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A child is born every day in Nigeria. After the birth, the mother is expected to immunise the child against some preventable childhood diseases...

Michael Simire - May 15, 2013

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Lassa fever: Watch what you eat

In this era of erratic power supply, getting home at night after a hard day's work and retiring to darkness could be depressing. For...

Michael Simire - March 7, 2013

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Social media and creative technologies: A recipe to save Bagega

In October 2012, when members of the ‘Follow The Money Team’ were developing their website, little did they know that the hashtag #SaveBagega was...

Michael Simire - March 7, 2013

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Maternal mortality and frightening reality

In the last couple of days, I have been so close to people who lost their loved ones in the course of childbirth. The first...

Michael Simire - January 30, 2013

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Towards a treaty to curb mercury exposure

The Zero Mercury Working Group (ZMWG) is seeking the support of the Federal Government of Nigeria towards the adoption of an international agreement on...

Michael Simire - January 7, 2013

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Rotary commits $75 million to end polio

Rotary International has announced plans to contribute $75 million over three years to the Global Polio Eradication Initiative as part of a worldwide effort to...

Michael Simire - September 27, 2012

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Mailafia tasks environmental health officers

Environment Minister, Hadiza Mailafia, has tasked Environmental Health Officers to rededicate themselves to their work by inspecting at least 50 houses per day to...

Michael Simire - September 26, 2012

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Nigeria, others benefit from Africa drug counterfeiting battle

Airtel, a leading global telecommunications company with operations in 17 countries across Africa, is partnering with Sproxil to combat the counterfeit drug market in...

Michael Simire - August 29, 2012

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