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Vaginal tobacco: A hidden health danger for women

Tobacco is an umbrella name given to over 70 species of plants in the genus nicotiana and the family Solanaceae. It is used to...

Michael Simire - March 17, 2022

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UN demands end to attacks on health care in Ukraine

Head of UN bodies, Catherine Russell (Executive Director, United Nations Children's Fund – UNICEF), Dr. Natalia Kanem (Executive Director, United Nations Population Fund –...

Michael Simire - March 13, 2022

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African countries conduct over 100m COVID-19 tests – Africa CDC

Fifty-three African countries have conducted 100,554,471 COVID-19 tests so far, the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) said at a news...

Michael Simire - March 10, 2022

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Concern over sale of mercury-added skin whitening cosmetics despite global phase-out deadline

On the International Women's Day, a toxics watchdog group in the Philippines took online shopping giants to task for their failure to rid their...

Michael Simire - March 9, 2022

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€50m to seed new nature-for-health fund to prevent pandemic

The German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Nuclear Safety and Consumer Protection (BMUV), the UN Environment Programme (UNEP), and the Secretariat of...

Michael Simire - March 3, 2022

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Consumer commission moves to enforce policy on graphic health warning on tobacco packs

The Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) has stormed Lagos markets in continuation of the enforcement of the Federal Government’s policy on Graphic...

Michael Simire - March 3, 2022

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Tackling SGBV, healthcare services to promote indigenous rights in FCT

Despite domesticating the Violence Against Persons Prohibition (VAPP) Act in Abuja, the Abiodun Essiet Initiative for Girls (AEIG), a non-profit group established to improve...

Michael Simire - March 3, 2022

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COVID-19: Bed capacity utilisation drops to 0% in Lagos

The Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi, says bed capacity utilisation in the state’s public and private COVID-19 care centres has dropped...

Michael Simire - February 23, 2022

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