[ad_1] UN Secretary-General António Guterres says the only way out of COVID-19 pandemic and out of unjustly distribution of vaccines is through a global vaccination plan. Mr Guterres spoke to a meeting of Foreign Ministers of the Group of 77 developing nations (G77) and China on Tuesday at United Nations headquarters in New York. According…
[ad_1] Anthony Ademiluyi An epidemiologist, Kwarbai Aaron Maitala, has said that the Nigerian nation could do more to eradicate leprosy. The epidemiologist who is also a public health expert said that while the Nigerian government should be commended for its efforts so far to tackle the scourge of leprosy, more could still be done to…
[ad_1] Gift Habib No fewer than 79 persons have committed suicide in Nigeria in 2022, The PUNCH gathered. Findings reviewed by our correspondent showed that the 79 persons comprised 70 males and 9 females within the period. The figure does not include the number of cases of suicide that have not been reported in the…
[ad_1] Recently, the Nigerian government confirmed the outbreak of diphtheria in parts of the country. The disease is a highly contagious infection caused by a bacterium called Corynebacterium species that affects the nose, throat and sometimes, skin of an individual. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) reported that 38 people, mostly children,…
[ad_1] Ondo State has recorded eight deaths this year from 106 confirmed cases and 268 suspected cases of Lassa fever infections, the state government said in Akure on Sunday. The Special Adviser to the state governor on Health, Francis Faduyile, said the confirmed cases were recorded in six local government areas of Owo, Akure North,…
[ad_1] The Obuasi branch of the Ghana Federation of Disability Organisations (GFD) has called on Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies (MMDAs) to factor the needs of members in the planning and implementations of policies. It said incorporating the needs of vulnerable groups in the planning and budget allocations was the way to go to ensure…
[ad_1] (Xinhua) 16:13, January 31, 2023 TIANJIN, Jan. 31 (Xinhua) — Having been an intern at one of the top hospitals in north China’s port city of Tianjin for nearly a year, Mahamat Hamid Mahamat, a Ph.D. candidate in neurosurgery, said he is getting closer to his dream every day. Mahamat, 33, resolved to become…
[ad_1] Victoria Edeme The wife of Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State, Dr. Ibijoke Sanwo-Olu, has sought the return of migrated Nigerian doctors to the country. This was as she decried the increase in brain drain in the health sector, stating that the situation should be curbed. Sanwo-Olu’s wife made this known in Lagos at…
[ad_1] South Africa could see a drop in gender-based violence (GBV) if it follows through on a draft bill to scrap legal penalties on sex work. The proposed changes to the current legislation, which will make it legal for adults to buy and sell sex, was announced in December. If it’s signed into law, the…
[ad_1] By PAULINE KAIRU Five billion people globally, most of them in Africa, continue to consume deadly trans fats, as nations dither on enforcement to eliminate their manufacture. A report by the World Health Organisation released Monday, warned that proliferation of the partially hydrogenated oils it has been calling on countries to ban since the…
