[ad_1] For the fifth year running, leading health maintenance organisation, Avon Healthcare Limited (Avon HMO) has reaffirmed its commitment to maternal and child health with its just concluded baby photo contest. Tagged #AvonBaby2022, the company also uses the contest to encourage immunisation and engender bonding between parents and their babies. In the just-concluded edition themed,…
[ad_1] President Muhammadu Buhari Wednesday said the support his government had received from the private sector in addressing social ills was enough to make him the “envy of many presidents of the world.” He spoke in Abuja at the commissioning and handover of security equipment valued at over 12 billion to the military and Nigeria…
[ad_1] A new mosquito species capable of transmitting malaria, first discovered in the Eastern African country of Djibouti in 2012, has been detected in Kenya, researchers in the East African country have confirmed. The new carrier mosquito, named the Anopheles stephensi, can live in different climates while transmitting plasmodium vivax, the parasite that causes the…
[ad_1] By Xinhua writers Zhao Bochao, Li Li (Xinhua) 13:26, February 22, 2023 A recent report by The Wall Street Journal, targeting several China-built global mega-projects, was filled with distorted facts, one-sided stories, and unfounded accusations — an attempt to discredit the China-proposed Belt and Road Initiative. What’s the real picture of these projects?…
[ad_1] Kuni Tyessi in Abuja A non-governmental organisation, Okapi Children Cancer Foundation has disclosed that since its establishment in 2017, it has supported over 60 pediatric cancer cases and has intervened in a over 200 cases. Taking its crusade to Government Secondary School, Tudun Wada in Zone 4 of the FCT in commemoration of the…
[ad_1] By Isah Ismaila The Minister of State for the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Dr Ramatu Tijjani Aliyu, in collaboration with Nigerians Unite for Tinubu/Shettima (NUFTS), has embarked on a special medical outreach programme for the Christian community in the Federal Capital Territory. The outreach programme which was held at the Piwoyi Church premises on…
[ad_1] Hong Kong has revoked the visa of He Jiankui, a controversial Chinese scientist who edited the gene of babies. The Chinese scientist’s visa was revoked for giving false information, the Hong Kong authorities said on Tuesday. Immigration officials in Hong Kong believed that Mr Jiankui, who sparked international controversy and ethical debate in 2018…
[ad_1] The Ghana Federation of Labour (GFL) has called on the government to halt the passage of the Excise Duty Amendment Bill 2022 for further stakeholder engagement. It said the passage of the Bill, which is an amendment to the Excise Duty Act 2014 (Act 878), would increase the operational cost of local beverage manufacturers,…
[ad_1] Rebecca Ejifoma writes on the efforts of the Nigeria Sovereign Investment Authority/Lagos University Teaching Hospital, NSIA-LUTH, Cancer Centre, NLCC, in providing comprehensive treatment, including psychotherapy for cancer patients, while calling on Nigerians and West Africans to its state-of-the-art centre with cutting-edge equipment for early detection to tame cancer scourge Despite the presence of fully…
[ad_1] Republish This Story Republish our articles for free, online or in print, under a Creative Commons license. Gauteng continues to battle a wheelchair shortage that began during the COVID-19 lockdown. The provincial health department says over 20,000 patients are waiting for one. Spokesperson Motalatale Modiba says the department is working to overcome the…
