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Rotary on Wednesday, August 15, 2018 announced nearly $100 million in grants to support the global effort to end polio, a vaccine-preventable disease that once paralysed hundreds of thousands of children each year. The announcement comes…

Healthcare practitioners have been charged to exhibit managerial skills to be able to face daunting challenges confronting healthcare system in sub-Saharan Africa. Making this call during the opening ceremony of a weeklong Residence…

● holds on August 20 - 24 ● also introduces diabetes and hypertension series for PHC practitoners Rainbow Specialist  Medical Centre, a private hospital with focus on the management of diabetes and other endocrine and metabolism…

 Participabts at the roundtable in a group photograph An Obstetrics Gynaecologist, Dr Olufunke Olamigoke has called for increased family planning uptake in order to decrease the rate of maternal mortality in Nigeria. Olamigoke, who spoke…

• Only 23 countries achieve above 60 per cent rate • Nigeria among lowest countries with 17% rate WHAT A WONDERFUL WOLRD: Some mothers still deny their babies this The 2018 World Breastfeeding Week ends today August 7, amidst depressing…

The future is obviously looking bright for family planning uptake among women of reproductive age in Lagos State. Going by statistics made available to Nigeria Health Online, during a recent tour of some facilities in…

• Centre offers only skeletal services • Lacks basic equipment and staff The 36-year-old Olorunda PHC For the fifteen communities of Ikorodu North, Lagos State, access to quality health care services remains a mirage. 36 years…

• Health Commissioner says all victims' samples were successfully matched with relatives’ The Lagos State government yesterday released the result of the DNA Forensic investigation on the victims of June 28 tanker accident at the…

● More hospitals to benefit In a bid to reduce maternal mortality in Lagos State, the Nigerian Urban Reproductive Health Initiative (NURHI), on Monday July 23, commissioned another post-pregnancy Family Planning (PPFP) unit in Dafe…

● Project expected to create about 450 jobs over the years Multinational pharmaceutical company, Pfizer, has announced plans to increase its commitment to U.S. manufacturing with a $465 million investment to build one of the most…