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Dr. Tedros Ghebreyesus, Director-General, World Health Organisation (WHO), has warned that COVID-19 is not over in spite of reports that COVID-19 cases and deaths have declined significantly.
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The Joint UN Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) on Sunday expressed concern about some public media reporting and commentary reinforcing homophobic and racist stereotypes as a significant portion reported Monkeypox has been identified with LGTBI.
Read more: Monkeypox: UNAIDS ‘concerned’ about stigmatizing language against LGTBI people
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Ondo State government, says a total of 34 persons have died of Lassa Fever in the state from January to date.
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UN humanitarian affairs chief, Martin Griffiths, on Thursday, said the number of people in need of life-saving aid rose by 10 percent in 2022.
Read more: Demand for life-saving aid up by 10% in 2022 – UN relief chief
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A molecular biologist, Dr. Bamidele Iwalokun, has advised Nigerians to urgently treat malaria attacks to prevent a shortage of blood, cerebral malaria, acute respiratory distress syndrome, and death.
Read more: Treat malaria urgently to prevent shortage of blood, death – Expert
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The World Health Organisation (WHO) says global health recorded achievements in spite of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Read more: Global health recorded achievements in spite of COVID-19, says WHO
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A general health practitioner, Dr Tolu Oladapo, says pneumonia is not caused by exposure to cold or cold weather as widely believed.
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A dietician, Mr. Paul Okoh, says a healthy diet and a disciplined lifestyle can help to prevent hypertension.
Read more: World Hypertension Day 2022: Dietician highlights foods helpful for hypertensive patients
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World Health Organisation (WHO) says one million children in Ghana, Kenya, and Malawi have now received one or more doses of the world’s first malaria vaccine, through a program it piloted.
Read more: 1m children in 3 African countries have received malaria vaccine – WHO
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The West Africa Health Organisation (WAHO), says a resolution on “the West African Herbal Pharmacopoeia (Volume 2)” has been adopted by the Assembly of Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Health Ministers.
Read more: ECOWAS adopts Resolution on “West African Herbal Pharmacopoeia – Volume 2"
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The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) says good nutrition is beneficial to and achievable for all Nigerians.
Read more: Good nutrition is beneficial, achievable for all Nigerians- UNICEF
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The Federal Government says with the coming up of affordable world-class health facilities, Nigeria will soon put an end to the over N500 billion being spent on medical tourism annually.
Read more: Nigeria to end N500bn annual medical tourism — FG
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The Wellbeing Foundation Africa, says it has successfully concluded the first phase of the Scaling Up Zinc and Low-Osmolarity Oral Rehydration Solution (Lo-ORS) for the Treatment of Childhood Diarrhoea in Northern Nigeria.
Read more: Foundation records success in treatment of diarrhoea in Northern Nigeria
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Nigeria recorded more than 100,000 suspected cases of cholera in 2021, its highest in recent times, the WHO declared in Abuja on Monday.
Read more: Nigeria records worst Cholera outbreak in 2021 – WHO
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The Minister of Water Resources, Mr. Suleiman Adamu, on Monday, said that only 20 percent of hospitals have basic sanitation facilities, adding that this should raise concerns over the poor hygiene situations in the country.
Read more: Re-issue: Only 20 % of health facilities have sanitation facilities ——-Minister
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The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) says it has contributed $768 million dollars to Nigeria’s fight against malaria from 2011 to date.
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The Reddington Hospital Group, Lagos, has again raised the bar in quality and affordable healthcare delivery service in Nigeria with the successful conduct of the first Laparoscopic Radical Prostatectomy in sub-Saharan Africa.
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