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Gynaecologist warns against Stigmatising HIV patients

A Consultant Gynaecologist and Obstetrician, Dr. Joseph Akinde has cautioned against stigmatising people living with HIV, noting that this is pushing some persons with the health condition to lie about their HIV status.

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Lagos partners UNFPA on Cancer control

The Lagos State Ministry of Health has announced a partnership with the United Nations Population Fund, on cancer control.

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Doctors, Lab Scientists differ on who should interpret Patients’ Laboratory Test results

Senior medical professionals have said that it is not right for laboratory scientists to be interpreting laboratory test results for patients, arguing that it is the duty of the doctors who have sent the patients for the diagnostic tests to do so.

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National, State registers to determine beneficiaries of free Health Insurance’

The Assistant General Manager, Informal Sector Department, National Health Insurance Authority, Dr. Sikiru Salawudeen has said the national and state registers would be used to determine beneficiaries of the Vulnerable Group Fund.

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Crude Prices Fall After OPEC+ Agrees To Raise Output Targets

Oil prices fell Monday after OPEC+ agreed to further increase its output targets from August. Exports from key producers via the Strait of Hormuz are also recovering, potentially adding to global supplies. Brent crude futures fell 41 cents, or 0.57%, to $71.71 a barrel in early trading after settling 0.45%...

Sierra Leone’s Fishermen Say Illegal Foreign Trawlers Destroying Livelihoods

On Sherbo Island off Sierra Leone's coast, local fishermen haul in their nets the traditional way — with a dozen or more hands pulling together to bring the catch ashore. But residents say hauls have been shrinking for years, and they point to one consistent cause: large...

25 Killed, 100 Injured in Sri Lanka Prison Clashes

At least 25 people have died and roughly 100 more were injured following clashes between two groups of inmates at a prison in Negombo, Sri Lanka, according to two police sources and a hospital source who spoke to Reuters. The violence broke out Sunday between convicted prisoners and...