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Nigerians tasked on environmental sanitation to prevent diseases outbreak

An epidemiologist with the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), Mr Biodun Ogunniyi, has called on Nigerians to ensure proper environmental sanitation in their surroundings to...

Michael Simire - November 3, 2019

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Relationship between breast cancer and oral hygiene

October is dedicated to advocacy and creating awareness on Breast Cancer, the most common cancer in women globally (including Nigeria). Breast cancer also occurs in men,...

Michael Simire - October 27, 2019

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South-East stakeholders want dental amalgam phased out in Nigeria by 2022

Stakeholders in the medical and civil society sectors in Nigeria’s South-East region have called for an end to dental amalgam use in children under 16, as...

Michael Simire - October 27, 2019

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Rotary tasks stakeholders on effort to end polio by 2020

Rotary International Polio Ambassador to Nigeria, Sir Emeka Offor, has charged stakeholders to continue to work hard and collaborate to ensure that the successes recorded in the...

Michael Simire - October 27, 2019

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Addressing environmental causes of Nigeria’s pregnancy problems

For all of Nigeria’s social and health progress over the past few decades, there remains a significant problem in the care of pregnant women....

admin - October 24, 2019

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WHO to declare global eradication of poliovirus type-3

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has said the world will soon be left with only one remaining wild poliovirus as it is expected to announce the...

admin - October 22, 2019

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Govt urged to ban e-cigarettes amid increasing vaping deaths

The Environmental Rights Action/Friends of the Earth Nigeria (ERA/FoEN) has called on the Nigerian government to place a ban on e-cigarettes, shisha and other so-called novel...

admin - October 14, 2019

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Polio: Nigeria gets €30.5m Germany lifeline, Kwara embarks on immunisation

The German Minister of Health, Mr Jens Spahn, has announced €30.5 million support to Nigeria to end polio, enhance health security and strengthen the country’s health...

admin - October 6, 2019

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