Health
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An umbrella body for dental students, the African Dental Students Association (AfroDSA) has called on the Federal Government to increase funding and upgrade facilities for dental education in tertiary institutions across the country.
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Nigeria and 16 other African countries are developing mpox vaccine preparedness and deployment plans with the support of the World Health Organisation (WHO) and the Africa Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC).
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Researchers have found “disturbing” evidence for the first time that a lifesaving malaria drug is becoming less effective in young African children with serious infections.
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The groundbreaking mRNA technology transfer programme is positioned towards establishing 11 state-of-the-art good manufacturing practices (GMP) certified manufacturing facilities across 10 countries by 2030.
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The Federal Government is facing mounting pressure to ban Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs) in Nigeria, as experts and Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) expressed concerns on Wednesday about their safety for human consumption. The experts, who raised the concerns during a public hearing held by the House of Representatives Joint Committee on Agricultural Production and Services,…
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The Kwara Government on Tuesday lamented the low breastfeeding rate among nursing mothers in the state. Dr. Amina El-Imam, Kwara Commissioner for Health, made the observation in Ilorin during the Training of Secondary Healthcare Workers in Kwara State, on Maternal Infant and Young Child Nutrition (MIYCN). The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the…
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A professor of Public Health Microbiology and Parasitology, Abdulazeez Abubakar, has called on governments at all levels to be prepared
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A Family Physician, Dr Francis Sanwo, has stressed the need for improved household and
community hygiene to prevent Lassa Fever.
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Can you remember when, if ever, Nigeria's healthcare system was not in a "state of crisis?" I know you have been reading about this issue in the national dailies long before I started writing about it today and the stories I write will sound very similar to those you read 20 to 30 years ago.…
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The resurgence of cholera cases in Lagos, Africa's most populous city, has raised urgent public health concerns, with illegal waste sites identified as major contributors to the outbreak. Nurses and residents have warned that the state’s waste management crisis is creating conditions ripe for cholera to thrive, urging the Lagos State Government (LASG) to act…
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A health expert, MLS Onaoluwa Abimbola, has said that cancer should not be seen as a death sentence in Nigeria if the government and stake
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A disturbing revelation about child mortality has been made public by the National Demographic Health Survey (NDHS), stating that only three
14 Nov
Over 24 million adults are currently living with the deadly diabetes disease in the African region alone, while 12 million others remain undiagnosed. World Health Organisation (WHO) Regional Director for Africa, Dr. Matshidiso Rebecca Moeti, disclosed this to mark the 2024 World Diabetes Day (WDD). She warned that the number of people living with diabetes…
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The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has solidified its ranks as state chairmen backed Acting Chairman Umar Damagum, while the Labour Party (LP) ignited grassroots energy, rallying youths for a bold 2027 presidential bid and setting the stage for a possible opposition showdown.
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Nigeria’s “Renewed Hope” budget has faced a stark reality with soaring inflation and a plummeting naira igniting a construction crisis.
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It is no news that many economies including Nigeria are currently experiencing significant inflationary pressures.
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About 4.7 million barrels of Nigeria’s latest blend of crude oil is being exported to Spain and the United States in about seven cargoes as market volatility continued yesterday due to crude inventory build-up.
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The advent of a new, foreign-based armed religious group known as ‘Lakurawa’ into Nigeria cannot but be sad news for the country’s embattled space, particularly in the North where insurgency seems not to be losing ground.
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The Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) has alleged that the North “is currently under siege of the bad governance of President Bola Tinubu's administration”, stating that the “poor socio-economic policies” of the Federal Government were affecting the region adversely.
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With some sports administrators of Nigerian origin doing great things across the world and standing shoulder-to-shoulder with some of the best in the world, many are in awe that the country’s sports are still dogged by poor administration.
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Foremost scholar of public administration, Prof. Ladipo Adamolekun, in this interview with MUYIWA ADEYEMI, spoke on how the six regional development commissions can lead to true regionalism, and resolve contradictions in the Supreme Court judgment on local government autonomy.
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The revenue available for disbursement among the three tiers of government rose by 5.5 per cent or N113 billion to N1.411 trillion in October.