ASHENEWS reports that the World Health Organization (WHO) on Monday published a new guideline on the prevention and management of severe malnutrition, particularly wasting among children.
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ASHENEWS reports that the Director General of the World Health Organization (WHO), Tedros Adhanom says that an estimated one million children die annually due to wasting.
ASHENEWS reports that a new report published by the World Health Organization (WHO) in collaboration with the U.S Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) says that deaths from measles infections have increased globally.
ASHENEWS reports boat mishap has claimed lives of 10 people in Shiroro local government area of Niger state.
ASHENEWS reports that a Nigerian fintech company, Paystack has announced the sack of 33 employees in its offices in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Europe.
On January 20, 2023, the Federal Ministry of Health and other relevant health stakeholders declared a diphtheria outbreak in Nigeria, and by the end of October, no fewer than 13,204 persons are said to have died from the disease nationwide in Nigeria, affecting 114 Local Government Areas (LGAs) across 19 states, including the Federal Capital Territory.
This time last year, more than 37,000 delegates and over 150 nations gathered in Egypt’s Sharm el-Sheikh for the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP27). That meeting concluded with a historic decision to establish and operationalise a loss and damage fund. It was a breakthrough that marked the climax of decades of pressure from climate-vulnerable developing countries, many of which are in Africa.
There are ominous signs from the 11th November Off-Cycle Elections and from Election Petition Tribunals that electoral democracy is under serious threat in the country today. The CDD Election Analysis Centre (CDD-EAC) report outlines key findings on the conduct of the elections in Bayelsa State, Imo State and Kogi States. There were extensive incidents related to the abuse of the powers of incumbency, high levels of vote buying by politicians, use of identity markers for political manipulation, orchestrated disinformation campaigns and failure of some institutions such as INEC, political parties and security agencies to perform their duties properly.
There was a rumour recently that the Dangote Refinery cannot start crude processing as scheduled because the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Ltd (NNPCL) had no crude to supply to the huge refinery.
Uganda has established a modern bone marrow transplant (BMT) facility, that will help reduce numbers of patients seeking transplants abroad where they part with between US$40,000 to $50,000 [about Ug. Shillings 150m-200m] to treat one patient (medical procedure and accommodation during recovery) for at least one month in India, alone. The Ugandan facility, the first-of-the-kind in the nation, has been set up by the State-run Joint Clinical Research Centre (JCRC) at Lubowa, south of Kampala.