[ad_1] The House of Representatives has advocated for the subsidisation of malaria drugs in Nigeria and even making them freely available at all Government Health Centres. Amobi Ogar, chair of the Committee on HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Control, highlighted the urgent need for this action during the committee’s inaugural meeting in Abuja on Thursday. The…
[ad_1] Muhammad Ali Pate, Nigeria’s coordinating minister of Health and Social Welfare, has attributed about 90 percent of stroke cases in Nigeria to high blood pressure, a condition that occurs when the blood supply to part of the brain is interrupted, preventing brain tissue from getting oxygen and nutrients. He said the high incidence of…
[ad_1] South Africa has one of the most liberal abortion legislation in the world. But this has not translated to easy access to abortion. Many women still struggle to get the services. fWhen they do, they are faced with bad attitudes from healthcare workers, as well as stigma. In June 2021, Lesego Ntswai (21), went…
[ad_1] The Aurum Institute is making it easier for people to get HIV prevention medication. (Getty) When free antiretrovirals (ARVs) were introduced to South Africa’s public health system in 2004, the medicines transformed an HIV infection from a death sentence to a chronic disease. Millions of lives have been saved by the treatment, which pushes…
[ad_1] By PAULINE KAIRU Though the Congo Basin is the second-largest tropical forest and river network on earth, spanning a massive 3.68 million square kilometres, little has been invested in understanding it – unlike what has been done on the Amazon Forest in South America – as numerous barriers also impede high-level research. In recent…
Favour Ozioma Ogbodo Loss of lives have been reported after a fire outbreak gutted a section of the Canadian High Commission in Abuja. President Bola Tinubu has reacted to the sad incident, assuring that the Nigerian government will give necessary aid to the diplomatic and local staff of the High Commission. The Monday fire happened…
[ad_1] There was confusion in Abuja on Monday when fire gutted the ‘Samsung Plaza’ around Banex Junction in the Wuse 2 district of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Abuja. Workers and… The post JUST IN: Fire guts popular Samsung Plaza in Abuja appeared first on The Nation Newspaper. [ad_2] Source link
Gom Mirian In a bid to address the rising issue of brain drain in Nigeria, the Federal Government (FG) has announced plans to seek a partnership with British universities to compel sponsored scholars to return home after completing their studies abroad. Arc. Sonny Echono also highlighted the need for capacity building and strengthening of Nigeria’s…
[ad_1] Chinonso Kenneth (Lead Writer) In 2021, Oluwafisayomi Olowu came across the Hacey Health Initiative call for sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) champions to be trained as peer educators to disseminate SRHR knowledge to other young people. She had always been keen on empowering young people to be more knowledgeable about their sexual…
[ad_1] With the recent launch of the Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) vaccine by the federal government, Nigeria is hopeful of a future without cervical cancer related death. The federal government, with the support of GAVI, has secured doses of HPV vaccine for the first phase of vaccination in 15 States and the Federal Capital Territory…
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