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Health Strike:  Buhari’s Refusal To Act Is Height of Insensitivity -PDP‎

Daily Dispatch May 15, 2018

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) says the refusal by President  Muhammadu Buhari to address the devastating strike action by health  workers across the country, is a clear manifestation of insensitivity to  the plight and suffering of Nigerians. We lament the anguish of hundreds of Nigerians

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Strike: FG warns JOHESU members

Daily Dispatch May 15, 2018

The Minister of Health, Prof. Isaac Adewole, has cautioned that striking Joint Health Sector Unions (JOHESU) have no constitutional right to harass other health workers not on strike or lock government facilities. The minister gave the caution in a statement issued by Mr Oshundun Olajide, Deputy Director, Media and Public Relations of the ministry, on […]

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Nigerian nurses lament over quackery menace in profession

Daily Dispatch May 14, 2018

National Association of Nigerian Nurses and Midwives (NANNM) has called for concerted efforts by stakeholders to curb the menace of quackery in the profession. The President of the association, Mr Abdulrafiu Adeniji, made the call at a news conference to mark the end of the commemoration of International Nurses Week and the International Day of […]

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Codeine abuse: NAFDAC seals Emzor, other pharmaceuticals

Daily Dispatch May 8, 2018

NAFDAC has shut down the Peace Standard Pharmaceutical ltd., BIORAJ Pharmaceutical  ltd. both  in Ilorin, Kwara,  and the Emzor Pharmaceuticals Ind. Lagos as it probed the codeine-based syrup epidemic. Codeine-based syrup is used in treatment of cough, but when abused could lead to  harmful and deadly addiction. In a  statement by NAFDAC on Monday, Director […]

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6m Bauchi residents to receive oral cholera vaccine by June – WHO

Daily Dispatch May 7, 2018

About 600,000 people will be given oral cholera vaccine (OCV) in Bauchi State, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has said. In a press statement issued on Monday, the international health partner said the exercise, which will be completed by mid-June, is part of a campaign that will be the largest cholera vaccination drive in history. […]

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Don develops 2 anti-malaria drugs in ABU

Daily Dispatch May 7, 2018

Prof Umar Katsayel of the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences of the Ahmadu Bello University (ABU), Zaria, has developed two anti-malaria drugs that can compete with other relevant drugs in the treatment of malaria. parasites. Katsayel disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeri (NAN) in Sandmu, near Daura, on Monday. He said […]