[ad_1] Columnists Gender-lens investing key to achieve socio-economic equity Thursday April 27 2023 A trade expo in Nairobi to empower women-owned enterprises in Nairobi on International Women’s Day in 2021. FILE PHOTO | NMG Did you know that women create twice as much revenue per dollar invested as men in business; firms filling at least…
[ad_1] Sri Lanka’s health minister, Keheliya Rambukwella, on Thursday, told parliament that there is a shortage of over 100 types of drugs used in government hospitals. The minister said that 1,347 types of medicines are being used in government hospitals, but the hospitals are facing a shortage of 112 types of medicines. He said that…
[ad_1] Femi Adesina, presidential spokesperson, says there is nothing wrong with young Nigerians relocating abroad. There have been growing concerns in recent times over the relocation of youths, especially health workers, to foreign countries. Reacting to the issue in an interview with Channels Television on Thursday, Adesina said the trend — dubbed ‘japa’ — is…
[ad_1] (Xinhua) 13:27, April 27, 2023 Senior citizens have meals at a canteen for elderly people at a community in Jin’an District of Fuzhou, capital of southeast China’s Fujian Province, June 21, 2022. (Xinhua/Jiang Kehong) NANNING, April 27 (Xinhua) — Chinese researchers have found that the gut microbiome of centenarians resembles that of young adults,…
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[ad_1] The Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources has targeted the planting of 10 million trees nationwide during this year’s Green Ghana Day. Slated for June 9, the exercise which will be held on the theme, “Our Forests, Our Health”, would be funded with a GH¢2.5 million allocation from government and donations from individuals, corporate…
[ad_1] (Xinhua) 13:36, April 27, 2023 NEW DELHI, April 26 (Xinhua) — The World Health Organization (WHO) has issued an alert for a made-in-India cough syrup, highlighting it contains “unacceptable amounts of diethylene glycol and ethylene glycol.” The alert issued by the global health body on Tuesday evening said a batch of contaminated India-made cough…
[ad_1] The Federal Medical Center (FMC), Umuahia strives for medical excellence and their effort is gradually yielding fruits. The FMC has in recent times sufficiently filled the gap of tertiary medical services and thereby fulfilled the mandate for its establishment. Its breakthroughs in kidney transplant surgeries and gynaeco- logy has given Nigerians hope that they…
[ad_1] Some civil servants who have their offices at the Federal Secretariat in the Central Business District of Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, are currently stranded. The development follows blockade of major access roads to Phase 1, 2 and 3 of the complex by the troops of Nigerian Army who are presently holding their trooping and…
[ad_1] Following an EU antitrust investigation Following the stink raised by competing collaboration tool Slack to the European Union in 2020, Microsoft has agreed to stop automatically bundling Teams with its office software. Per the Financial Times (paywall), the move is an attempt to escape what would be the company’s first antitrust investigation in over…
