[ad_1] Amarachi Okeh The World Health Organisation has said that it will push for a record-high 2024-2025 budget of $6.85 billion in preparation to fight the next global pandemic. The global health agency, according to a report by Reuters, said it will begin the push for the funds at its board meeting starting on 30th January….
[ad_1] Lara Adejoro • Activates Emergency Operations Centre • Cases rise to 244, death toll hits 37 The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention has activated the national multisectoral Emergency Operations Centre for Lassa Fever to coordinate and strengthen ongoing response activities in the country. This is even as it disclosed that the number…
[ad_1] Nigeria’s Eurobonds fell on Monday after Moody’s, the international rating agency, downgraded the country’s long-term foreign currency and local-currency issuer ratings on low revenue and high debt profiles. The fall in the price of the bonds has raised their yields, signaling investors’ demand for higher yields on the bonds, given the country’s perceived higher…
[ad_1] The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) says the country is at a very high risk of increased Lassa fever transmission. TheCable had reported that as of January 22, Nigeria recorded 244 confirmed cases with 37 deaths from 16 states and the FCT. The agency said in a statement on Monday that it has…
[ad_1] Dennis Naku A university lecturer, Prof. Tamunotonye Jacks, has said that the malefactor was solely responsible for the sex of a child. Jacks stated that it was no use blaming the woman for always giving birth to only female children, saying the man is to blame instead. Jack who is a Professor of Microscopic…
[ad_1] Former President John Mahama has advocated the reinstitution and extension of the Debt Service Suspension Initiative (DSSI) to afford Ghana and other debt-strapped countries some limited fiscal respite. Delivering a lecture at the Chatham House in United Kingdom yesterday, he also called for the expansion of the Common Framework for Debt Treatment beyond the…
[ad_1] Patrick Odey The President of the Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors, Dr. Orji Innocent, raised the alarm over the huge number of members of the association moving out of the country for greener pastures, saying that the association has lost over 2,000 members in the last two years. He said if the situation is…
The Africa Health Report, AHR, www.africanhealthreport.com, a specialized online newspaper for health and development stories debuts today in Nigeria. The newspaper is Africa’s first online one-stop-platform for generating, aggregating and distributing news and information about health and development in over 100 news platforms across the continent. Announcing the debut, its Founder and Publisher, Martins Ifijeh said…
[ad_1] Lara Adejoro and Adeyinka Adedipe The number of confirmed Lassa fever cases in Nigeria rose to 244 in the first three weeks of 2023. The country also recorded 18 new deaths from the viral infection from January 16 to 22; bringing the total death toll to 37. This is according to the Lassa fever…
[ad_1] The Energy Commission, will this year, begin the enforcement of 19 new regulations on the importation and manufacture of electrical appliances and renewable energy products in the country. The Legislative Instruments (LIs) passed in November last year, are to prevent Ghana from becoming a cookers, television sets, electric kettles, solar panels, computers, set-top boxes…
