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Nigerian Doctor-Patient Ratio
HealthNews

Ghana: 50% Of Doctors, 24% Of Nurses Now Working Abroad Due To Poor Conditions – Report

The latest Ghana Human Development Report has revealed that half of the doctors trained in Ghana are leaving to work abroad due to...

Abia Otti Drugs Youths
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Abia State Governor Urges Youth To Avoid Drugs For A Better Future

The Abia State governor, Alex Otti, has urged the youths in the state to stay away from drugs and bad influences to secure...

Former governor of Anambra State and presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, has called on President Bola Tinubu to release leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB),  Nnamdi Kanu, along with other individuals still in detention.
HealthNews

Most Homes in Nigeria Now Resort to Prayers When They are Sick – Obi

Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party,  has expressed deep concern over the deteriorating state of Nigeria’s health sector, highlighting that...

Toxic Alcohol India
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Death Toll From Indian Toxic Alcohol Rises To 56

The death toll from a toxic batch of illegal alcohol in India has risen to 56 people, leaving 117 others in the hospital,...

Despite Nigeria's Growing Concerns, NBRDA Director Claims GMOs Are Edible Vaccines
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Despite Nigeria’s Growing Concerns, NBRDA Director Claims GMOs Are Edible Vaccines

In a highly contentious public debate with health, environmental and agricultural experts, the Director of the National Biotechnology Research and Development Agency (NBRDA),...

COVID-19 Kills Weekly WHO
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Cholera Outbreak: WHO Reports Over 1,900 Deaths, 195,000 Cases Worldwide

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has reported 1,932 deaths and 194,897 cases worldwide due to a cholera outbreak. These figures cover the period from...

Bird Flu Australia
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Bird Flu: Several Farms Under Lockdown, Over 1 Million Chickens To Be Slaughtered In Australia

Highly pathogenic avian influenza (bird flu) has now spread to a seventh poultry farm near Melbourne, according to the government of Victoria State...

India Alcohol
HealthNews

Toxic Alcohol Kills 34, Over 100 Hospitalised In India

At least 34 people have died, and more than 100 have been hospitalised in Tamil Nadu, India, due to a batch of toxic...

NCDC Cholera Nigeria
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Nigeria May Declare Cholera Emergency If Cases Rise – NCDC

Dr Jide Idris, the Director General of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC), has stated that a state of emergency...

HealthNews

Childhood Diabetes Rises In Sweden, Covid-19 A Possible Factor — Report

Diabetes diagnoses among children under five have risen in recent years, a charity supporting diabetes research said on Tuesday, adding that the Covid-19...

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NAFDAC Chief Warns Against Storing Cooked Food In Fridge Over 3 Days

Professor Moji Adeyeye, the Director General of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), has advised Nigerians against keeping...

Nigeria's FG Launches Bill Gates-Funded GMO Seeds, Names It TELA Maize Variety
HealthPolitics

Nigeria’s FG Launches Bill Gates-Funded GMO Maize Variety, Names It TELA Maize

Nigeria’s federal government has launched the Genetically Modified Organisms (GMO) maize variety named TELA, stating it is an effort to strengthen and boost...