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Petitioners seek increase in tobacco taxes to fund national health coverage

Signatories in Nigeria and across the globe have petitioned the House of Representatives to earmark tobacco taxes for health coverage and tobacco control. The petitioners, in...

admin - October 2, 2019

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Lagos raises concern over respiratory disease outbreak in schools

The Disease Surveillance Team of the Lagos State Ministry of Health (LSMOH) says it has identified what appears to be a sporadic increase in upper respiratory...

admin - October 1, 2019

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Prince Harry inaugurates ‘looking up’ campaign to preserve trees

Britain’s Prince Harry on Monday, September 30, 2019 inaugurated a “looking up” campaign to preserve trees, urging people to post their photographs to a National Geographic...

admin - September 30, 2019

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Philanthropists tasked on humanitarian intervention in health sector

The Federal Government has called on philanthropists and wealthy Nigerians to continue to support it through humanitarian intervention in all sectors of the country. The Minister of...

admin - September 30, 2019

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58% of Europe’s native tree species under threat – Report

More than half of the tree species that only grow in Europe are at risk of going extinct, according to a study published by the International...

admin - September 27, 2019

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Industry leaders want Africa’s Great Green Wall actualised by 2030

Ahead of the UN Climate Action Summit, global leaders from government, business and civil society have issued a call to action to grow an...

admin - September 23, 2019

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Sanwo-Olu: Don’t ban okada, fix the roads, enforce traffic law – Abiodun

The current public debate among Lagosians is about the news that the Lagos State Government (LASG) is considering total ban on the use of commercial motorcycle...

admin - September 20, 2019

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Inadequate funding, policies, others hamper patient safety in Africa – WHO

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has lamented that there are many challenges confronting the strengthening of health systems, hence, frustrating patient safety in Africa. Patient safety, according to...

admin - September 20, 2019

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