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African dams intensify malaria transmission, says study

The study finds that the construction of an expected 78 major new dams in sub-Saharan Africa over the next few years will lead to...

admin - September 13, 2015

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Buhari urged to make tuberculosis control a priority

Stakeholders working to reduce the burden of Tuberculosis under The Global Fund to Fight AIDS TB and Malaria grant to Nigeria have called on...

admin - May 21, 2015

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Human health benefits from protecting biodiversity, says report

A report on biodiversity and health launched on Friday, February 13, 2015 at the 14th World Congress on Public Health, in Kolkata, India, shows...

Michael Simire - February 15, 2015

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Fresh maternal mortality concern as expectant mother dies controversially

Nigeria’s worrisomely high maternal mortality ratio was called to question recently when an expectant mother, Folake Oduyoye, 35, died on December 13, 2014 at the...

Michael Simire - December 30, 2014

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Lagos government hospitals demand litres of kerosene from expectant mothers

A considerable number of Lagosians are facing a range of challenges in the bid to access proper health care services. A visit to two primary...

Michael Simire - October 16, 2014

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‘Nigeria sits on environmental health time bomb’

Just when Nigerians are counting on the possibility that Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory, will be counted among the best cities of the world,...

Michael Simire - July 20, 2014

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Concern over health, safety hazards at work place

The average Nigerian worker spends about seven to eight hours at his or her workplace every work day. One question safety experts have always asked...

Michael Simire - May 12, 2014

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Mailafia tasks environmental health officers

Environment Minister, Hadiza Mailafia, has tasked Environmental Health Officers to rededicate themselves to their work by inspecting at least 50 houses per day to...

Michael Simire - September 26, 2012

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