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No fewer than 50,000 Nigerian women died from pregnancy and childbirth-related causes annually, Dr Salma Anas-Kolo,  Director, Department of Family Health, Federal Ministry of Health, has said. Salma, who disclosed this in

Nigeria LNG Limited (NLNG),has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Rivers State University Teaching Hospital (RSUTH) for the provision of a multi-million naira Infectious Diseases Unit to support robust healthcare delivery

World Health Organization (WHO) has advised countries to invest in helping more people to quit tobacco  smoking. The agency said millions of lives have been saved by effective and comprehensive tobacco control

A coalition of Civil Society Organisations (CSOs), says 500,000 persons die annually across the globe. They also deplored  the increasing fatalities arising from unhealthy consumption of junk foods. The group, comprising the

The Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria (PSN), has expressed reservation over the five per cent budgetary allocation to  the nation’s health sector,saying it was inadequate and unacceptable. The group also wondered why the government