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Sunday, 21 August 2016 - 4:41am

Nigeria’s Catholic Bishops Criticize Health Minister Over Plans to Legalize Abortion

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Nigerian Catholic bishops are pushing back against a measure, fueled by outside influences, that they say would legalize abortion in the African nation.

Sunday, 21 August 2016 - 3:59am

Consumers health at risk as fake sausages circulate retail markets

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Nigerian consumers are at risk health hazards that could result from increasing circulation of fake sausages which are making real wave into the markets, further questioning the regulatory checks of National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), BusinessDay findings show.<

Sunday, 21 August 2016 - 3:08am

Lassa fever kills doctor, 2 others in Anambra

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A medical doctor and two persons have died of Lassa fever in Anambra State, the director of Public Health, Anambra Ministry of Health, Emmanuel Okafor, said on Thursday.

Sunday, 21 August 2016 - 12:14am

Nigeria declares polio outbreak as a national public health emergency

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The Honourable Minister of Health, Professor Isaac Adewole has declared the recent polio outbreak as a national public health emergency following the  report of two (2) wild polio virus (WPV) cases in Gwoza and Jere local government areas (LGAs) of Borno state last week after two (2) years withou