Dr Bello Lawal, the Chief Medical Director, Maryam Abacha Women and Children Hospital, Sokoto, says the hospital offered free specialised surgeries to 200 Vestico Vaginal Fistula (VVF) patients from January…
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The National Agency for the Control of AIDS (NACA) says about 1,090,233 people are receiving anti-retroviral drugs in Nigeria as at June this year. The Acting Director, Research, Monitoring and…
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The Niger Government has expressed its readiness to join the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) so as to improve health care delivery to the citizens. The Commissioner for Health, Dr…
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Move Against Cancer Africa (MACA), a cancer advocacy NGO, on Thursday, rolled out lung cancer prevention awareness programme in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). Mr Caleb Egwuenu, the Project Director…
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The United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) has commenced immunisation on Fractional Inter-reactive Polio Vaccine (FIPV) and Oral Polio Vaccine to more than 66,876 children of 0-59 months in…
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