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Residents stranded after Eskom cuts North West clinic’s electricity
A clinic in the North West has been left in the dark over unpaid electricity bills. Residents reliant on the clinic for ...Top Ten News Items on Health, 4th September 2020
FG further relaxes COVID-19 restrictions. NHIS set to accredit 100 Primary Health Centres in Kebbi. President Buhari reiterates support for primary healthcare. ...Lessons from Pathfinder Nigeria’s five decades of breaking boundaries in sexual and reproductive health
By Thelma Chioma Thomas and Onyinye Oranezi (Lead Writers) Pathfinder International started in Nigeria in 1965 when Dr. Clarence Gamble and his ...New long-acting injectable drug might soon be a key HIV treatment
American scientists have developed an injectable drug that blocks HIV from entering cells. They say the new drug potentially offers long-lasting protection ...Approval of new treatment set to ease cancer burden
Health authorities approved the immunotherapy-based treatment Keytruda for more forms of cancer. It is used to treat certain cancers by working with ...New Covid-19 tracing app could prevent second surge and save lives
South Africans are urged to download the newly developed Covid Alert SA app to strengthen the country’s contact tracing efforts. Experts say ...Health workers who deliver: LUTH’s resolve to help COVID-19 positive mothers give birth safely
By Adaobi Ezeokoli & Chibuike Alagboso (Lead Writers) Professor Chris Bode, Chief Medical Director at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH), is ...Brain cancer survivor teaches healthy eating to prevent diseases in others
A Limpopo dietician, diagnosed with cancer as a teenager, learned how to use food to fight cancer. Now, she’s sharing her knowledge ...AfreHealth COVID-19 Webinar Series:
Preparing for the new normal for Africa’s Health Professionals training amidist COVID-19 Assessing the digital needs and capabilities of students and educators ...Who to trust and how to overcome COVID-19 misinformation in Nigeria
If there is a lesson that COVID-19 has taught stakeholders about public health misinformation in Nigeria and probably elsewhere, it is that ...