1 in 4 health care facilities lacks basic water services – UNICEF, WHO
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3 APRIL 2019| GENEVA | NEW YORK – One in four health care facilities around the world lacks basic water services, impacting over…
Widely used malaria treatment to prevent malaria in pregnant women at risk of failing in areas where drug resistance is rising
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LIVERPOOL – OXFORD, 25 March 2019 A global team of researchers, led by a team at the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine…
Winners of the 2019 UN World Water Day Inter-School Handwashing Essay Competition
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Nigeria Health Watch, T.Y Danjuma Foundation, Water Aid and EpiAFRIC put together an inter-school handwashing essay competition in a bid to contribute…
Call for Applications: #PreventEpidemicsNaija Journalism Fellowship
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Nigeria has taken important steps to improve its ability to find, stop and prevent disease outbreaks and other health threats before they…
WHO Africa Health Forum to shape next steps in universal health care on the continent
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Global leaders and health experts will come together at the continent’s seminal health-focused event to identify workable solutions that will strengthen African…
Decline in Lassa Fever Cases as NCDC Sustains Intensive Response
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Over the last five weeks, there has been a decline in the number of new cases of Lassa fever reported in Nigeria….
Nominations open for Nigerian Healthcare Excellence Awards 2019
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Nomination for the 6th edition of the Nigerian Healthcare Excellence Awards (NHEA) 2019 has opened. This was made known by Dr. Wale…
MTN Continues To Spearhead Intervention to Combat Deadly Scourge Of Substance Abuse
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In furtherance of the drive to curb the increasing rate of substance abuse in Nigeria, MTN Nigeria, under the Anti Substance Abuse…
Ebola response in Democratic Republic of the Congo risks slowdown
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26 February, Geneva – WHO Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus today called on donors to continue funding the response to the Ebola outbreak…
NCDC REVIEWS LASSA FEVER OUTBREAK RESPONSE AMIDST REDUCING NUMBER OF CASES
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The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has reported a decrease in the number of Lassa fever cases reported weekly in the…
African Private Sector leaders take the lead to rewrite Africa’s healthcare narrative with support from African Heads of State
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ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia, February 14, 2019/ — GBCHealth (www.GBCHealth.org), Aliko Dangote Foundation (www.Dangote.com/foundation) and the UN Economic Commission for Africa (www.UNECA.org) jointly held the…
Love Wisely, Share Love not HIV: Valentine 2019
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Abuja, 11th February 2019: The Director General, National Agency for the Control of AIDS (NACA) Dr. Sani Aliyu wants to use this…
Merck Foundation marks World Cancer Day by increasing the limited number of oncologists in Africa
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Merck Foundation, the philanthropic arm of Merck KGaA Germany marks ‘World Cancer Day 2019’ themed ‘I am and I will’ through their Cancer Access…
Aliko Dangote Foundation, UNECA and GBCHealth Advocate Public-Private Sector Partnership for Better Health in Africa
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ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia, January 17, 2019/ Top African leaders including Heads of States, Ministers, CEOs as well as representatives from the African…