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Prevention, control of non-communicable diseases top agenda as World Health Assembly begins

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THE prevention and control of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) is top on the agenda of the Sixty-sixth session of the World Health Assembly (WHA), which begins in Geneva from May 20 to 28, 2013.

A meeting of delegates from the WHO African Region...
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Lagos charts path to universal access at health council meeting

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LAGOS State government recently convened a state health council meeting to chart path to universal access in healthcare in the state.

The meeting, of all stakeholders in the state health sector, was to provide quality service delivery for about...
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Measles outbreak: Race to give a million children MMR jabs

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ONE million children who missed out on the Measles Mumps and Rubella (MMR) vaccine around a decade ago are to be targeted in a national campaign to raise the level of protection against measles.

Alarmed by the Swansea outbreak, where almost 900...
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‘Why heavy coffee drinkers are less likely to develop prostate cancer’

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DRINKING coffee every day can cut a man’s risk of prostate cancer by almost 20 per cent - but only if he gulps down six cups a day.

New research shows heavy coffee drinkers are less likely to develop a tumour than those who drink none at all...
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NHIS intensifies pressure on states to adopt health insurance

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DESPITE its dream of securing universal coverage and access to adequate and affordable healthcare in order to improve the health status of Nigerians, the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) is yet to enjoy good support from state governments...
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