The Climate and Sustainable Development Network (CSDevNet), a civil society group, says the ongoing Reducing Emission from Deforestation and Degraded Forests (REDD+) National Capacity Building will reduce carbon emission. According to a statement by Mr Pius Oko, the Project Officer of CSDevNet on Friday in Abuja, the engagement programme had both experts and the local communities in attendance. The REDD+ programme is the UN collaborative initiative on Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD) in developing countries. Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD) is a market-based mechanism for achieving the effective reduction of carbon emissions from forests.…
Author: Abdallah el-Kurebe
Some health workers in Nasarawa State have commended the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) for its efforts in tackling malnutrition among children in the state. They said UNICEF achieved the feat through capacity building for health workers and the provision of the Ready to Feed Therapeutic Foods (RUTF) free of charge to malnourished children. The health workers made the commendation at the ongoing six-day capacity building for 32 participants on Community Infant and Young Child Feeding Counseling package in Nassarawa. They appreciated the giant steps taken by UNICEF towards bettering the health and standard of living of infants and young…
The Commander, National Drugs Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) in Kano state, Dr. Ibrahim Abdul says the rate of drug abuse in the state had reduced from three to one percent, according to a recent report. He disclosed this on Friday when the Presidential Advisory Committee for the Elimination of Drug Abuse (PACEDA) paid a courtesy visit to the Chairman of Fagge local government, Alhaji Shehi Abdullahi. Abdul said the report indicated that Lagos had now taken over as number one followed by Ogun then Kano. He said the success was recorded in the last few months after his resumption as…
A Health and Wellness Advocate, Chiamaka Oragwu, has cautioned the public against too much consumption of carbonated drinks, saying it actually destroys body system. Instead, Oragwu advised people to incorporate fresh juicing into their meals to get the required nutrients that body needs to stay healthy. Oragwu, the Founder, Green Essence Healthy Lifestyle, a health and wellness company, gave the advice on Saturday in Lagos. She spoke, while reacting to a recent report by a medical journal, The Lancet, stating that globally, one in five deaths was associated with poor diet. The Lancet also stated that globally, one in five…
The the Chief Field Officer (Kaduna) of the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), Dr Zakari Adam says the Fund is committed to addressing the health challenges of children, especially malnutrition, in Nigeria to improve on their health status. He gave the assurance at Akwanga, during the six-days capacity building for 32 participants on Community Infant and Young Child Feeding Counseling Package. The training was sponsored by UNICEF, in collaboration with the Nasarawa State Primary Health Care Development Agency in which participants were selected from the Agency. He said that the training was aimed at equipping nutritional health personnel with skills…
The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), Dr Chikwe Ihekweazu says it has confirmed 16 new cases of Lassa fever from five states in Nigeria. He disclosed this in Abuja on Saturday while given an update about the disease and effort by the centre. According to him, the 16 new cases have now brought the number of confirmed cases to 526 out of the 2,034 suspected cases since Jan. 1 in 21 states, adding that a total of 121 deaths had been recorded since the onset of the outbreak. Ihekweazu said Edo, Ondo, Bauchi, w…
As the Government Enterprise and Empowerment Programme (GEEP) spreads round the country, TraderMoni berthed in Sokoto Friday in the waiting hands of hundreds of joyous petty traders. Designed by the Federal government to help petty traders access collateral free loans of ten thousand naira to boost their businesses and repayable within six months, beneficiaries of the scheme could also access between N15,000 and N50,000 if they repay the initial N10,000 within the stipulated time. GEEP is targeted to empower two million petty traders before the end of this year, with a minimum of 30,000 loans in each state and the…
The Trader Moni rolled out Wednesday in Gusau, capital of Zamfara state where hundreds of traders expressed joy for the programme they have earnestly waited for. The programme is designed by the federal government to help petty traders access collateral-free loans of N10,000, repayable in six months, to boost their businesses. According to one of the officers, beneficiaries could also access from N15,000 to N50,000 if they are able to repay the initial N10,000 within the stipulated time. Tagged, Government Enterprise and Empowerment Programme (GEEP), the initiative is targeted to empower two million petty traders before the end of this…
The Sustainable Development Goal 6 estimates that “2.4 billion people lack access to basic sanitation services, such as toilets or latrines” and that the world would “achieve access to adequate and equitable sanitation and hygiene for all and end open defecation, paying special attention to the needs of women and girls and those in vulnerable situations by 2030.” Nigeria, with an estimated population of over 195.88 million people in 2018, is one of the countries in the world with the highest number of people (over 46 million people) practicing open defecation (OD). According to the 2016/17 Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys…
By Daniel Foster, Flickr An affordable, globally available drug – low-dose Aspirin – shows promise as a new approach to preventing HIV transmission, a University of Manitoba study has found. HIV infection rates remain unacceptably high, especially among young African women. The study team, which included researchers from the universities of Manitoba, Waterloo and Nairobi and the Public Health Agency of Canada, tested the effect of acetylsalicylic acid (ASA or Aspirin) and other anti-inflammatory drugs on HIV target cells in a group of Kenyan women who were at low risk for HIV. The pilot study, published in the Journal of…