. Continent’s policies, programmes, institutions to mainstream climate adaptation and resilience By Louis Achi with Agency report The Global Centre on Adaptation (GCA), in collaboration with the African Development Bank (AfDB) and the Wangari Mathai Institute, have reiterated the importance of improving food security in Africa. Prof. Patrick Verkooijen, the Chief Executive Officer…
[ad_1] (Xinhua) 15:05, February 25, 2023 BEIJING, Feb. 25 (Xinhua) — More than 1.43 million Chinese family physicians are tirelessly working to provide quality primary healthcare services and contributing to building a healthy China. These family doctors, whether working individually or in teams, offer a wide range of services to residents in need, including home…
[ad_1] Abayomi Ajayi When Alice and Alex started trying for a baby naturally in May 2017; they had no anticipation of challenges. Following their marriage a month earlier, they settled down in one of the large cities in the southern part of the country as they looked forward to starting their family. But month after…
[ad_1] Against the background of the first outbreak of Marburg Virus Disease (MVD) in Equatorial Guinea, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) has said that the overall risk of importing the disease into Nigeria and its impact on the health of Nigerians is moderate. In a press release signed by its Director…
By Kazeem Akolawole A coalition of youths, under the aegis of African Health Budget Network (AHBN)’s, Meaningful Adolescent and Youth Engagement (MAYE) group, has called on the Nigerian political leaders, particularly emergent winners at all levels in the 2023 general elections to upscale health funding to 15 percent of the national budget. In an…
Kazeem Akolawole President Muhammadu Buhari has inaugurated a 56-member National Advisory Committee on Women’s Economic Empowerment (H-LAC) set up to support Nigerian women and girls in economic development. The H-LAC, according to a member of the committee, Dr Judith-Ann Walker, is significant and important, especially in the context of recent failed attempts to…
. Nigeria’s election season witnessed surge in inflammatory language, hateful and divisive rhetoric By Kazeem Akolawole The United Nations (UN) Under-Secretary-General and Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide, Alice Wairimu Nderitu, has warned that hate speech, especially if accompanied by policies and practices that discriminate against populations based on their identity often…
[ad_1] Profiles Rashid Khalani: Numbers guy’s rise to head Aga Khan University Hospital office Friday February 24 2023 Rashid Khalani, CEO, The Aga Khan University Hospital, Nairobi. FILE PHOTO | POOL The new sheriff at Aga Khan University Hospital is from Pakistan. His name is Rashid Khalani. He grew up in Karachi. It’s one of…
[ad_1] Lara Adejoro Following the first-ever outbreak of Marburg Virus Disease in Equatorial Guinea, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention has said Nigeria is at moderate risk of importing the virus into the country. According to the NCDC, the extent of the outbreak in Equatorial Guinea has not yet been ascertained, and the…
[ad_1] “I started using nyaope unwittingly in 2012. My partner was smoking it, but he wasn’t honest with me. He would roll a joint, but before closing it he would open a plastic bag, and put the powder in the joint. “After maybe three or four months, I found out from his mother that he…
