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A Catholic priest has been quarantined after being infected with the deadly Ebola disease currently spreading in Democratic Republic of Congo. He was infected in the town of Mbandaka, medical sources said Thursday. “We have quarantined…

Senate President, Dr Bukola Saraki meeting with Minister of Health Isaac Adewole and Minister of Labour Chris Ngige on Friday The Senate has intervened in the ongoing industrial action embarked upon by the Joint Health Sector Unions…

GENEVA - World Health Assembly delegates today, May 23, agreed an ambitious new strategic plan for the next five years. The Organization’s 13th General Programme of Work (GPW) is designed to help the world achieve the Sustainable…

The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) has called on countries where women suffer the burden of fistula to urgently develop strategy to save them. In a statement to commemorate the 2018 International Day to End Fistula, today May 23,…

The association of general and private medical practitioners of Nigeria (AGPMPN) joined the rest of the world on Saturday, May 19 to mark The Family Doctors Day 2018 with a call on governments at all levels to collaborate with the private…

THE Pharmacists Council of Nigeria (PCN) has commenced supervision of codeine-containing cough syrup recall from the Nigerian pharmaceutical market in compliance with Federal Government directive. The Registrar of PCN, Elijah Mohammed,…

L-R: Chairman House Committee on Health, Lagos House of Assembly, Hon. Segun Olulade; Commissioner for Health Dr. Jide Idris and the Special Adviser on Primary Health Care, Dr. Olufemi Onanuga at a news briefing. No fewer than 6,072…

… Says outbreak not yet international Public Health Emergency The first meeting of the Emergency Committee convened by the WHO Director-General, on the Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the today,…

...WHO expresses concerned One new case of Ebola virus disease (EVD) has been confirmed in Wangata, one of the three health zones of Mbandaka, a city of nearly 1.2 million people in Equateur Province in northwestern Democratic Republic…

Mrs Chisa Nosamiefam, Co-founder, Labalaba Foundation, an NGO, on Friday called for aggressive awareness and advocacy to make a difference for the people affected by Lupus in Nigeria. Lupus is a non contiguous, non cancerous disease that…