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Uganda declares Ebola virus disease outbreak

The health authorities in Uganda on Tuesday, September 20, 2022, declared an outbreak of Ebola after a case of the Sudan ebolavirus was confirmed...

Michael Simire - September 21, 2022

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Millions battle diarrhoea, infections in Pakistan’s flood-hit south

At least 500,000 children are among hundreds of thousands people who have been infected by water-borne diseases in Pakistan’s southern region after catastrophic floods,...

Michael Simire - September 19, 2022

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Lassa fever: NCDC confirms eight new infections, as death toll hits 171

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) has recorded eight additional Lassa fever infections and one death between Sept. 5 and 11,...

Michael Simire - September 18, 2022

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Groups call for the removal of phase-out exemption for Mercury-added eye cosmetics

Environmental health organisations from the Philippines are asking governments across the world to end a partial exemption on mercury use for eye area cosmetics...

Michael Simire - September 11, 2022

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Stakeholders deliberate on elimination of trans-fats from Nigeria’s food supply

Stakeholders in the food system chain in Nigeria converged on Lagos on Thursday September 8, 2022, to deliberate on the elimination of industrially produced...

Michael Simire - September 9, 2022

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Australia urged to roll out national climate health action plan

A coalition of top medical groups has called on the Australian government to urgently roll out a national climate health action plan. The Climate and...

Michael Simire - September 5, 2022

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Groups urge govt to operationalise Tobacco Control Fund

Some NGOs have called on the Federal Government to operationalise the Tobacco Control Fund, to help in funding tobacco related-diseases and other tobacco control...

Michael Simire - September 1, 2022

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Major health risks unfolding amid floods in Pakistan

As districts in Pakistan continue to be affected by massive monsoon rainfall and unprecedented levels of flooding, the World Health Organisation (WHO) warns of...

Michael Simire - August 31, 2022

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