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WHO calls for ban on smoking and vaping in public in Africa
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World Health Organization (WHO) regional director Matshidiso Moeti has called for a complete ban on public smoking and the use of e-cigarettes and vaping in all African countries.
This is contained in a statement issued by the organization on Friday...
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Nigerian agency launches national genomics consortium
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The Nigeria Center for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) has launched a National Genomic Surveillance Consortium (NGSC) to improve the country's public health infrastructure and strengthen health security.
According to NCDC Director General Jide Idris, the consortium will position Nigeria...
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Half of the world’s population lacks essential healthcare: WHO
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The World Health Organization (WHO) has said that half of the world's total population does not have access to essential healthcare despite global efforts.
According to the director general of the world body, Tedros Ghebreyesus, a significant number of people...
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Nigeria seeks fair deal at World Health Assembly
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As global health authorities gather for the 77th World Health Assembly (WHA), Nigeria's Coordinating Minister for Health and Welfare, Muhammad Pate, recommended the continuation of ongoing negotiations for a treaty on pandemics and review of the International Health Regulations.
Speaking...
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Dentro del mundo de los dolores y angustias de las mujeres nigerianas
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Desde que tenÃa 13 años, Adama Dauda, ​​que ahora tiene 25, ha luchado contra un intenso dolor menstrual que generalmente comienza cinco dÃas antes de su flujo menstrual y alcanza su punto máximo tres dÃas después.
Para ella, cada ciclo...
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Nigeria loses health professionals to countries that did not invest in their education
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Nigerian Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Muhammad Pate, has lamented that health systems remain weak in many developing countries like Nigeria, in part because they continue to lose their trained health professionals to developed countries that did not...
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Rising cost of sanitary pads hampers menstrual hygiene among Nigerian women
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Every month, Sadiya Maikasuwa, 40, is reminded that the cost of living crisis means more to her than high food prices. She now spends twice what she used to on sanitary pads, a monthly expense that she must...
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The Foundation provides electricity to 12 primary health care centers in Nigeria
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As part of its efforts to boost economic growth in the Niger Delta, the Foundation for Partnership Initiatives in the Niger Delta, also known as PIND Foundation, has said it has provided electricity to some primary health care (PHC)...
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Cancer care in Nigeria after Tinubu’s first year as president
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Cancer, one of the deadliest diseases the world has ever known, is a large group of diseases that can begin in almost any organ or tissue in the body.
According to the World Health Organization (WHO), it is the second...
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FG allocates N260 billion to revitalize primary healthcare in Nigeria
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The Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Ali Pate, says the federal government has set aside N260 billion to revitalize primary care centers (PHCs) across the country.
Pate disclosed this in Abuja on Thursday at the sectoral ministerial meetings...
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Blaze Devastates Manufacturing Facility in Lagos
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