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Health

July 1, 2023

Earn-As-You-Work: Anambra govt. installs devices to monitor workers in public hospitals

The commissioner said the device would end absenteeism and indolence among health workers.

Anambra state health commissioner, Afam Obidike
June 30, 2023

WHO lists sweetener used in diet coke as cancer risk

Common sweetener aspartame, used in fizzy drinks and other petty edibles would be designated as “possibly carcinogenic to humans.”

Aspartame (Photo credit : First post)
June 29, 2023

FG prioritises mental health treatment in South-East

The Federal Neuropsychiatric Hospital in Enugu will begin its rural mental campaigns in 15 outposts.

Federal Neuropsychiatric Hospital, Enugu
June 29, 2023

Bauchi: Paralegals receive training to tackle SGBV

Attah Sisters Helping Hand Foundation (ASHHF), an NGO, has trained 10 paralegals to tackle sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) in Bauchi.

Sexual and Gender-based Violence (SGBV)
June 29, 2023

New TB vaccine advances as Wellcome, Gates foundation fund trial

TB is one of the world’s deadliest diseases, killing about 4,300 people per day, mostly those living in poverty. In 2021, an estimated 10.6 million people fell ill with TB.

TB VACCINE and GATES
June 29, 2023

Hunger afflicting 4.3 million Nigerians in Borno, Adamawa, Yobe: UN

The UN’s top humanitarian official in Nigeria, Matthias Schmale, says severe hunger affects 4.3 million people in Nigeria’s Borno, Adamawa and Yobe.

PEOPLE IN NORTH-EAST IDP CAMP
June 27, 2023

Up to 36 million Europeans suffering from `long COVID’: WHO

“Long COVID remains a complex condition we still know very little about,’’ Mr Kluge said.

Health workers attending to Covid-19 patient
June 27, 2023

Makinde govt pledges to curb drug trafficking, abuse in Oyo

“It was reported that a 71-year-old man passed on in Ibadan after taking Colorado.”

Governor Seyi Makinde
June 27, 2023

U.S. issues nationwide alert as five residents get malaria from mosquito bites in Florida, Texas

The U.S. issued a nationwide health alert for the first time in 20 years over the spread of malaria caused by mosquitoes in Texas and Florida.

Mosquitoes
June 26, 2023
Muhammad Ali-Pate