenced distribution of the presidential palliatives to victims of 2022 flood in Bayelsa state. Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Niger Delta Affairs, Mr Olufunso Adebiyi, stated this on Tuesday at…

The United Nations (UN), and the Federal Government, have appealed to international donors for more funds to be released urgently, in order to rescue vulnerable people in the North East from hunger and malnutrition. The UN Resident and…

The Federal Government has reiterated its commitment to fight against cancer in order to improve healthcare of cancer patients. The National Institute for Cancer Research and Treatment (NICRAT), made this known while addressing newsmen in…

At a meeting organised by the National Action on Sugar Reduction (NASR) and Gatefield in Abuja, stakeholders in health sector tasked the federal government to implement healthy food policies, particularly the Sugar-Sweetened Beverage (SSB)…

The World Health Organisation said it is partnering with the Federal Government to immunise 930,000 children every year to improve the uptake of routine immunisation in the country. WHO Team Lead, Vaccine Preventable Diseases and Polio…

The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), Adejoke Orelope-Adefulire, has commissioned a Paediatric Complex at the Federal Medical Centre, Ebute Metta in Lagos State. Speaking during the…