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Dr Hassan Ikrama, Chief Medical Director, Dalhatu Araf Specialist Hospital (DASH), Lafia, has said the hospital has been given full accreditation for residency training in Family Medicine. Ikrama made the disclosure on Friday in Lafia explained that with the accreditation, doctors would now be trained in the hospital to become consultants
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By John Onah, Abuja The Senate has started a move to draft and pass a bill for the establishment of National Agency for the Control of Hepatitis (NACH), Chairman, Senate Committee on Health, Dr Ibrahim Oloriegbe, said. He made the disclosure at the 5th edition of Mike Omotosho Annual Lecture with
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The National Hospital Abuja yesterday discharged the conjoined twin girls who were successfully separated after several surgeries. The Chief Medical Director of the Hospital, Jaf Mommoh, said in Abuja that the twins were conjoined at the chest and abdomen. News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the conjoined twins were referred
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Secretary, Kano Sickle Cell Club, Mr Abdulkadir Muhammad has said no fewer than 80 of their members died in 2019 as a result of shortage of blood caused by economic hardship. The scribe, who revealed this to newsmen in Kano, attributed the death of the members
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The Cardiac Centre of Babcock University, Ilishan-Remo, Ogun had successfully performed over 300 open heart surgeries, its Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Ademola Tayo, has said. Speaking with journalists yesterday in Lagos, Tayo said that the centre
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From Chris Gaga, Makurdi The Government of Benue State said it has placed 142, 873 persons living with HIV/AIDS on treatment as at 2018 following support from development partners. The government also disclosed that about 184, 745 people were currently living with the virus in the state. Governor Samuel Ortom disclosed this, Monday,
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African First Ladies have reaffirmed their commitment to provide leadership in the fight against HIV/AIDS. The First Ladies took the resolution during their meeting held at the sidelines of 20th International Conference on AIDS and STIs in Africa (ICASA), which opened Monday in Kigali, the Rwandanese CAPITAL. The conference
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Real Time Pain Relief, a knock-out formula, that can help patients reclaim their lives with fast action relief in minutes has been launched into the Nigerian market by Natures Rejuvenate Nigeria Ltd. As part of its goal in ensuring people reclaim their lives with fast-action pain relief, Natures Rejuvenate
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By Laide Akinboade, Abuja As part of its efforts to involve private sector involvement in Nigeria’s health sector, the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) accepted a contribution from a leading telecommunications infrastructure firm IHS Nigeria today to support USAID’s activities to eradicate HIV and AIDS in Bayelsa State. In a
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By Mathew Dadiya, Abuja President Muhammadu Buhari Wednesday, signed Executive Order 009 entitled, “The Open Defecation-Free Nigeria by 2025 and Other Related Matters Order.”The order was necessitated by the recent ranking of Nigeria as second globally amongst countries with the highest number of people practicing open defecation estimated at over
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