Africa Health Report
By Juliet Jacob The Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, has revealed the Federal Government has approved a pay raise for civil servants in the country. Ngige made this known on Wednesday night when he featured on Channels Television’s Politics Today programme. The minister said the salary increment became important in view…
By Hassan John Minister of Women Affairs, Dame Pauline Tallen, has disclosed that women, children and girls are always negatively impacted by effect of emergency situations. She disclosed this at the formal hand-over of global lead on the Call to Action (CtA) on protection from Gender- Based Violence in emergencies, in Abuja….
By Hassan John In an effort to provide world-class health services to Nigerians and also reduce medical tourism, Alliance Hospital, based in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja, has commissioned 64 slide CT scan and IVF Centre. Speaking while commissioning the two facilities in Abuja, Wednesday, the Managing Director of the Hospital,…
[ad_1] Pope Francis has a respiratory infection and will need to spend a few days in hospital in Rome, the Vatican says. The BBC, citing a statement, reports that the 86-year-old had breathing difficulties in recent days but does not have COVID. It said he would need “a few days of appropriate hospital medical therapy”….
[ad_1] A new Community-base Health Planning and Services (CHPS) Compound, established at a cost of GH₵496,284.14 at Bolni in the Nanumba North Municipality has been inaugurated to improve health service delivery for residents of the area. The facility consists of an Out-Patient Department (OPD), wards, Nurses quarters for health professionals and pharmacy, among others. Funded…
[ad_1] International cooperation under the framework of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) has gone deeper and more practical, and borne rich fruits over the past 10 years since the initiative was proposed. As of mid-February this year, China had signed more than 200 BRI cooperation documents with 151 countries and 32 international organizations. This…
[ad_1] A former Grand Kadi of Kwara State Sharia Court of Appeal, Justice AbdulMuttalib Ahmad Ambali (retd) is dead He died in the wee hours of Thursday at the University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital (UITH), Oke-Oyi, after a brief illness. He was 83 years old. The late jurist was the 2nd Grand Kadi after late…
[ad_1] The Speaker of Parliament, Alban Sumana Kingsford Bagbin, has described as “undemocratic” US Vice President, Kamala Harris’s call on Ghana to treat same sex relationships as a matter of human right. The Speaker said Ghana is a sovereign country and would not be dictated to by any external powers. MrBagbin’s comments follow Ms Harris’s…
[ad_1] (Xinhua) 13:00, March 30, 2023 BEIJING, March 29 (Xinhua) — A total of 33 Chinese cities and districts have been named demonstration areas for infant and childcare services, according to a circular released on Wednesday. The demonstration cities and districts should deepen their efforts to provide various forms of publicly accessible childcare services, and…
[ad_1] The Federal Executive Council yesterday approved two contracts for the construction of a centre of excellence for environmental restoration in Kana Local Government Area of Rivers State and a 100-bed specialist hospital in Ogoni. The Minister of Environment, Mohammed Abdullahi, said the projects were to facilitate efficient and cost-effective approaches to contamination management and…