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How the world’s worst hit countries are dealing with COVID-19
Across the world, over 20 million confirmed cases of COVID-19 have been confirmed since the pandemic began. While every country...
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6 states account for over 70% of COVID-19 cases in Nigeria
Latest figures shared by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) showed 6 states in Nigeria account for about 72%...
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WHO and Madagascar agree on clinical trials for COVID Organics
The World Health Organisation (WHO) and the government of Madagascar have reached a compromise on the country's rumored cure for...
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Tobacco industry is increasingly targeting young people – WHO
Over 40 million young people aged 13-15 have already started to use tobacco.WHO The World Health Organization (WHO) has expressed...
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Nigeria to test ‘COVID-19 cures’ for safety, not efficacy
The Nigerian has announced plans to subject medicines claimed to possibly prevent and/or cure COVID-19 to testing to ascertain their...
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For the first time, Lagos recorded no new case of COVID-19
The city of Lagos, Nigeria's commercial capital city and the epicentre of the country's COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic reached a major...
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A breakdown of Nigeria’s 2020 budget for health
As 2020 gets underway, we take a closer look at what Nigeria wants to spend on health as contained in...
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We’ve not done much on female genital mutilation
In the year 2019, I had the most shocking revelation about female genital mutilation (FGM) and it all started when...
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The link between poverty and fertility
In the 1950's the average woman had five children, since then the number has halved globally - but not in...
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Odds stacked against Ebola’s newest drugs
The effectiveness of Ebola’s latest preferred drugs hinges on a number of factors that are beyond the control of the...
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