[ad_1] From Charity Nwakaudu, Abuja The Director General, Nigeria Geological Survey Agency, ( NGSA). Dr. Abdulrazaq Garba, has said that alot of foreign investors are now interested in coming to Nigeria due to the quality of the geoscience data available. Dr Garba made this disclosure, in Abuja, yesterday at an interactive session with journalists. The…
[ad_1] The United Nations on Friday announced plans to slash food aid to Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh, blaming a funding shortfall. Various agencies has warned that this action would deepen food insecurity and malnutrition in the world’s largest refugee settlement. About 730,000 Rohingya, a persecuted mostly Muslim minority from Myanmar’s Rakhine state, fled to Bangladesh…
[ad_1] Four wives of an Internally Displaced Person (IDP) at a camp in Borno put to bed on the same day. Borno state Commissioner of Women Affairs, Hajiya Zuwaira Gambo, disclosed this while commenting on the high rate of pregnancy and procreation in Boko Haram Rehabilitation camps. The commissioner, who appeared before the Special Independent…
[ad_1] To reduce the high rates of maternal deaths in Nigeria, the government must prioritise health and ensure free access to maternal health services especially in rural communities, some health experts have advocated. These experts who spoke during a one-day summit themed ‘Re-echoing Voices for Family Planning Funding and Need to Make Maternal Health Services…
By Kazeem Akolawole Health sector stakeholders have appealed to candidates seeking electictive positions in the 2023 general elections to prioritize the sector and make maternal health services free for benefit of the common man. The stakeholders at a one-day summit organised by the Association of Nigeria Health Journalists (ANHEJ) supported by the Partnership for…
[ad_1] A Development, Water and Sanitation Consultant, Mr Ibrahim Musah, has called on all Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies (MMDAs), in the country, to strictly enforce by-laws on provision of toilet facilities by landlords, to stop open defecation. According to him, even though such by-laws existed, it has been difficult to ensure all houses have…
[ad_1] About 8,000 Lagos State residents have benefitted from a free medical outreach sponsored by Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu. Dr Oreoluwa Finnih, Senior Special Assistant to the Governor on Health, disclosed this in a statement signed by Tunbosun Ogunbanwo, Director, Public Affairs, in the state’s Ministry of Health. Finnih said the free medical programme organised was…
[ad_1] A cocktail of steroids and vitamin C, often found in citrus and leafy green produce, might hold the key to treating sepsis. Or, clinical trials might prove it overhyped. liv friis-larsen / Alamy After 28 years teaching and practicing critical care medicine, Dr. Paul Marik knows when a patient is at death’s door. So…
[ad_1] More than 100 trucks with United Nations aid, including tents, heaters and cholera testing kits, have crossed into northwest Syria since the earthquakes struck. “The UN is continuing to scale up its operation with the plan to utilise all three Turkish-Syrian border crossings, Bab Al-Hawa, Bab Al-Salam and Al Ra’ee, to ensure a constant…
[ad_1] Tukur Muntari Thirty eight people have been confirmed dead by the Jigawa State Ministry of Health in an outbreak of cerebellum spinal meningitis in the state. The state Commissioner of Health, through the permanent secretary in the ministry, Dr. Salisu Muazu, said the disease has been recorded in seven local government areas of the…
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