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Buhari asks Health Minister to submit progress report on local vaccines production HEALTHDIGEST- President Muhammadu Buhari has directed the Minister of Health, Dr. Osagie Ehanire, to submit a...

Brain Drain: Only 58, 000 Doctors Have Renewed Their Licence – MDCN Boss The Registrar, Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria (MDCN), Dr Fatima Kyari, has disclosed that...

Pepsodent Bridges Gaps In Oral Health Gaps In Nigeria   As a major health burden, oral diseases affect nearly 3.5 billion people worldwide even though many are preventable by...

WHO: Teen Pregnancy Surge In Delta Concerning Dr. Faith Ireye, the World Health Organisation (WHO) Coordinator in Delta State, is urging the state government and other stakeholders to...

OSSAP-SDG: 80- Bed Hospital Commissioned In LASU An 80-bed healthcare centre was constructed for the usage of students and staffs from the Lagos State University, LASU, by the...

Kano Healthcare Budget Tanks: 2024 Allocations Plummet Below Abuja Declaration Benchmark When 13yrs old Rafe’a (not real name) was wheeled into the operations theater of the Murtala Muhammad...

Buhari: 83m Nigerians To Benefit From National Health Insurance Bill   The National Health Insurance Authority Bill 2022 has been signed into law by President Muhammadu Buhari. Through this...

Yobe NMA Defies NLC Strike Order The Yobe State Chapter of the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) has refused to partake in the nationwide indefinite strike ordered by Organised...

FIBROID: 70 percent of women below 50 years at risk - Dr Abayomi Ajayi HEALTH DIGEST - Over 70 percent of women below 50 years are at risk...

Cholera Claims Five Lives in Lagos At least five persons have been killed in an outbreak of Cholera in Lagos State. The state’s commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi,...