[ad_1] As the global community including Nigeria records decline in the number of persons accessing the COVID-19 vaccination, a medical expert has raised concern over the decline, but confirmed that the Lagos State Government has been able to achieve just 27 per cent out of the eight million adults targeted for vaccination in the state….
[ad_1] Good architecture and design makes our daily lives better, and this is a contribution worth recognising. With public voting now open for the City of Adelaide Prize, we asked each finalist why their project merits your vote. You can see the pulse of a city in its changing landscape – in the form of…
[ad_1] Sodiq Ojuroungbe A professor of public health, Prof. Tanimola Akande, has urged the federal and state governments to invest heavily in projects that will help improve access to safe water for Nigerians. Prof. Akande, who was a former National Chairman of the Association of Public Health Physicians of Nigeria, noted that government especially in…
[ad_1] The Executive Director of the KNCV TB Foundation Nigeria, Dr Berthrand Odume has said spreading messages on Tuberculosis prevention and control to people living in rural communities was very crucial to meeting the global target for TB case-control in Nigeria. Odume who spoke during a road show and awareness programme organised in collaboration with…
By Juliet Jacob The Federal Executive Council (FEC) held its weekly meeting Wednesday with the approval of contract awards worth N459 billion for projects in the Ministry of Transportation, as well as the construction of 192 flats for personnel of the National Drugs Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA). Contracts for the Transportation Ministry…
[ad_1] Health Kenya on high alert over Marburg outbreak in Tanzania Wednesday March 22 2023 A health worker leaves an isolated area in Uige, Angola where residents with Marburg virus were being treated in 2015. Tanzania has reported an outbreak of the disease. FILE PHOTO | AFP Kenya is on high alert following the outbreak…
[ad_1] Lara Adejoro A non-governmental organisation, Civil Society-Scaling Up Nutrition in Nigeria has decried the alarming rate of malnutrition among girls, and women and the poor budgetary allocation to nutrition in the country. The organisation also said there is a need for nutrition interventions for non-pregnant and non-lactating women. Speaking at the two-day strategic workshop…
By Gom Mirian Nigeria has in the last year identified over 280,0000 new cases of tuberculosis out of about 400,000 cases notified in 2021, the ministry of health has said The ministry while reiterating its commitment to eradicating Tuberculosis by the year 2030, said about 40 per cent of the notification rate was…
[ad_1] Youth Advocates Ghana (YAG) with support from Planned Parenthood Association, Ghana, last Friday engaged senior high school students on sexual and gender-based violence in Commemoration of the International Women’s Day. The school engagement, implemented as part of the Country Acceleration Strategy (CAS) Initiative funded by African Union Commission and International Planned Parenthood Federation Africa…
[ad_1] China has approved its first locally developed messenger RNA (mRNA) vaccine against COVID-19, its manufacturer said Wednesday, months after the relaxation of strict Covid-zero regulations sparked a surge in cases. The vaccine, developed by CSPC Pharmaceutical Group Ltd, has been approved for “emergency use” by Beijing’s health regulator, the company said in a statement….
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