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	<description>Latest updates from Nigeria, including business, politics, entertainment, fashion, health, technology, naija lifestyle</description>
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		<title>NHIS: Steering access to quality healthcare in Nigeria</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 23:16:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mbgolu</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yemi had never really been to able to afford hospital treatment. A young widow, she and her family wallowed in abject poverty for years. Already a mother, she was pregnant and jobless when her husband died years ago. Life became difficult. ]]></description>
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		<title>Broccoli lowers your cholesterol levels</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 23:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mbgolu</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Broccoli might have gotten a bad reputation as being one of the most dreaded vegetables for children, cooking your broccoli in a tasty stir-fry manner or having  it  boiled, steamed or baked with great-tasting accompaniments such as a good tasting creamy cheese will definitely make it an unforgettable experience.  ]]></description>
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		<title>Smoking linked to mental decline in men &#8211; study</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 09:07:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>adekunle</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Men who smoke experience greater mental declines over time than men who never smoked, but the same link does not appear among women, said a British study published in the United States on Monday.]]></description>
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		<title>Beware! Insecticides can aid miscarriage</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 23:29:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ojiego</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[

Mosquitoes are undoubtedly one greatest enemies of mankind especially in tropical climates and Nigeria is not an exception. The dry weather and blocked drainage channels may have aided the breeding of these mosquitoes in many urban centres especially the slummy neighbourhoods. ]]></description>
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		<title>Nigeria’s 1st cancer care centre takes off Feb 2013</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 23:20:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mbgolu</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[THE first comprehensive cancer care centre in Nigeria to be known as the Port Harcourt Cancer Comprehensive Care Centre (PHCC) takes off 1st of February, 2013 in Port Harcourt, Rivers State. Technical Coordinator of the PHCC Project, Dr. Kin Egwuonwu, told Good Health Weekly that the centre, which will be situated on a 50-hectare piece of land close to the University of Port Harcourt Teaching Hospital, UPTH, will cost N10 billion.]]></description>
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		<title>Researchers find link to cancer cure in green plants</title>
		<link>http://www.vanguardngr.com/2012/02/researchers-find-link-to-cancer-cure-in-green-plants/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 23:10:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mbgolu</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[IN the relentless pursuit for a cure and lasting treatment for cancer, researchers, who are forever looking beyond the ordinary and regular approaches, may have found a significant link that ties the secret to cancer cure and prevention in humans, to green plants.]]></description>
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		<title>FG commits N1.44bn to cancer treatment</title>
		<link>http://www.vanguardngr.com/2012/02/lasg-to-establish-cancer-policy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 23:05:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mbgolu</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[IRKED by the rising incidences of cancer in the country, Special Adviser to the Governor on Public Health, Dr Yewande Adesina, attributed cancer burden in Nigeria on underreporting, lack of appropriate diagnosis limited access to care, differences in technical manpower and infrastructure and quality of cancer data systems, noting that the 2012 theme of the World cancer day, emphasises the need to know that it is only by every person, organisation and government individually doing their part that the world will be able to reduce premature deaths from cancer and other non-communicable diseases to 25 per cent by 2025.]]></description>
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		<title>Malaria, bigger killer than envisaged &#8211; STUDY</title>
		<link>http://www.vanguardngr.com/2012/02/malaria-bigger-killer-than-envisaged-study/</link>
		<comments>http://www.vanguardngr.com/2012/02/malaria-bigger-killer-than-envisaged-study/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 23:00:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mbgolu</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[EVEN though it is already established as one of the world’s leading killer disorders, the global death toll from malaria is much higher than envisaged, new data has revealed. A  study funded by the Bill &#038; Melinda Gates Foundation found that in 2010, malaria grossed a total of 1.2 million deaths worldwide, almost twice  other estimates. ]]></description>
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		<title>Potato is the No.1 food that drives weight gain &#8211; HAVARD</title>
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		<comments>http://www.vanguardngr.com/2012/02/potato-is-the-no-1-food-that-drives-weight-gain-havard/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Feb 2012 23:14:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ojiego</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[IF you want to lose weight, the last food you should be eating are potatoes. Sounds odd, but an intriguing discovery by a team of Havard researchers is that potatoes, especially the fried variety, is the No.1 food that drives weight gain.]]></description>
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		<title>Light at the end of tunnel for eliminating NTDs</title>
		<link>http://www.vanguardngr.com/2012/02/light-at-the-end-of-tunnel-for-eliminating-ntds/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Feb 2012 23:12:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ojiego</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Though much of the world has never heard of diseases like lymphatic filariasis or schistosomiasis, these and other neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) are a daily reality for many living in Africa and across the world. These terrible diseases affect more than one billion people worldwide, disabling, disfiguring and blinding their victims, and making it difficult for the world’s poorest communities to lift themselves out of poverty.]]></description>
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		<title>How to win battle against killer polio, by experts</title>
		<link>http://www.vanguardngr.com/2012/02/how-to-win-battle-against-killer-polio-by-experts/</link>
		<comments>http://www.vanguardngr.com/2012/02/how-to-win-battle-against-killer-polio-by-experts/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Feb 2012 23:04:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mbgolu</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Paediatricians say  Nigeria can achieve a polio-free generation. This is achievable by  contributing towards  the goal of Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI) to ensure that no child is  paralysed by the Wild Polio Virus (WPV) or Vaccine Derived Polio Virus (VDPV) by providing complete range of Inactivated Polio Vaccine (IPV) and combination vaccines. ]]></description>
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		<title>Skin bleaching: Confusion or confidence?</title>
		<link>http://www.vanguardngr.com/2012/02/skin-bleaching-confusion-or-confidence-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 23:30:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mbgolu</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[THE vague fight against the ignorance of skin bleaching among Nigerians has received yet another boost as Bunmi Ogunmoyero, Public Relations student of University of Westminster, UK, launches her campaign “Love the Skin You Are In” to open a new vista of knowledge into how young Nigerians can stop confusing inferiority complex for confidence. ]]></description>
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		<title>PATHS2, partners set path to cheap antimalarial drugs in  Lagos, 4 others</title>
		<link>http://www.vanguardngr.com/2012/01/paths2-partners-set-path-to-cheap-antimalarial-drugs-in-lagos-4-others/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 23:30:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mbgolu</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[THE dream of access to cheap anti-malaria drugs in Nigeria is about to come true at long last.  This development is being facilitated by the Partnership for Transforming Health Systems, PATHS2, a United Kingdom Department for International Development, DFID funded project.]]></description>
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		<title>Breast cancer: MWAN seeks inclusion of BSE  technique in schools</title>
		<link>http://www.vanguardngr.com/2012/01/breast-cancer-mwan-seeks-inclusion-of-bse-technique-in-schools/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 23:25:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mbgolu</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Federal government has been urged to include technique of Breast Self Examination into the school curriculum. The Medical Women's Association of Nigeria, MWAN, in a communiqué issued after it's 17th Biennial Scientific Conference and General Assembly in Lagos tagged; "Revisiting the myth behind Maternal and Infant Mortality: Can e-health/m-Health Make a Difference" noted that all females from JSS3 or at menarche should be proficient in the technique of Breast Self Examination, BSE. ]]></description>
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		<title>NAFDAC deploys regulatory officers to mega drug centres</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 23:10:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mbgolu</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As part of the multi-dimensional approach towards fighting the knotty problem of drug counterfeiting, the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, NAFDAC, has deployed regulatory officers to man the new mega drug distribution centres built in some parts of the country.]]></description>
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