[ad_1] The Youth Employment Agency (YEA) has created over 17,000 jobs over the last four months through various modules to provide entrepreneurial skills development for the youth. These modules include Community Health Worker Programme, Prisons Office Assistants, Community Protection Assistants, the YEA Jobcentre and partnerships with the private sector, Chief Executive Officer of the YEA,…
[ad_1] Lara Adejoro A World Health Organisation report on Neglected Tropical Diseases has shown that Nigeria and 15 other countries have the highest burdens of NTDs. The report released on Monday noted that the 16 countries bear 80 per cent of the global burden of NTDs. According to the report titled, “Global report on neglected…
[ad_1] The Vice-President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, yesterday appealed for an end to stigmatisation against persons affected by leprosy in Ghana. He said acts of discrimination and stigma against lepers were often based on misinformation, myths and misconceptions which were mostly false. “People feel that when you touch a cured leper, you will contract the disease….
[ad_1] (Xinhua) 14:30, January 31, 2023 LOS ANGELES, Jan. 30 (Xinhua) — The Biden administration announced on Monday it plans to end the COVID-19 public health emergency (PHE) on May 11. The COVID-19 national emergency and PHE were declared by the Trump Administration in 2020. They are currently set to expire on March 1 and…
[ad_1] Nigeria has about 25 percent of all Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs) in Africa, with millions of persons at risk. The Minister of Health, Osagie Ehanire, said this yesterday in Abuja during the commemoration of the World Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs) Day, organised by the ministry in collaboration with the World Health Organisation (WHO). NTDs…
[ad_1] (Xinhua) 10:09, January 31, 2023 An Auxerre fan poses with a performer dressed up as god of fortune outside the Abbe Deschamps Stadium of Auxerre club before a French Ligue 1 match between Auxerre and Montpellier as part of the Day of China activites to celebrate the Chinese Lunar New Year in Auxerre, France,…
[ad_1] Here are 10 key numbers in the COVID-19 pandemic – 6.8 million dead – Since early 2020, more than 6.8 million deaths from Covid-19 have been officially recorded, out of 752 million cases worldwide, according to the World Health Organization (WHO) on January 27. The United Nations’ health agency, however, considers the figures to…
[ad_1] (Xinhua) 09:44, January 31, 2023 BEIJING, Jan. 30 (Xinhua) — During the Spring Festival holiday, China’s township-level medical clinics and urban community-based healthcare centers provided door-to-door health services and follow-up visits for more than 9.8 million recipients aged 65 and over nationwide. These primary-level institutions also offered health counselling to over 11.8 million recipients…
[ad_1] Lara Adejoro The Federal Government has said that Nigeria has about 25 per cent of all Neglected Tropical Diseases in Africa. The FG made this known on Monday at a press briefing held in Abuja in commemoration of World NTDs Day. The PUNCH reports that WNTDD is commemorated every January 30 to create awareness…
[ad_1] By LI LEI (China Daily) 10:13, January 31, 2023 Sanitation workers relax at a rest station repurposed from a COVID-19 testing booth in Suzhou, Jiangsu province, in mid-January. CHINA DAILY Some cities are experimenting with innovative uses for old COVID-19 testing booths, turning them into makeshift fever clinics, pharmacies and even employment advice centers…
