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The Nigerian Medical Association has urged doctors to take the lead in tackling quackery and unethical practices in Nigeria’s healthcare sector, while also maintaining the highest professional standar...
The Kano State Government has appealed to the Federal Government to provide additional diphtheria vaccines to enable the state to conduct mass vaccination across the 44 local government areas. The Dir...
The National Orientation Agency (NOA), in collaboration with SUNU Health Maintenance Organisation (HMO), has launched a two-day sensitisation programme to improve public understanding of the National...
The death toll from the ongoing Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has risen to 600 , according to the latest figures released by the World Health Organization (WHO) . The update...
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) has reported that Lassa fever has claimed 214 lives across the country this year, with the disease's fatality rate increasing significantly...
Several people were arrested on Tuesday as fresh protests broke out in Kenya over plans to establish an Ebola quarantine facility for American citizens in the town of Nanyuki. The proposed centre, loc...
The Ebola outbreak spreading across parts of Central Africa has continued to escalate, with nearly 500 confirmed infections now recorded in the affected countries, according to the latest figures rele...
The Democratic Republic of Congo has expressed disappointment over the cancellation of its planned international friendly against Chile in Spain, after local authorities cited public health concerns l...
Tension flared in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo after a group of angry youths reportedly forced their way into a hospital treating Ebola patients, demanding the release of the bodies of dec...