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NAFDAC Imposes Penalty On Traders For Violations After Reopening Onitsha Drug Market

NAFDAC Moves To Stop Importation Of Contaminated Cough Syrups

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has assured Nigerians that measures have been put in place at various entry ports to prevent shipment of contaminated cough syrups into the country. READ ALSO: 25 Families Sue Govt, Pharma Companies
January 18, 2023
Borno Now Cholera Free

Borno Now Cholera Free – WHO

Borno State in the Northeastern part of Nigeria which had four months of consecutive Cholera outbreaks is now free of the disease, as declared by the state government recently. The State Director of Public Health, Dr Goni Abba, said the announcement followed
January 14, 2023

Lassa Fever: Edo Records 4 New Cases As Number Rises To 28

Edo State has recorded four more cases of Lassa fever, raising the total number of confirmed persons in the state to 28. Briefing journalists in Benin City, the Edo State Commissioner for Health, Prof. Obehi Akoria, said the four new cases were
January 14, 2023
Lassa Fever: Fresh Concerns As Nigeria Records 189 Deaths

Lassa Fever: Fresh Concerns As Nigeria Records 189 Deaths

Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, (NCDC) said no fewer than 189 deaths from Lassa fever was recorded, out of the 1,067 confirmed cases in Nigeria in 2022. These cases according to NCDC were from 112 Local Government Areas in 27 states of
January 13, 2023
COVID-19: Nigeria Records 48 New Cases In 13 Days 

COVID-19: Nigeria Records 48 New Cases In 13 Days 

While China and a host of other countries across the world battle the new wave of COVID-19 outbreak, Nigeria has recorded 48 new cases between the last week of December 2022 and the first week of January 2023. According to data found
January 12, 2023
How Lassa Fever Killed Nigerian Medical Doctor

How Lassa Fever Killed Nigerian Medical Doctor

A Nasarawa State-based medical doctor, Dr Ahmed Isaiah, has died of Lassa fever at the National Hospital, Abuja. Members of the Nigeria Medical Association, Nasarawa State chapter, held a procession in Lafia on Tuesday, 10 January 2023, in honour of the doctor
January 11, 2023

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