Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today commended the Nigerian Government for investing in women's and children's health, saying the United Nations would support efforts to make communities in the West
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Adcock plans expansion into Nigeria
May 25, 2011 Comment Off 49 ViewsAdcock, which scrapped a bid for rival Cipla Medpro (CMPJ.J: Quote) in 2009, has been looking for new revenue streams and hopes to generate 30 per cent of its earnings from outside South Africa in
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Roswell Park Surgeon Performs Nigeria’s First Known Radical Prostatectomy
May 11, 2011 Comment Off 28 ViewsImagine learning that you have prostate cancer and need to undergo a radical prostatectomy - but in order to have the surgery, you'll have to travel to India or England. That's the reality for
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Antimalarial Drugs Ban
May 5, 2011 Comment Off 132 ViewsThe Nigeria office of the World Health Organisation and the National Malaria Control Programme, Federal Ministry Health, have dispelled fears of possible ban of Amalar antimalarial drugs. Amalar
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Between condoms and sleeping pills
May 2, 2011 Comment Off 3617 ViewsI WALKED into a pharmacy, in Lekki Phase I, in search of a prescribed medicine. This well stocked drug store was very enticing to visit, beckoning from afar. The attendants were self
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