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1.5bn people live with hearing loss – WHO

The World Health Organisation says an estimated 1.5 billion people globally live with hearing loss. The WHO Regional Director for Africa, Dr Matshidiso Moeti, made...

Gov. Abiodun approves hazard allowance for health workers

The governor announced the approval at a meeting with health workers at the Presidential Lodge, Abeokuta, on Thursday. He noted that the state health workers...

GAVI: Pate’s appointment brings global technological visibility to Nigeria – Acholonu

A Nigerian and U. S. patent holder, Dr Kenny Acholonu, has commended  Dr Muhammad Ali Pate on his elevation as the Head of the...

Scientist underscores usefulness of genome editing technology to Africa

Prof. Olalekan Akinbo, Scientist and Supervisor at Centre of Excellence in Science, Technology and Innovation (STI), African Union Development Agency (AUDA-NEPAD), says Genome Editing...

NGO screens 80,198 persons for cancers in 6 years

The Lift Above Poverty Organisation (LAPO), a Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO), says it screened 88,198 persons for different types of cancers between 2016 and 2022. Dr...

Don proffers solution to food deprivation

Prof. Mohammed Nasirudeen-Suleiman of the Department of Botany, Federal University Lokoja, has called for global intensive study in Mycology (Fungi) in all secondary schools...

Leprosy Mission scale-up intervention to ensure inclusion of children with disability

The Leprosy Mission Nigeria (TLMN) has scaled up its intervention for 2023 in the country. This is to ensure that children and young Persons With...

COVID-19 hindered development of children, young people- World Bank

The World Bank says the COVID-19 pandemic caused a collapse in human capital hindering development of millions of children and young people in low-...

Group seeks measures to kick out leprosy from Nigeria

Stakeholders in the health sector on Wednesday have called for deliberate measures to kick out leprosy from Nigeria. They made the call at a one-day...

Myths around blood donation wrong, outdated – Nurse

The Chief Nursing Officer, Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH), Idi Araba, Mrs Fatimah Adebisi, on Tuesday said that the myths created around voluntary blood...

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