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Health

Proposal to phase out dental amalgam on agenda as Minamata Convention COP-6 seeks to strengthen global action on mercury pollution

More than 1,000 participants from governments, intergovernmental organisations, UN bodies, civil society, Indigenous Peoples, and youth are gathered for the sixth meeting of the...
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Pollution

BRS COPs updates technical guidelines on mercury waste, adopts framework for cooperation between Minamata, BRS secretariats

The 2025 meetings of the Conferences of the Parties to the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions (BRS COPs), held in Geneva from April 28 to May...
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Pollution

Minamata Convention, UNSSC launch ‘Minamata Tools’ online learning platform

The Secretariat of the Minamata Convention on Mercury, in collaboration with the United Nations System Staff College (UNSSC) and with financial support from the European Union, has launched...
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Human Welfare

Kano unveils eight-point plan to drive social protection reforms

The Director-General of the Kano Social Protection Agency (KASPA), Dr Fatima Abubakar, has unveiled an eight-point strategic plan aimed...
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Health

Expert seeks grassroots support to strengthen Nigeria’s health system

The Technical Director/CEO of Datametrics Associates Limited, Dr Abiodun Feyikemi Ipadeola, has called on Nigerians to support public hospitals...
Conservation

Nature essential to our economy, our stability, our humanity – IUCN President

Razan Al Mubarak, President of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), delivered a keynote address at the...

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Human Welfare

Kano unveils eight-point plan to drive social protection reforms

The Director-General of the Kano Social Protection Agency (KASPA),...
Health

Expert seeks grassroots support to strengthen Nigeria’s health system

The Technical Director/CEO of Datametrics Associates Limited, Dr Abiodun...