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Health

March 22, 2024

Global water crisis fuelling conflicts, UN warns

The UN report highlighted that conflicts over water resources were intensifying worldwide.

Children fetching carrying water in can (Credit world vision)
March 22, 2024

Over two billion people lack clean drinking water: UN

Globally, 2.2 billion people lack access to safely managed drinking water and 3.5 billion lack access to safely managed sanitation.

Cholera
March 21, 2024

Surgeons transplant pig’s kidney into patient in major medical breakthrough

The genes likely to be rejected by the human body were removed from the pig and replaced with seven human genes to boost the pig’s compatibility with the receiving human body.

Surgeon
March 21, 2024

Four killed in fresh diphtheria outbreak in Kano

“Four children have been confirmed dead while 28 others infected with diphtheria in Minjibir Local Government of Kano State.”

Diphtheria
March 21, 2024

Oyo: Demographic survey completed in 16 LGAs, NPC official says

The survey is conducted every five years, the last being held in 2018. The exercise is to update data and gather information about Nigerians.

The National Population Commission (NPC)
March 21, 2024

Lassa fever killed 20 across 16 states in one week: NCDC

The NCDC said the country registered 109 cases in one week.

NCDC
March 20, 2024

Japa: Nurses sue health minister over implementation of new guidelines

Nigerian nurses are required to work in the country for at least two years before seeking greener pastures abroad.

NURSES
March 20, 2024

UK bans string of ‘dangerous’ synthetic opioid drugs

The UK government has banned a raft of dangerous synthetic opioids in a bid to stop drug overdoses and deaths.

OPIOID (credit: united nations)
March 20, 2024

Keytruda: Drug breakthrough could benefit breast cancer patients

Pembrolizumab, sold under the brand name Keytruda, targets and blocks a specific protein on the surface of certain immune cells, which then seek out and destroy the cancerous cells.

Pembrolizumab
March 20, 2024

Oyo extends health insurance scheme to students in tertiary institutions

Mr Akande said the premium for the health insurance scheme goes for as low as N13,500 per annum per person.

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