The World Health Organisation (WHO) has said more than 1.5 million people die every year from diarrhoeal diseases including cholera, which it said: “is resurging alarmingly in many countries”. The…
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World Health Organization Announces Clinical Trials Of Ebola Vaccine In Uganda
The World Health Organization has announced that three trial vaccines for Ebola will arrive in Uganda next week. The announcement was made during the G20 meeting in Indonesia on Wednesday. WHO Director-General,…
The Federal and Lagos State Governments over the weekend have pledged concerted action to evict traders and illegal occupants under Lagos bridges. Both governments declared zero tolerance to abuse of bridges and hinged on the need to save lives and protect the infrastructure. Minister of Works and Housing, Mr Babatunde Fashola and officials of Lagos State Government briefed journalists on their position after inspecting Apongbon and Eko bridges in Lagos. Fashola said efforts to quickly complete initial emergency rehabilitation on Eko Bridge were slowed down when Apongbon Bridge was affected by fire in March. He said construction materials imported for completion of Eko Bridge were deployed to begin urgent repairs on Apongbon. The minister said that efforts to complete Apongbon before Christmas had also been frustrated by another fire that affected the Ijora Olopa section of Eko Bridge on November 4. He said the government would not be able to actualise its plan of completing Apongbon Bridge because its materials had been deployed to the burnt section of Eko Bridge. He joined the contractor on the project to give technical details of how casings and other components were being used for rehabilitation on both bridges.
In commemoration of World Diabetes Day, the Endocrinology and Metabolism Society of Nigeria has warned that over Ten million Nigerians are living with the disease and the numbers are expected…
Ponmo: Health Benefits As Against Calls For Ban
Joseph EMERIBE Animal skin, which is popularly called ponmo, is a must-find delicacy in the pots of an average Nigerian living mostly on this side (south-west Nigeria and some part…
KSPHCDA receives COVID-19 Transparency and Accountability Project (CTAP) report
In a bid to provide residents of Kwara state with access to evidence on COVID-19 resources, leading social accountability initiatives, Connected Development (CODE) has submitted its findings to the Kwara…
Uganda’s Health Ministry Assures Ebola Virus Outbreak Under Control
Following the discovery of fourteen confirmed Ebola Cases in the greater Kampala region of the Ugandan capital on Monday, the country’s health minister has sought to assure anxious residents that…