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Health

June 14, 2023

UK doctors on strike for third time in 2023 over reduced salaries

Thousands of junior doctors have gone on strike across England as the dispute with the British government over pay continues.

UK DOCTORS
June 13, 2023

NAFDAC, NCTC collaborate to fight drug, alcohol abuse, chemical misuse

NAFDAC and NCTC have decided to collaborate to fight the menace of drug abuse, alcoholism and chemical misuse.

Drug abuse
June 12, 2023

Health workers optimistic Tinubu will meet demands

He said that this gave them the benefit of the doubt that the new government would make good on their promises.

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu [Photo: officialABAT]
June 12, 2023

FG alerts Nigerians over outbreak of Anthrax in neighbouring countries

Anthrax is a bacterial disease that affects both animals and man, and leads to pneumonia, severe lung problems, difficulty in breathing, shock and death, if not diagnosed and treated early.

Anthrax disease
June 9, 2023

NAFDAC seals Abuja shop for allegedly selling unregistered aphrodisiacs

The agency said that they “received an Intel that Yunusa Adamu was manufacturing unregistered herbal preparation.”

unregistered aphrodisiacs
June 8, 2023

Borno govt probes hospital staff for allegedly rejecting accident victims

The Hospital Management Board and the Ministry of Health were asked to enforce disciplinary measures against defaulting medical officials.

Babagana Umara Zulum
June 8, 2023

Experts call for more investment in health, education

“Every single woman has the right to decide when to have children, and how many,” she said.

Dilapidated health centre Nigeria
June 8, 2023

Contaminated foods kill 420,000 people annually: WHO

He said the actions would contribute to food security, human health, economic prosperity, agricultural production, market access, tourism and sustainable development.

WHO
June 7, 2023

Pope Francis to undergo urgent hernia surgery

The operation will be performed under general anaesthetic in a procedure involving an abdominal cavity incision.

POPE FRANCIS
June 7, 2023

Nigerian-American professor Benjamin Udoka Nwosu receives American Diabetes Association research award

Mr Nwosu’s work addressed how the prolongation of the honeymoon phase of type 1 diabetes results in significant reductions in the degree and occurrence of the disease over time.

American Diabetes Association