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Govt to stop uncoordinated environmental health surveillance system

The Federal Ministry of Environment on Friday, March 18, 2022, said it would partner with relevant stakeholders to promote a well-coordinated environmental health surveillance...
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Tobacco harm reduction critical if smoking-related disease is reduced in Africa

The second edition of Africa Tobacco Harm Reduction forum was held last month in Nairobi, Kenya. Convened by Campaign for Safer Alternatives in collaboration with...
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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...
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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 –...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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