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World Health Summit: Global leaders commit $2.6bn to end polio

Global leaders on Tuesday, October 12, 2022, confirmed $2.6 billion in funding toward the Global Polio Eradication Initiative’s (GPEI) 2022-2026 Strategy to end polio at a...

Malawi declares polio outbreak

The health authorities in Malawi have declared an outbreak of wild poliovirus type 1 after a case was detected in a young child in...

UNICEF, WHO demand emergency action to avert major measles and polio epidemics

The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and World Health Organisation (WHO) on Friday, November 6, 2020 issued an urgent call to action to avert major measles...

Dangote, Gates: Why we’re hopeful about improving health in Africa

Nigerian billionaire and owner of the Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote, and American business magnate, investor, author and philanthropist, Bill Gates, in this jointly-written opinion...

Nigeria case informs fresh $35m Rotary polio support

$8.15 million will go toward stemming the recent outbreak in Nigeria and countries in the Lake Chad Basin region Rotary on Tuesday committed an additional...

Nigeria reports third polio case

Nigeria has reported its third polio case in the northeastern state of Borno, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said on Monday, September 5, warning...

Concern as wild polio virus resurfaces

On the brink of eradicating wild polio, Nigeria suffers a major setback as an outbreak of the virus is confirmed Minister of Health, Prof.Isaac Adewole,...

Photos: Immunisation campaign kicks off in Lekki community

The National Immunisation Prevention Diseases (NIDPs) campaign has commenced in Lagos. The campaign is aimed at reaching 95% of children within the age of...

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WHO urges govts to stop subsidising life-threatening tobacco crops

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has urged governments to stop subsidising tobacco farming. Dr Tedros Ghebreyesus, the WHO Director-General, made...
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Govt, charcoal export group plant trees to reforest, combat climate change

The Charcoal Export Legality and Compliance Group, in collaboration with the Federal Government, has flagged off symbolic tree planting...

Don tasks govt to mitigate flooding on farmlands

Prof. Johnson Adewunmi of the Department of Agricultural and Bio-resources Engineering, College of Engineering, Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta...

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WHO urges govts to stop subsidising life-threatening tobacco crops

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has urged governments to...

Govt, charcoal export group plant trees to reforest, combat climate change

The Charcoal Export Legality and Compliance Group, in collaboration...