[ad_1] Economy Securing Africa’s future beyond Agoa Tuesday September 26 2023 Workers at an apparels factory in Nairobi Industrial area. FILE PHOTO | NMG The World Economic Forum in Davos this year acknowledged a world grappling with multiple crises characterised by Covid-19, conflicts, soaring living costs, and climate change. Amid these challenges, Africa’s economic potential…
[ad_1] Nigeria is leading in Africa with the highest number of reported cholera cases in a pandemic that has seen cases double to 472 697 in 2022. The country reported 23,839 cases, including 597 deaths, to the World Health Organization (WHO), placing it ahead of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Cameroon, Malawi, and Somalia,…
[ad_1] The Nigeria Centre for Disease and Prevention Control (NCDC) has registered 210 new suspected cases of cholera and 10 deaths across the country from July 31 to August 27. The NCDC said this via its official website in its latest monthly situation report on cholera, covering epidemiological (EP) weeks 31 to 34. Cholera is…
[ad_1] The Federal Ministry of Health and Social Welfare says it is aware of the mounting concern regarding the recent diphtheria outbreak across several states, with over 11,000 suspected cases. In an interview with reporters on Monday in Abuja, the executive director of the National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA), Faisal Shuaib, assured that…
Gom Mirian An ad hoc committee tasked with the establishment of central multipurpose laboratories in selected universities has been inaugurated by the Executive Secretary of Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund), Arc. Sonny Echono. The laboratories are to provide necessary infrastructure to aid research within universities across the country. Speaking in Abuja on Monday at the…
18-24th September, 2023 UN Raises Alarm as Cholera Threatens One Billion People From Nigeria, 42 Countries (Peoples Gazette) – The World Health Organisation (WHO) and United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has said 43 countries, including Nigeria, now face outbreaks as increasing numbers of cholera cases are reported. Read more Nigeria Has Only 84 Paediatric Dentists…
[ad_1] Nigeria has recorded 210 new suspected cases of Cholera infections and 10 ‘suspected’ deaths across eight states of the federation from 31 July to 27 August. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) disclosed this in its latest monthly situation report on Cholera, covering Epidemiological (EP) weeks 31 to 34. The latest report shows…
[ad_1] The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has shut eight bakeries and seven sachet water factories in Bauchi State for failing to meet its stipulated manufacturing and hygiene standards. Some of the factories in Bauchi and Katagum local government areas were not registered and failed to meet the minimum requirements…
[ad_1] The federal government says 7,202 cases of diphtheria have been confirmed across Nigeria as of September 24. Diphtheria is a bacterial infection caused by the corynebacterium species. It affects the nose, throat, and sometimes, skin of an individual. Some symptoms of diphtheria include fever, runny nose, sore throat, cough, red eyes, neck swelling, and…
[ad_1] Officials on Monday said two people were killed, and two others lost their eyesight after consuming spurious liquor in India’s eastern state of Bihar. In April this year, suspected toxic liquor consumption in the state killed over 30 people. The deaths were reported from the Qazi Mohammadpur police station area in Muzaffarpur district, about…
