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CSOs express concerns over non achievement of reproductive health plan, three months to expiration

A coalition of Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) has expressed concern over the inability of the Reproductive, Maternal, Newborn, Child, Adolescent and Elderly Health Plus Nutrition...

Detection of Ebola in Uganda calls for Africa networking, says expert

A health economist, Dr. Abigail Banji, says as Ebola is now detected in Uganda, the world is reminded yet again of the need for Africa...

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...

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,...

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,...

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...

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...

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...

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AfDB approves $200m loan to boost Nigeria’s agricultural productivity

The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group has approved a $200 million loan to scale...
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Why IEA should be at forefront of Africa’s clean cooking development

The U.S. has intensified pressure on the International Energy Agency (IEA) – signaling that it could withdraw from the...

ACReSAL secures statutory backing for Kaduna gully works

The Kaduna State Agro-Climatic Resilience in Semi-Arid Landscapes (ACReSAL) Project has secured statutory land validation to advance planned gully...

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AfDB approves $200m loan to boost Nigeria’s agricultural productivity

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