Philanthropist, Bill Gates, has highlighted the challenges associated with local vaccine production in Nigeria, citing regulatory complexities and economic scale as significant barriers.
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Addressing 10 controversial claims on glyphosate weedkiller: Agricultural advances have made farming and our foods safer and more abundant than at any other time in history. Everyone wants safe food and sustainable farming. But modern technologies are victims of their own success, and media ecosystems exacerbate confusion. And while everything is a chemical—and chemicals enable food production—the word evokes fear and anxiety. Well-funded disinformation campaigns exploit this chemophobia to sow fear about the dangers of specific technologies, which undermine consumer confidence in agriculture and our food. By Andrea Love, Kevin Folta, and Nicole Keller Few chemicals are more vilified than…
The Lagos Commodities and Futures Exchange (LCFE) has blamed Nigeria’s continued food insecurity challenges on farmers’ lack of knowledge and education.
A Professor of Nephrology, Iftifanus Bosan, says that early diagnosis through regular medical checks and screenings remains the way to reduce the costs of kidney disease treatment.
The Bauchi State Community of Practice (CoP), an NGO, has appealed to the Ministry of Budget and Economic Planning and Multilateral Coordination to allocate N870 million for immunisation programmes in the 2025 state budget.
The Plateau State Contributory Health Management Agency (PLASCHEMA) has commenced the enrolment of retirees into its equity plan of the State Social Health Insurance Scheme to enable retired workers to access free healthcare.
The Technical Lead of, the Genome Editing Initiative of the AUDA-NEPAD Centre of Excellence in Science, Technology and Innovation, Prof. Olalekan Akinbo, has described nitrogen deficiency in the soil as one of the main obstacles to rice production in Africa.
The Yobe Ministry of Health and two Community-Based Organisations (CBOs), on Tuesday in Damaturu, the Yobe state signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to tackle hepatitis and sickle cell disease.
The National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) has outlined various health insurance programmes available to individuals, including young adults, the self-employed and the elderly.
The World Health Organisation (WHO) expressed concern on Tuesday about antibiotic production in many countries and issued recommendations for the safe production of antibiotics for the first time.