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How NIBUCAA is setting the agenda to tackle HIV/AIDS in Nigeria
The Nigerian Business Coalition Against AIDS (NIBUCCA) has been at the fore front in the fight against HIV/AIDS in the country, especially from within the work places.
NIBUCAA which…
Health workers threaten nationwide strike, 31 January
There strong indications that all public hospitals across the country would be shutdown as from Thursday, 31st January, 2019, as Medical and Health workers under the auspices Joint Health…
Keystone Bank partners Orange Island to promote healthy living
As a way of demonstrating its commitment to promoting fitness and healthy living among Nigerians, Keystone Bank Limited, has announced its partnership with Orange Island Development, a real…
Hope for cancer patients in 2019 on new radiotherapy machines, centres
Cancer patients will soon beam with smiles this year if the Federal Government stays on track with its plans for new sets of radiotherapy machines and centres, according to sources who spoke…
Nigeria to reduce medical tourism spend as Euracare specialist provides quality…
Nigeria could reduce over $1 billion annual medical tourism spend as Euracare Multi- Specialist hospital is changing the face of healthcare in the country through its provision of quality…
Dangote Foundation, UNECA, GBCHealth call for more collaboration to drive Africa’s…
Dangote Foundation, UNECA and GBCHHealth as well as other top African leaders have called for more collaboration to drive Africa’s healthcare.
The top African leaders including heads of…
Obaseki inaugurates Advisory, Steering Committee for Edo Health Improvement Programme
Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State has inaugurated the Edo Healthcare Improvement Programme (HIP) Advisory and Steering Committee, charging members to ensure sustainability of the…
ISTH, Edo boost capacity to contain Lassa fever
Although no case of Lassa fever has been reported in the state in 2019, Edo State government and have reaffirmed their resolve to ensure that there is no resurgence of the viral disease in…
Deepening diabetes care requires awareness, say experts
As Nigeria battles to tackle the high number of people suffering from diabetics, health experts have linked the continuous rise of the disease to lack of awareness and ignorance of scourge…
Drug sales slump 50% as Nigerians cut spending, seek cheap substitutes
The economic slowdown is hitting Nigerians so hard that they now cannot afford to buy the right drugs that will cure their ailments.
This has led to many people resorting to cheaper and…