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Protesters Journalists Abuja Security
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Over 31 Protesters Arrested At MKO Abiola Stadium in Abuja

The Abuja Police Command has arrested at least 31 protesters at the Moshood Abiola National Stadium, the designated location for the #EndBadGovernance protests....

Diabetes Patients Medication Soars
HealthNews

Diabetes Patients Lament As Cost Of Medication Soars From N70,000 To N180,000

Diabetes patients in Abuja have lamented the surging cost of medications, which they said increased from N70,000 to N180,000 per month. The patients...

Resident Doctors Strike
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Kwara Faces Severe Doctor Shortage: Only 650 Attend To Over 3.6 Million Population

The Kwara State Branch of the Nigeria Medical Association (NMA) on Tuesday alerted that only 650 doctors are serving a population of over...

Burkina Faso Ibrahim Traoré Donates 15 Mobile Clinics To Health Ministry
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Burkina Faso: Ibrahim Traoré Donates 15 Mobile Clinics To Health Ministry

Burkinabe’s Captain Ibrahim Traoré has donated 15 equipped mobile care units and cold chain equipment to the Ministry of Health and Public Hygiene....

Funds VVF Treatment Diverted
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$250,000 ECOWAS Funds For VVF Treatment Diverted To Train Doctors – Women Affairs Minister

The Minister of Women Affairs and Social Development, Barrister Uju Kennedy-Ohanenye, said the $250,000 funds provided by the Economic Community of West African...

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ABUTH Resident Doctors Call Off 5-Day Strike After ‘Talks With Management’

Resident doctors at Ahmadu Bello University Teaching Hospital (ABUTH) have suspended their proposed five-day warning strike. The strike, which began on July 22,...

Liberian Women Abortion FGM
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Liberian Women Demand Safe Abortion Rights, Abolition Of FGM

Liberian women have demanded the right to have abortions for safety and health purposes, New Dawn reported on Tuesday. Abortion in Liberia is...

Resident Doctors Strike
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ABUTH Doctors Begin 5-day Strike Over Salary Issues

Resident doctors at Ahmadu Bello University Teaching Hospital (ABUTH) in Shika, Kaduna State, have embarked on a five-day warning strike to address salary...

South African Meth Lab
HealthWorld

South African Police Bust Multi-million Dollar Meth Lab, Arrest 4 Including 2 Mexicans

South African police have uncovered an industrial-scale meth lab in one of the country’s largest drug busts, arresting four suspects, including two Mexicans....

Sudan Civilians Conflict MSF
HealthWorld

Sudan Civilians Suffer Horrendous Violence Amid Year-Long Conflict, Health System Collapse – MSF

Civilians in Sudan have faced horrendous violence, exacerbated by a collapsed health system with little international help, during more than a year of...

Enugu Anti-malaria Drugs
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Enugu: Health Director Cautions Against Unnecessary Use Of Anti-Malaria Drugs

Dr Uchechukwu Okenwa, Director of Public Health and Disease Control at the Enugu State Ministry of Health, has advised Nigerians to stop taking...

French authorities have issued a recall for Olympics-branded water bottles for children, citing excessive endocrine disruptor Bisphenol A (BPA) levels.
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France Recalls Contaminated Water Bottles Ahead of Olympics

French authorities have issued a recall for Olympics-branded water bottles for children, citing excessive endocrine disruptor Bisphenol A (BPA) levels. This recall comes...