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Polaris Bank partners Societal Healthcare to reduce maternal mortality
. Trains 50 community midwives, extension workers in northern Nigeria Polaris Bank in partnership with Societal Healthcare Organisation…
UN inaugurates alliance to end AIDS in children by 2030
UN agencies and others on Monday formed a global alliance to prevent new HIV infections and ensure that…
WEF urges coordinated international response to monkeypox outbreak
The World Economic Forum (WEF) has called for a coordinated international response to the monkeypox outbreak, including timely…
WHO declares monkeypox outbreak global health emergency
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has declared the monkeypox outbreak in more than 50 countries an “emergency of…
Coca-Cola bolsters healthcare in Kano with SBI donations
Pregnant women and new-borns in the environs of the Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital (AKTH), Kano, are next in…
FG increases tax on cigarettes to 30% to reduce smoking
The Federal Government has increased tax on tobacco consumption to 30% to discourage smoking in the country. The…
AfDB unveils Foundation to halt Africa’s $14bn annual medicine import
The Board of Directors, African Development Bank (AfDB), has approved the establishment of an African Pharmaceutical Technology Foundation…
World must ‘speed up’ efforts to end AIDS pandemic by 2030
To end AIDS, beat COVID-19 and “stop the pandemics of the future”, the world needs to ensure global…
SON seeks strengthening of standards for pharmaceutical sector
The Director-General, Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON), Farouk Salim, has canvassed the strengthening of the pharmaceutical sector through…
WHO, FAO task Nigerians on hygienic food, agricultural sector
The World Health Organisation (WHO), and the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), have stressed the need to improve…