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Monthly Archives: May, 2018

42 new cases reported in Adamawa cholera outbreak

The Director Public Health of Adamawa State Ministry of Health, Dr Bwalki Dilli, has said that the number of those infected by suspected Cholera...

Rivers to establish tyres, waste recycling centres to curb soot pollution

Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike, has said that the government is planning to establish a centre to recycle used tyres and organic waste...

GMOs: Biosafety agency seeks collaboration with Interpol

The National Biosafety Management Agency (NBMA) is seeking to collaborate with the International Criminal Police Organisation (Interpol) as part of efforts to ensure the...

Fistula Day: End obstetric fistula, save women’s lives – DevComs

The Lagos-based Development Communications (DevComs) Network has underlined the need for collective action to get appropriate treatment to avoid the needless debilitating conditions and...

Anti-tobacco campaigners engage Abuja community

Tobacco control campaigners have challenged communities to do more to make the Nigerian government to enforce the National Tobacco Control (NTC) Act 2015 to...

Fistula Day: UNFPA offers 100,000 surgeries in 15 years

The UN Population Fund (UNFPA) says it has conducted more than 100,000 surgical repairs on Nigerian women and girls who suffered Obstetric Fistula (VVF)...

AfDB, Korea initiate measures to achieve Africa’s rapid industrialisation

African countries, through the African Development Bank (AfDB) on Tuesday, May 22, 2018 in Busan, South Korea, opened a new chapter in the continent’s...

Africa CDC responds to Ebola outbreak in DRC

The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) is deploying 25 epidemiologists, laboratory experts, and anthropologists to support the government of the...

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COP29: Nigeria reviews climate commitments ahead of Baku summit

Ahead of the 29th Session of the Conference of the Parties (COP29) to the United Nations Framework Convention on...
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Africa proposes treaty sales ban on mercury skin lighteners

Recently, the African Region proposed to amend the Minamata Convention to ban the sale and offering of sales of...

$38tr in yearly damages: World economy committed to income reduction of 19% due to climate change

Even if CO2 emissions were to be drastically cut down starting today, the world economy is already committed to an...

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COP29: Nigeria reviews climate commitments ahead of Baku summit

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Africa proposes treaty sales ban on mercury skin lighteners

Recently, the African Region proposed to amend the Minamata...
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