Health Matters

THE World Health Organisation today warned against “fake news” after Twitter boss Elon Musk tweeted that countries should not “cede authority to WHO” amid negotiations over a new…
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THE Nigerian Healthcare Excellence Award (NHEA) Local Organising Committee (LOC) has opened the nominations for the upcoming NHEA 2023 event. Dr. Wale Alabi, the NHEA Project…
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THE World Health Organisation has predicted that Covid-19 will be over as a public health emergency in 2023. Director General of the Organisation, Dr Tedros Ghebreyesus said this at…
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THE World Health Organization (WHO) has included Nigeria and 54 other countries on its Health Workforce Support and Safeguards List 2023. The global health body stated that the…
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THE Chief Medical Director of University College Hospital in Ibadan, Oyo State, Jesse Otegbayo, has been reappointed by the Federal Government for another four-year term. The…
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THE Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria has advised newly inducted foreign-trained doctors to consider practising their medical profession in the country, instead of travelling…
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THE State University Teaching Hospital, Ikeja, has said it received 102 victims of the PWD train-bus crash for treatment. The Chief Medical Director, LASUTH, Prof. Adetokunbo…
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A new global report by United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has listed Nigeria and 11 others as 12 hardest hit countries by food and nutrition crisis. The document indicated that…
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AN outbreak of diphtheria infection has claimed 61 lives in Kano State as of March 2, 2023. The State Case Manager, Dr Salma Suwaid, disclosed this today at a webinar organised by…
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THE Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention has confirmed 68 more cases of Lassa fever, raising the total number of confirmed cases in the country to 531. The NCDC, in its…
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