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Pastor who laid hands on the sick, becomes first person to die of ebola in DR Congo’s largest city
The first ebola patient in Goma, the biggest city in the east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo has been reported dead, days after he got infected with the deadly ebola virus.
According to the DRC’s health ministry, the…
NDLEA Partners Shippers ‘ Council To Curb Influx Of Tramadol Importation
As part of effort to stop the smuggling of Tramadol and other illicit drugs into the country, the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) said it would collaborate with the Nigerian Shippers’ Council (NSC) to curb the influx of such…
NDLEA Bemoans Dearth Of Rehabilitation Centres In Borno State
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has bemoaned the dearth of rehabilitation Centre in Borno despite the alarming rate of drug abuse especially among the internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) camps in the state.
The…
EBOLA: Health Workers Decry Poor Services At Port,Says Only One Doctor ,Two Ambulances Available
The Director, Port Health Services, at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos Dr. Morenike Alex-Okoh, has decried the poor service at the port saying they had only one medical doctor with two ambulances.
Alex-Okon…
Expert Says 40million Nigerians Currently Live With Sickle Cell Disease
The Chief Medical Science Laboratory, Federal Neuropsychiatric Hospital, Barnawa, Kaduna, Abdullahi Musa Maikano has said 40million Nigerians currently live with sickle cell diseases .
The medical expert also said the figure place…
ACPN Dismisses Claims On 70% Fake Drugs In Circulation
Pharmacists under the auspices of Association of Community Pharmacists of Nigeria (ACPN) have debunked claims of an alarm on the dangers of recent rumours making rounds that fake drugs circulation in the country has increased to about 70…
INSECURITY: Medical Doctors Threaten To Withdraw Service Over Spate Of Kidnapping
Medical doctors are warming up to withdraw their services in Cross River State over incessant kidnappings of their colleagues.
The chairman of the Nigerian Medical Association in the state, Dr Agam Ayuk and the secretary, Dr…
Health Workers Threaten Industrial Action Over Unpaid Two Months Arrears
Health workers under the aegis of , National Association of Nigeria Nurses and Midwives (NANNM) and Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) have vowed to embark on industrial action if their members were not paid their two-month salary arrears.…
PHARMACY BILL 2017 : Community Pharmacists To Shutdown Operations Nationwide
As part of effort to Celebrate the World Pharmacist Day, the Association of Community Pharmacists of Nigeria (ACPN) has directed all community pharmacists to shut all outlets on Monday to protest delay in assenting to the Pharmacy Bill…
WORLD MALARIA DAY : ACPN Tasks LASG To Improve On Sanitation Policies
As part of efforts to eradicate malaria from Lagos State, the Association of Community Pharmacists of Nigeria (APCN) , Ikotun Zone ,Thursday called on health authorities in the state to put in place stringent measures to improve on…