Expert advocates citizen-focused new health system for Nigeria

Emeritus Professor Oladipo Akinkugbe has called for a new health system that is tailored to the needs of the ordinary man in the street

Why Nigerians defecate publicly

Special report on why improved public awareness is not enough to reduce public defecation in Nigeria

First aid tips to save accident victims

The first few minutes of a medical emergency are always critical, but nearly two thirds of us admit we wouldn’t know what to do

Study identifies risk factors associated with neonatal deaths in Nigeria

A new study has identified risk factors associated with neonatal deaths in Nigeria using the 2008 Nigeria Demographic and Health Survey

Doctors call for Lassa fever treatment centers in south east Nigeria

The South East zonal caucus of Nigeria Medical Association (NMA) has enjoined the Nigerian government to establish health centres and facilities where Lassa fever patients could be treated and managed

Nigerian doctors ask for police protection, unique number plates

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Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) has urged the Nigerian government to provide police protection for its members nationwide. This according to the newly elected president of the association, Dr. Lawrence Kayode Obembe is as a result of increase in the number of kidnapped members of the association.

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Nigeria's missing girls at risk of rape, HIV and vesicovaginal fistula

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For about two weeks, the whole world had focused on Nigeria as citizens search for answers on the fate of the missing girls - over 200 - who were taken away from their schools by armed unnamed groups suspected to be members of Boko Haram terrorists' group. 

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