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NCDC: Human Metapneumovirus Not A Public Health Threat In Nigeria

The agency also confirmed that the World Health Organisation (WHO) has not declared HMPV a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC), contrary to...

NAFDAC Issues Urgent Warning on Suspected Fake Cancer Drug in Circulation 

This warning followed a report from a doctor at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH), who raised concerns about the drug after it was...

NLC Orders Workers in 14 States, FCT to Commence Strike Over Non-Implementation of N70,000 Minimum Wage

The affected states are Abia, Akwa Ibom, Cross River, Ebonyi, Ekiti, Enugu, Imo, FCT, Nasarawa, Kaduna, Katsina, Oyo, Sokoto, Yobe and Zamfara.Legislation on the...

WHO Warns Africa’s Diabetes Cases May Surge To 54 Million By 2045 Without Urgent Action

WHO said in the African Region alone, more than 24 million adults were currently living with diabetes, half of whom remain undiagnosed.The organisation further...

NAFDAC Begins Malaria Vaccine Clinical Trial in Nigeria

The Director General of NAFDAC, Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye, dropped the hint at the weekend, at the Pharmacovigilance Inspection interactive session with Pharma Stakeholders in...

Nigeria Approves Clinical Malaria Vaccine for Children

The vaccine is manufactured by Serum Institute of India Pvt. Ltd. (SIIPL).Director General of NAFDAC, Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye, who addressed journalists in Abuja, on...

Nigerian Doctors Reject Move to Clampdown on Migration of Medical Professionals

The proposed legislation which has passed the second reading at the lower chamber of the National Assembly is to discourage doctors from leaving the...

WHO Commences Investigation into Ebola Outbreak in Uganda

It stated that Uganda has confirmed a case of the Sudan ebolavirus in Mubende district in the central part of the country.WHO said the...

Nigeria Detects 130 Cases of Vaccine-Derived Poliovirus in 16 States

According to the World Health Organisation (WHO), Vaccine-derived poliovirus is a well-documented strain of poliovirus mutated from the strain originally contained in oral polio...

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