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Category: Health
New initiative bridges gap in sexual, reproductive health
Country policymakers, donors, and global health organisations, on Monday, on the sidelines of the Generation Equality Forum – a major global inflection point for gender…
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Resident doctors seek unified healthcare system with technology
President, Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD), Dr. Uyilawa Okhuaihesuyi, has called for the use of blockchain technology to proffer technical solutions to chain health…
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New varsity of medical sciences to address human resource challenge in health sector
King David University of Medical Sciences (KDUMS), Uburu, Ebonyi State, is set to provide manpower needs to address challenge of human resources in the health sector…
View More New varsity of medical sciences to address human resource challenge in health sectorCOVID 19: Rural dwellers turn to mysterious waters for help
JULY 3, 2021 Many rural dwellers have resorted to using mysterious waters found in their communities as vaccines against the dreaded coronavirus pandemic. For the…
View More COVID 19: Rural dwellers turn to mysterious waters for helpSubsidise drugs for sickle cell patients
JUNE 28, 2021 By Mustapha Baba SIR: The United Nations General Assembly in 2008 set aside June 19 of every year as the World Sickle Cell…
View More Subsidise drugs for sickle cell patientsSickle cell: Nigeria ranked highest globally – Minister
JUNE 20, 2021 By Moses Emorinken, Abuja Relevant stakeholders and sickle cell survivors have advocated for an increase in awareness about sickle cell disorder, the…
View More Sickle cell: Nigeria ranked highest globally – Minister40 years ago, the first cases of AIDS were reported in the US
(CNN)On June 5, 1981, a curious report appeared in the Center for Disease Control’s weekly public health digest: Five young, gay men across Los Angeles had been…
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Updated 0001 GMT (0801 HKT) June 5, 2021 (CNN)It was a beautiful March afternoon, and as June Tatelman walked her dog in her Boston neighborhood,…
View More Caught in a ‘pickle,’ millions of Americans might not have had an adequate response to the Covid-19 vaccineNow proven against coronavirus, mRNA can do so much more
Updated 1941 GMT (0341 HKT) June 1, 2021 (CNN)When the final Phase 3 data came out last November showing the mRNA vaccines made by Pfizer/BioNTech…
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