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, UNFPA, Dr. Omolaso Omosehin, disclosed last two days at the 21st National Council on Women Affairs taking place in Uyo, the Akwa Ibom State capital. Omosehin maintained that though UNFPA […]
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 the general public to ignore the contents of a video circulating on social media, describing the said video as fake. “The Directorate wishes to inform the public the content of […]
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 known as bird flu in farms across six local government areas of the State. Egbedi who disclosed this while briefing newsmen on outbreak of bird influenza which is ravaging poultry […]
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 from polio – a disease that has caused death and paralysis throughout recorded history. Polio is a viral illness that can cause sudden weakness, permanent paralysis, or death in people […]
By Baba Martins (Abuja), Umar Muhammed (Lafia) & Magaji lsa Hunkuyi (Jalingo) Nigeria has, so far, recorded 33,661 cases of cholera in 22 states across the country leading to the death of not less than 938 persons, the Minister of Environment, Mohammad Mahmood Abubakar, has said. Addressing newsmen on the cholera outbreak in Nigeria Monday […]
