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Bill Gates urges Nigeria to sustain momentum for polio eradication

Bill Gates, Chair of Gates Foundation, has advised the Federal Government of Nigeria to continue its longstanding commitment to end polio transmission in the...

WHO calls for urgent action to ban flavoured tobacco, nicotine products

On World No Tobacco Day, the World Health Organisation (WHO) on Friday, May 30, 2025, launched a new publication and called on governments to urgently ban...

WNTD 2025: Ado-Ekiti’s smoke-free city declaration hailed

As the world marks World No Tobacco Day (WNTD) 2025 with the theme, “Unmasking the Appeal: Exposing the Tobacco Industry’s Tactics”, Corporate Accountability and...

2025 Menstrual Hygiene Day: WaterAid demands menstrual health recognised as human right, not a privilege

WaterAid Nigeria is demanding that menstrual health is recognised as a human right and not a privilege. The organisation is therefore urging governments, schools...

WHO, Africa CDC, RKI expand partnership to strengthen collaborative surveillance

The World Health Organisation (WHO), Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) and the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) announced on Thursday, May...

World No Tobacco Day 2025: Unmasking the appeal of tobacco products 

On Saturday, May 31, the world will mark World No Tobacco Day 2025 under the banner “Bright Products. Dark Intentions”. This year's theme sheds light...

World No Tobacco Day 2025: Activists engage on ways to address gaps in youth smoking advocacy

Ahead of the World No Tobacco Day commemorated on May 31 annually, anti-tobacco advocates from Nigeria, Kenya, Cameroon, South Africa and Zambia have decried...

78th World Health Assembly concludes amid historic outcomes, consequential highlights

The Seventy-eighth World Health Assembly (WHA78), the annual meeting of World Health Organisation’s (WHO) Member States, came to a close on Tuesday, May 27, 2025,...

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BATN Foundation commissions solar-powered borehole tó end 30-year water crisis in Kano community

 “For 30 years, we fetched water from far places, paying N100naira for a jerrican of water that wasn’t even...
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BATN Foundation, SwagCo flag off Maize Micro-Enterprise Project to empower Ekiti farmers

In a landmark move to boost food security and rural livelihoods, the British American Tobacco Nigeria Foundation (BATNF) in...

NBSAP: A welcome step toward food sovereignty, biosafety

Health of Mother Earth Foundation (HOMEF) commends the Federal Government for endorsing the revised National Biodiversity Strategy and Action...

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