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Nigeria Accounts for 40% of Global Fistula Cases, Says UNFPA
By Okon Bassey The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) has revealed that Nigeria accounts for 40 percent of Fistula cases in the world. The Head,
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Ghana: No alarming cases of HIV and AIDS in Dormaa Municipality – Health Directorate
The Dormaa Central Municipal Health Directorate says it is untrue that HIV and AIDS is surging among pregnant women in the municipality.https://96ee288f2628ee69ab10141fb810ad32.safeframe.googlesyndication.com/safeframe/1-0-38/html/container.html It, therefore, asked
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Fruit and Vegetable Storage Ideas
Storing your fruits and vegetables in the right way is really important. If you’re the sort of person who just tosses everything into the crisper
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Nigeria: Over 164,473 Birds Killed By Bird Flu in Delta
By Festus Ahon DELTA State Commissioner, Mr Julius Egbedi, Wednesday, said over 164,473 birds have so far been killed by the ravaging Avian Influenza popularly
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Benin Confirms H5N1 Avian Flu Outbreak
Benin has identified an outbreak of the highly contagious H5N1 avian flu in two districts near the capital Porto Novo, the agriculture ministry says. On
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Africa Has Been Polio Free for a Year but Threat Remains
By Melinda Suchard and Wayne Howard The 25th of August marks the first anniversary of a milestone that took over 30 years to achieve. Africa being free
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Exposure To Sunlight Enhances Romantic Passion In Humans
Researchers at Tel Aviv University have found that exposure to ultraviolet radiation from sunlight enhances romantic passion in humans. In the study, both men and
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Enlarged prostate doesn’t raise a man’s odds for cancer: study
Does having an enlarged prostate doom you to prostate cancer? Far from it, a new study suggests. Also called benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH), the condition may actually
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Rwanda: Mental Healthcare – Five Things That Need to Be Done to Fix Gaps
By Nasra Bishumba Suicide data released by the Rwanda Investigation Bureau (RIB)’s Spokesperson Thierry Murangira this past weekend provoked the need for open conversations about
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Nigeria: Improving Water, Sanitation and Hygiene in Nigeria – the Only Language Cholera Understands
By Ibukun Oguntola Nigeria is prone to seasonal disease outbreaks and in the last few years, a series of outbreaks including monkeypox, measles, Lassa fever,
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Africa: More Than 700 Million People With Untreated Hypertension
PRESS RELEASE Number of people living with hypertension has doubled to 1.28 billion since 1990 World Health Organization and Imperial College London joint press release
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Congo-Kinshasa: Bubonic Plague Putting Young Lives At Risk in DR Congo – UNICEF
A resurgence of Bubonic plague in Ituri province in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is putting young lives at risk, the UN
