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[INSIGHT] How Nigeria botched plan to cover 24 million pupils with health insurance

BETWEEN 2014 and 2015, the National Health Insurance Scheme (now the National Health Insurance Authority, NHIA) severally pledged to provide coverage for...
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Nigerians condemn sale of free anti-malaria drugs at PHCs

NIGERIANS and health experts have lamented widespread extortion of citizens through the sale of free anti-malaria drugs to patients...
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How fertility clinics deceive women with cryptic pregnancies, increase paternity fraud in Nigeria

Reports about paternity fraud, a situation where a man is incorrectly identified as the biological father of a child,...
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WHO calls for reduction in sex partners as monkeypox cases rise

MORE than 18,000 cases of monkeypox have been reported globally from 78 countries, with the majority in Europe, and...
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How ignorance about trans fat contribute to rise in chronic diseases in Nigeria

By Dare Akogun Trans fats, according to medical practitioners, have no known health benefits and are a contributor to cardiovascular...
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SPECIAL REPORT: How a mobile diagnostic initiative helped Nigeria increase TB case findings, treatment

By Arinze Chijioke When Ntui Agom, 37, started coughing in 2020, she thought it was normal. With no money...
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