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World Mosquito Day: Group sensitises Kaduna destitutes on malaria prevention

The Women-for-Women Foundation, a not-for-profit organisation, on Sunday, August 19, 2018 began the sensitisation of Almajiris and other destitutes in Kaduna on ways to...

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Our aim is to offer consumers better alternatives to smoking – Poggiali

At the recently held Africa Reporters Workshop on Harm Reduction held in Johannesburg, South Africa, Alessandro Maria Poggiali, Vice President, Corporate Affairs EEMA and...

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FCTC COP8 agenda and harm reduction

The Eighth Session of the Conference of the Parties (COP8) to the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (WHO FCTC) is two months away....

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Nigeria records 102,000 new cases of cancer annually

The Executive Director, Project Pink Blue, an NGO, Mr Runcie Chidebe, says Nigeria records about 102,000 new cases of cancer every year and a...

admin - August 18, 2018

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TB Alliance lauds WHO on updates for treating drug-resistant tuberculosis

The TB Alliance has congratulated the World Health Organisation (WHO) on the issuance of its rapid communication informing all stakeholders about the key implications for MDR-TB...

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Rotary earmarks $96.5m to end polio

Rotary on Wednesday, August 15, 2018 announced nearly $100 million in grants to support the global effort to end polio, a vaccine-preventable disease that...

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Bloomberg launches $20m global tobacco industry watchdog

Global health organisation, Vital Strategies, on Monday, August 13, 2018 congratulated Bloomberg Philanthropies on the launch of its new $20 million global tobacco industry watchdog, STOP (Stopping...

admin - August 14, 2018

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Ebola may be spreading undetected in Congo’s conflict zones – WHO

The Ebola virus may be spreading undetected in no-go zones in Congo’s conflicted North Kivu province, World Health Organisation (WHO) chief, Tedros Ghebreyesus, said...

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