[ad_1] The Lagos chapter of the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) has inaugurated a panel to investigate the death of Diaso Vwaere, a medical doctor, in an elevator accident at General Hospital, Lagos Island. TheCable had reported that the elevator fell from the 10th floor of the building on Tuesday while Diaso who was undertaking her…
Jumoke Olasunkanmi Scientists with Glaxo Smith Kline’s biopharma have discovered a new strain of bacteria that is capable of inhibiting the growth of the malaria-causing plasmodium falciparum in mosquitos. The Delftia tsuruhatensis bacteria codenamed Tres Cantos 1 (TC1) was found in the guts of Anopheles mosquitoes, which are known carriers of the parasite. Malaria remains…
[ad_1] At a private sector commemoration of the 2023 World Breastfeeding Week, four private organisations in Nigeria were recognised and awarded for instituting family-friendly workplace breastfeeding policies. This is as the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said Wednesday that only nine per cent of Nigerian organisations have a workplace breastfeeding policy, with only 1.5 per cent in…
Gom Mirian and Juliet Ochenje In response to a mounting outbreak of diphtheria affecting children across 27 states in Nigeria, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), has intensified its efforts to contain and prevent the spread of the disease. With a reported 3,850 suspected cases as at July 2023, of which 1,387 have been confirmed…
[ad_1] The Ondo government has announced a series of palliative packages to alleviate the harsh impacts of petrol subsidy removal on the citizens in the state. Announcing the measure in Akure on Thursday, Wale Akinterinwa, the commissioner for finance and chairman of the palliative strategy and implementation committee, said an unconditional cash transfer of N10,000…
Gom Mirian The meteoric rise of cancer cases in Nigeria has sounded alarm bells among health experts and policymakers, with approximately 79,000 Nigerians reported dead from the disease in the last year alone, with an additional 124,000 cases recorded. In reaction to this, stakeholder agencies including the Federal Ministry of Health, the Federal Capital Territory…
Gom Mirian In an attempt to renew its commitment and take urgent action toward the eradication of tuberculosis (TB) globally, the World Health Organisation (WHO) on Thursday urged global stakeholders to register for the forthcoming UN High-Level Meeting (HLM) on Tuberculosis (TB), slated for September 22, 2023, in New York. TB remains a significant public…
Gom Mirian The Federal Government has begun moves to tackle problems arising from friction between exploration companies and inhabitants of host communities. To this end, it held a crucial compliance stakeholders meeting in Abuja on Thursday to discuss the gaps observed in the existing Community Development Agreement (CDA) mining guidelines. The consultative meeting was convened…
[ad_1] Lagos, Nigeria – August 3, 2023 – As part of activities to celebrate the 2023 World Breastfeeding Week, FHI 360/Alive & Thrive, in collaboration with key stakeholders in Lagos have advocated for family friendly corporate workplace breastfeeding policies to ensure a supportive environment that enables and promotes six months exclusive breastfeeding for working mothers….
[ad_1] Kate Abiri, the immediate past chief judge of Bayelsa state, is dead. In a statement on Thursday, Amaebi Orukari, chief registrar at the state high court, said the former chief judge died on Thursday after a brief illness at the age of 65. “With a deep sense of loss, the honourable chief judge of…
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