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Sterling Bank, LASHMA Expand Healthcare In Lagos With Virtual Booth

One of Africa’s fastest-growing companies and Nigeria’s leading financial institution, Sterling Bank, has joined forces with the Lagos State Government to expand the reach of its health care provision with the launch of the Ilera Eko Virtual Booth, designed to bring healthcare closer to the people and expand the reach of its health insurance scheme; […]

WHO’s New Guidance To Improve Testing , Diagnosis Of Sexually Transmitted Infections

The World Health Organization (WHO) is sharing its latest guidance on sexually transmitted infections (STI) at the STI & HIV 2023 World Congress taking place in Chicago, the United States of America, on 24-27 July 2023.  With STIs on the rise, WHO is calling for better access to testing and diagnostic services. At the congress, […]

Nestlé Prepares Children For A Healthier Future

Nestlé Nigeria is helping children learn good nutrition habits for a healthier future through the Nestlé for Healthier Kids (N4HK) program.  60 children across the 30 N4HK schools participated in the Nutrition Quiz Competition designed to help them imbibe the new lifestyle habits they learned in-class. Now in its fourth season, the Nutrition Quiz competition […]

NAFDAC To Clamp Down On Drug Hawkers , Marketers Ripening Fruits With Carbide

  To stem the dangerous tide of drug hawking and ripening of fruits with calcium carbide, the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, NAFDAC, has warned that anyone found culpable will be arrested, prosecuted as well as serve a jail term.   The agency sounded this warning in Lagos, during a sensitisation […]

Kaduna State Govt Investigates Diphtheria outbreak

The Kaduna State Ministry of Health, has confirmed an outbreak of diphtheria disease in some communities in Kafanchan, Jema’a Local Government Area. According to a press statement by Mohammed Shehu, the chief press secretary to the governor of the state, Uba Sani, the governor had directed the Kaduna State Ministry of Health to send an […]

Childhood Immunization Begins Recovery After COVID-19 Backslide

Global immunization services reached 4 million more children in 2022 compared to the previous year, as countries stepped up efforts to address the historic backsliding in immunization caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. According to data published today by the World Health Organization (WHO) and UNICEF, in 2022, 20.5 million children missed out on one or […]

First case of Anthrax has been  detected in a farm in Niger State.

Making this known in a statement , the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development said that it “is deeply concerned to announce the confirmation of an anthrax case in Niger State, Nigeria.” It added that “On 14th of July, 2023 the Office of the Chief Veterinary Officer of Nigeria was notified of animals manifesting […]

Ongoing Avian Influenza Outbreaks In Animals Pose Risk To Humans, Says FAO, WHO, WOAH

The current outbreaks of avian influenza (also called “bird flu”) have caused devastation in animal populations, including poultry, wild birds, and some mammals, and harmed farmers’ livelihoods and the food trade. Although largely affecting animals, these outbreaks pose ongoing risks to humans says WHO in a press release. Therefore , the  Food and Agriculture Organization […]

Women , Girls Bear Brunt Of Water Sanitation Crisis – UNICEF-WHO

Globally, women are most likely to be responsible for fetching water for households, while girls are nearly twice as likely as boys to bear the responsibility, and spend more time doing it each day, according to a new report released by UNICEF and WHO. As was contained in this report, progress on household drinking water, […]

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