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NCDC reports 24 new cases of monkeypox in one week

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has reported 24 additional monkeypox cases in seven days from across 12 states in the country. The NCDC...

Michael Simire - August 8, 2022

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A renewed sense of urgency on tobacco control funding

Tobacco industry political activity remains a largely overlooked obstacle in the development and implementation of policies to regulate industry activities. From their marketing strategies...

Michael Simire - August 3, 2022

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Mercury-free dentistry: World Alliance creates Arab Centre for Environmental Health

The World Alliance for Mercury-Free Dentistry, in collaboration with the Land and Human to Advocate Progress (LHAP), has founded the Arab Centre for Environmental...

Michael Simire - August 2, 2022

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Nigeria’s Lassa fever cases jump to 857, 164 deaths – NCDC

The Lassa fever cases in Nigeria have jumped to 857 and 164 people have so far died from the disease in the first seven...

Michael Simire - July 31, 2022

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WHO declares monkeypox a global health emergency

For the second time in two years, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has taken the extraordinary step of declaring a global emergency. This time...

Michael Simire - July 24, 2022

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U.S. President Biden has COVID-19, experiencing ‘very mild symptoms’

U.S. President Joe Biden has been diagnosed with the Coronavirus (COVID-19), and is experiencing “very mild symptoms,” according to a White House statement on Thursday,...

Michael Simire - July 21, 2022

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Emergency Committee meets again as Monkeypox cases pass 14,000 – WHO

The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Thursday, July 21, 2022, reconvened the Monkeypox Emergency Committee to assess the public health implications of the evolving...

Michael Simire - July 21, 2022

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Corporate pressures loom as pandemic treaty talks resume

Talks resumed on Monday, July 18, 2022, around the World Health Organisation’s (WHO) pandemic treaty. At topic: a newly published working draft of the...

Michael Simire - July 19, 2022

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