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WHO raises alarm on tobacco industry environmental pollution
The World Health Organisation (WHO0 yesterday revealed new information on the extent to which tobacco damages both the…
Polaris Bank donates facilities to Gombe Teaching Hospital
Polaris Bank has donated multi-million naira worth state-of-the-art hydraulic/electric delivery beds to the Federal Teaching Hospital (FTH), Gombe,…
Shell Inaugurates Phase-2 of Oloibiri health programme
Energy company, Shell, has inaugurated the second and final phase of its comprehensive health care projects for Oloibiri…
Buhari signs National Health Authority Bill into law
President Muhammadu Buhari has signed into law, the National Health Insurance Authority Bill 2022, repealing thereby, the National…
ABCHealth, UNAIDS sign MoU to improve healthcare in Africa
The Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS), and the African Business Coalition for Health (ABCHealth), have signed…
NMA decries impact of brain drain on government health workers
Brain drain in the health sector is overstretching the few medical personnel left behind in government hospitals. Aggrieved…
Almost everyone now breathing polluted air, warns WHO
An astonishing 99% of the world’s population breathes polluted air that exceeds internationally approved limits, with negative health…
FG lifts pre-travel testing for vaccinated Nigerians, visitors
The Presidential Steering Committee (PSC) on COVID-19, yesterday, announced the lifting of per travel testing requirements for COVID-19…
Multilateral vaccine task force seeks rapid vaccines delivery
The Multilateral Leaders Task Force has urged rapid delivery of COVID-19 vaccines to where they are needed the…
Nigeria, 5 others to produce first COVID-busting mRNA vaccines in Africa
Nigeria, and five other countries including, Egypt, Kenya, Senegal, South Africa and Tunisia have been picked to receive…