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UN clamours increased action to curb human trafficking

The number of human trafficking victims is on the rise, while armed groups and terrorists are trafficking women and children to generate funds and recruit, according...

admin - January 7, 2019

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Congo’s Ebola outbreak exceeds 600 cases – WHO

The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Friday, January 4, 2019 said there are now more than 600 confirmed or probable cases of Ebola in Congo. Most of...

admin - January 4, 2019

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Reducing malaria burden through increased research

The war against malaria has been on for long, but still seems far from ending as malaria remains endemic and life-threatening in developing countries including Nigeria. Medical...

admin - January 4, 2019

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WFP secures $7m from China for food aid in South Sudan

The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) said it has received $7 million contribution from China to bolster its food and nutrition assistance in South Sudan...

admin - January 3, 2019

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Mozambique launches contingency plan against water-borne diseases

Mozambican health authorities on Thursday, January 3, 2019 in Maputo launched a contingency plan to prevent water-borne diseases particularly cholera, by activating treatment centres...

admin - January 3, 2019

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Physicians seek law to curtail environmental carcinogens

Nigeria Medical Association (NMA) has decried inadequate cancer reportage and legislation and called for laws to curtail environmental carcinogens in the country. The association made...

admin - December 19, 2018

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Government inaugurates four-year Action Plan for Health Security

The Minister of Health, Prof. Isaac Adewole, has inaugurated the National Action Plan for Health Security for the Year 2018 to 2022, to strengthen...

admin - December 17, 2018

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Tons of antibiotics harmful to human health found in pork

More than 12,000 tons of antibiotics that are harmful to human health has been found in pork in Kenya, an official with the World...

admin - December 16, 2018

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