Health

Botswana is aiming to recruit at least 1,000 pharmacists, some from abroad, after nurses said they would no longer dispense medications. Nurses stopped filling prescriptions...

Despite the federal government’s threat to adopt the ‘no work, no pay’ policy, the Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) has announced plans to...

The National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) has declared a total and indefinite strike beginning Wednesday (today) following the breakdown of negotiations with the...

The Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria (MDCN) said 529 overseas-trained medical and dental graduates failed its assessment examination. The two-day assessment examination, according to...

For the umpteenth time, the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has sounded the alarm about carbide-ripened fruits saying consumption...

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) has recorded 798 diphtheria cases in eight states across 33 local government areas in the...

The National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) has issued a two-week ultimatum to the federal government to meet its demands or risk a nationwide...

The federal ministry of health has said that only 80 per cent of doctors and 67 per cent of nurses in Nigeria diagnose accurately. The...

The International College of Surgeons, Nigerian Section (ICS-NS) said 6,221 Nigerian doctors moved to the United Kingdom in the last six years. The figure is...

An international organisation, Global Fund, has approved about $1 billion to assist Nigeria in the fight against tuberculosis, malaria, and Human Immunodeficiency Virus, Acquired...