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Experts urge Lagos on implementation of children amendment to mercury convention

Dental and environmental practitioners have underlined the need for the Lagos State Government to make a pronouncement in line with the global effort to...

admin - April 23, 2023

Health

End mercury dental fillings in children, group demands

Amalgam is a dental filling material that is 50% mercury, a neurotoxin and pollutant. This week, BAN Toxics, a Philippines-based not-for-profit, marks an historic milestone in...

Michael Simire - April 1, 2023

Health

African leaders unite in pledge to end AIDS in children

Ministers and representatives from 12 African countries have committed themselves, and laid out their plans, to end AIDS in children by 2030. International partners...

Michael Simire - February 1, 2023

Health

Nearly 40m children dangerously susceptible to growing measles threat – WHO, CDC

Measles vaccination coverage has steadily declined since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. In 2021, a record high of nearly 40 million children missed...

Michael Simire - November 23, 2022

Climate Change

More children suffering from heat waves – UNICEF

According to a UNICEF report, millions of children are already suffering from heat extremes due to global warming, and there will soon be many...

Michael Simire - October 25, 2022

Human Welfare

Half of Sudan’s most vulnerable children could die without aid – UN

The situation for Sudan’s most vulnerable children is so desperate that half of the most severely malnourished youngsters are expected to die without urgent...

Michael Simire - September 25, 2022

Sustainable Devpt

Thunberg becomes Swedish children’s charity ambassador

Greta Thunberg is to become an ambassador for a Swedish charity foundation that grants wishes to children with serious illnesses. The 19-year-old Swedish climate activist...

Michael Simire - September 21, 2022

Human Welfare

Somalia: Catastrophic hunger levels leave 500,000 children at risk of dying – UN

UN agencies on Tuesday, Deptember 13, 2022, warned that catastrophic hunger levels in Somalia have left more than 513,000 children at risk of dying,...

Michael Simire - September 13, 2022

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