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Setting the records straight on sugar-sweetened beverages tax

There’s been a lot of media reports in recent times about the Sugar-Sweetened Beverages tax (SSB Tax) which was introduced in the 2021 Financial...
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Horn of Africa’s climate-related health crisis worsens as disease outbreaks surge

New analysis by World Health Organisation (WHO) has found that the number of reported disease outbreaks and climate-related health emergencies in the greater Horn...
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Biosecurity threats cost Africa over $420bn, says UNEP

Deputy Regional Director of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), Dr Richard Munang, has said that biosecurity threats cost Africa over $420 billion. Munang disclosed...
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Stop TB Partnership sounds alarm on tuberculosis funding crisis

In the wake of new data released by the World Health Organisation (WHO) in the Global Tuberculosis (TB) Report 2022 showing an increase in...
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Flood: Anambra expresses fear over possible cholera outbreak

The Anambra State Government has expressed fear over possible outbreak of cholera and other infectious diseases in the state following devastating flood. Dr Chioma Ezenyimulu,...
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World Food Day: Keeping everyone safe from trans-fats

This year’s World Food Day with the theme “Leave no one behind” is celebrated amid a deteriorating global food security crisis with an all-time...
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Lagos, WHO collaborate with GET on OneHealth, BioSecurity conference

The Lagos State Commissioner of Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi, has disclosed that the state government, with the health ministry as anchor ministry, in partnership...
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Youths as centerpiece of smokefree Nigerian movies

The creativity exhibited by youths who participated in the #Smokefree Nollywood Skit Challenge organised by Nigerian non-governmental organisation - the Corporate Accountability and Public...
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