No fewer than four persons have been confirmed dead due to the outbreak of cerebro-spinal meningitis “Sterotype C” in Niger State.Confirming this on Wednesday, the state Commissioner of Health, Dr. Mustapha Jibril, said 31 cases have been reported, out of which there have been nine laboratory
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Some parents in Kuje Area Council, FCT, have prevented their children from receiving measles vaccination in the ongoing immunisation in the area. The Primary Health Care Coordinator of the council, Haruna Agwai, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria on Monday at Kuje According to him, some parents at Gaube, Pegi and Chibiri […]
No fewer than 447 of the 686 foreign trained doctors who wrote the assessment test of Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria (MDCN) failed. The Federal Government decried the poor performance of the foreign trained medical and dental graduates as only 249 were successful in the examination conducted in November 2017. Prof. Isaac Adewole, Minister […]
The Benue State Government, Thursday, confirmed that two pregnant women and one other person have died in Makurdi as a result of outbreak of Lassa fever in the state. The Commissioner for Health and Human Services, Dr. Cecilia Ojabo, who disclosed this to our correspondent in Makurdi, Benue State, said one of the pregnant women […]
More young Nigerians are engaging in sex much earlier, the National Agency for the Control of AIDS has said. According to the Director-General of NACA, Sani Aliyu, at least 15 per cent of Nigerian youth now lose their virginity before the age of 15. The agency also raised an alarm that the Nigerian youth are […]
Some workers of the National Health Insurance Scheme, NHIS, on Monday pledged to support their reinstated Executive Secretary, Usman Yusuf, to reposition the scheme. The workers staged a peaceful protest at the headquarters of NHIS in support of Mr. Yusuf under the aegis of the Association of Senior Civil Servants of Nigeria, ASCSN, and Medical […]
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