[ad_1] Ali Bongo has been released from house arrest by the military junta in Gabon, eight days after he was deposed as president. The new military leaders in the Central African nation said Bongo is free to leave the country for medical treatment. Bongo was toppled on the morning the electoral umpire announced that he…
Gom Mirian The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), Nigeria, has said Nigeria has the highest number of malnourished children in Africa and is second globally. It also noted that out of the 35 million under-five children malnourished in the country, 23.5 are anaemic, which is about 60 per cent of children in Nigeria. According to…
[ad_1] Economy State, counties to give healthcare cover cash to poor Thursday September 07 2023 The National Hospital Insurance Fund building in Nairobi. FILE PHOTO | JEFF ANGOTE | NMG The national and county governments are set to appropriate funds to meet contributions to the new Social Health Insurance Fund (NHIF) on behalf of poor…
[ad_1] The special adviser to President Bola Tinubu on health, Salma Anas, on Wednesday, said plans were underway to improve governance, accountability mechanisms, and transparency in funding allocation and expenditure in the health sector. Ms Anas stated this in Abuja during the 30th-anniversary celebration of “Options,” a global health organisation with the mission of unlocking…
[ad_1] The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), says it has concluded arrangements for the upgrade of the Jigawa state drug store. The UNICEF project coordinator, Lourdes Eleana stated this at the inauguration of the project on Wednesday in Dutse. According to Ms Eleana, the project will be implemented in collaboration with the federal ministry of…
Jumoke Olasunkanmi The 5 man panel of the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal led by Justice Haruna Tsamani has upheld the declaration of Asiwaju Bola Tinubu as the duly elected presidebt of Nigeria. The panel of judges declared that he could not be disqualified from the 2023 elections, nor his victory revoked according to Section 137…
[ad_1] “Do you know that there’s only one psychiatrist in the whole of Imo State?” — This was a line in a post published by Onyekachi Onumara on his Facebook page on the 29th of August 2023. As expected, the post, which he closed with the hashtag #MentalHealthGap, attracted several responses, with many saying it was inaccurate….
[ad_1] New York — Moderna said on Wednesday that clinical trial data showed its updated Covid-19 vaccine will probably be effective against the highly mutated BA.2.86 subvariant of the coronavirus that has raised fear of a resurgence of infections. The company said its shot generated an 8.7-fold increase in neutralising antibodies in humans against BA.2.86,…
(Feature image credit: AFP) As people around the globe mark the World Sexual Health Day 2023, with the theme, ‘Consent!’, Hadiza Ibrahim takes a look at how secrecy surrounding sexuality is contributing to teenage pregnancies in Nigeria. In recognition of everyone’s right to sexual well-being, the World Health Organisation (WHO) set aside every September 4…
[ad_1] The Minister of Finance, Ken Ofori-Atta has stated that the country is on track to receive the second tranche of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) bailout money by the end of the year to support the economy. He also said the government was also working to secure about $300 million from the World Bank…
