The International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), Pairwise, and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation have launched the Yam Optimized…
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In Nigeria, fortifying bouillon cubes with iron, folic acid, zinc, and vitamin B12 could avert up to 16.6 million cases of anaemia and up to 11,000 deaths from neural tube defects in Children by 2050, according to a report by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
The Co-Chair of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF), Bill Gates has announced that Nigeria will soon receive three million bottles of multiple micronutrient supplements (MMS) specifically designed for pregnant women.
As part of her divorce agreement, she received $12.5 billion from the Gates Foundation for her work upon her resignation, and she hinted she would focus her philanthropic efforts on women and girls — but she offered no specifics.
The President of Gender Equality at the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Dr Anita Zaidi, says “bridging the staggering 1.7…
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has granted $5 million to FrieslandCampina-led Value4Dairy Consortium to boost productivity and sustainability of the Nigerian dairy sector.
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF) says it will fund clinical trials for tuberculosis vaccine in Africa to reduce morbidity and mortality resulting from tuberculosis.
A Pharmaceutical giant, Wellcome and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation have announced funding, to advance a tuberculosis (TB) vaccine candidate, M72/AS01E (M72), through a Phase III clinical trial.
Carbon dioxide fuels photosynthesis, the process by which plants generate their food in the form of carbohydrates. The atmosphere’s carbon…
The Country Director of HarvestPlus Nigeria, Dr. Paul Ilona says the NGO was working to meet the nutritional needs of…