[ad_1] The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) have disclosed that 4.3 million girls are at risk of female genital mutilation (FGM) this year and the number projected to reach 4.6 million by 2030. According to them, unless urgent measures are put in place to curb female genital mutilation,…
[ad_1] By LI LEI in Beijing, MA JINGNA in Lanzhou,MA JINGNA and SHI RUIPENG in Nannin (China Daily) 08:37, February 16, 2023 WU HEPING/FOR CHINA DAILY Despite the weather being bitterly cold in Gansu province before Chinese New Year last month, Li Yongxu, Party chief of a village that grows vegetables, wished he could halt…
[ad_1] Prevent group from becoming moribund –Permsec The Executive Secretary of the Civil Society Scaling-Up Nutrition in Nigeria (CS-SUNN), Mr Sunday Okoronkwo has said the formal inauguration of the Orile-Agege Local Council Development Authority (LCDA) on Food and Nutrition will contribute to the provision of optimal nutrition as well as eradicate malnutrition in citizens at…
[ad_1] Rebecca Ejifoma writes on the need to enhance access to Multiple Micronutrient Supplements, MMS, to reduce iron and folic acid deficiencies, and improve pregnancy outcomes, as Vitamin Angels advocate the full implementation of government policy to upscale MMS and its inclusion in the national Micronutrient Deficiency Control Guidelines Pregnancy remains a reality that leaves…
[ad_1] By Merit Ibe The Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON) has announced plans to unleash a massive calibration service campaign across the country in its bid to drive industrialisation as well Small and Medium Enterprises (SME) development in Nigeria. The Director General, Mallam Farouk Salim, who made the remark at the inauguration of mobile calibrate…
[ad_1] …as MeCure offers free screening to 1,000 To mark this year’s World Cancer Day, medical experts have raised the alarm over the gap in cancer care in the country, stating that without access to regular screening, it could hinder the early detection and diagnosis of many cancer cases as well as avert prompt treatment…
[ad_1] Mary Nnah In a bid to deepen access to medical and healthcare in the country, HealthFundy has unveiled a credible platform to encourage and enable individuals, Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs), and Small and Medium Scale Enterprises (SMEs) to conveniently utilise the unlimited potential of crowdfunding in raising funds for their medical and healthcare projects. HealthFundy…
[ad_1] A woman, Ms Promise Ekong, who completed her one-year mandatory National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) year in November, 2022, has reportedly drowned in a swimming pool of a hotel in Gwarinpa Estate, Abuja. The late Ekong, an indigene of Boki LGA of Cross River State, reportedly drowned while having fun in the swimming pool…
[ad_1] We love local music, you love local music, so we’ve dedicated our 2023 Festival Edition to South Australia’s music industry. Music has been a developing focus at CityMag for at least half its life (we’re 10 this year!), and so when it came time to plan our 2023 Festival Edition, we decided it was…
[ad_1] (Xinhua) 08:11, February 16, 2023 NEW YORK, Feb. 15 (Xinhua) — Residents in and around the village of East Palestine, in the Midwestern U.S. state of Ohio, feared for their health and concerns have mounted about the environmental effect, after about 50 Norfolk Southern train cars, including 20 carrying hazardous materials, derailed on Feb….
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