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Patients with non-communicable diseases face greater Covid-19 risk, says WHO Africa
A preliminary study of Covid-19 cases and fatalities in Africa shows patients with conditions like diabetes, hypertension and asthma are ...Nurses at a Limpopo clinic find worms “as big as finger” in drinking water
Just as community members raised the alarm about this Limpopo clinic’s hazardous failing infrastructure, nurses have discovered red worms in ...Top Ten News Items on Health, 25th September 2020
BHCPF and the defunding of NCDC during a pandemic. PTF gives N1bn each to states to support Covid-19 fight. NCDC, ...Latest Health Jobs In Nigeria Published On 24th September 2020
Associate Director, ESITA, FHI 360, Abuja. Apply Project Director – Resilient Sustainable System for Health (RSSH) Project, Management Sciences for ...An activist is helping rural girls, and boys, find self-worth through access to sanitary pads
The need for sanitary pads makes young women vulnerable to a number of social ills, from missing school to exploitative ...Drugs for HIV, hepatitis could prevent type 2 diabetes – study
A group of drugs used to treat HIV and hepatitis B could be repurposed to prevent type 2 diabetes, a ...Gates foundation honours Africa CDC’s John Nkengasong for fight against Covid-19 pandemic
This year, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation awarded Dr John Nkengasong the 2020 Goalkeeper Award. The prize recognises his ...North West’s health facilities suffer chronic underdevelopment, say opposition parties
A political debate in the North West has highlighted the struggles of the province’s public health facilities. Opposition legislature members ...Hammanskraal protestors demand no bail for perpetrators as gender-based violence cases spike
The killing of a young woman has sparked protests in Hammanskraal. With gender-based violence incidents increasing, protestors say perpetrators should ...The NURHI Project: 10 Years of Impact in Nigeria’s Family Planning Space
By Kenneth Ibe & Olubunmi Oyebanji (Lead Writers) The availability of family planning services, enables girls and women to make ...
