N Goodwill Ambassadors, brothers Joan, Josep and Jordi Roca of restaurant El Celler can Roca, ranked among the best chefs of the world, UN Agencies, the Sahara Group and Nigerian government authorities will partner on the Food Africa project
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The study was released by the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013 and published in the Lancet, the world’s leading general medical journal.
Based on data collected in 183 countries, the study found that deaths from infection, liver disease and cancer caused by viral hepatitis increased by nearly two thirds, from 890,000 in 1990 to 1.45 million in 2013
The Co-chair, Bill Gates and and Aliko Dangoate, through a tele-conference coordinated in Bauchi, assured the state government that they would continue to support the programme.
The expert said he made the discovery after conducting studies at the National Post Graduate Medical College of Nigeria, Lagos in 2015 by testing the reaction of live mosquitoes to sebum-coated paper
According to Ukoh, osteoporosis often progresses without any symptoms or pain, adding that the first sign may actually be a fractured bone.
She, however, stated that so many factors could predispose women to the condition
The Medecins Sans Frontiers trauma centre in the southern Afghan city of Lashkar Gah is one of only three referral hospitals in the country’s south, and serves approximately one million people stranded in the war zone. Here, under-resourced health workers treat malnourished babies, landmine victims and car crash injuries against a backdrop of gunfire and shelling
Udoma made this known when the Regional Director of the World Health Organisation, Dr. Matshidiso Rebecca Moeti, visited him in his office.
He said: “This administration is committed to providing adequate fund for the health sector. We hope to up scale the budget for health next year compared to what is obtained in this year’s budget
The Chairman of the Ministerial Task Team on the recovery of the N9 billion owed the AEPB, Baba Shehu Lawan, made this disclosure after executing the Court Order on Tuesday
He said if value could be added to indigenous technology, it would not only create wealth for Nigerians and earn huge foreign exchange, but would give a direction to Nigeria’s technological development
In a walk to sensitise the people around its environs, Ngonadi said the initiative was to walk against the spread of cervical cancer in the country, adding that Nigeria is the 10th in cervical cancer death worldwide where about 40,000 Nigerian women are at risk of getting infected by the disease
She said the essence of her visit was to meet with national authorities in Nigeria to strategise on ways of sustaining the landmark achievements so far in the health sector
Hancox said: “It found childhood exposure to microbial organisms through thumb-sucking and nail-biting might alter immune function so that children became less prone to developing allergies.
He said the support from WHO would entail monitoring and evaluation, including routine surveillance, technical support for the National Public Health Observatory and mobilising resources for Regional Centre for Disease Control
Clemens, who also celebrated his 80th anniversary as a Catholic priest, gets up every morning at 5.30 and goes to bed at 9pm
Speaking to an audience parked largely with students and academics, a number of leading traditional rulers from Ondo and Oyo States, business and political elites, the Vice President said: “Whatever you choose to do, be technology savvy and understand its best uses in your chosen discipline
According to Adewole, interactions during Moeti’s stay in Nigeria will be centered on areas that require technical support from WHO in strengthening the health systems to achieve the health related Sustainable Development Goals within the context of revitalization of the Primary Health Care in Nigeria and the improvement of the country’s health indicators
“When you look into the life history of people with cancer, six months or two years down the line before they are diagnosed, very often, they would have undergone some form of emotional trauma
Umahi gave the assurance during the flag-off campaign against female genital mutilation by his wife, Rachael, in Abakaliki, the Ebonyi State capital
Umahi, who added that he would continue to work hard to meet the target, promised continued payment of workers salary every 15th of the month despite economic challenges
She said: “Razor bumps are small tender pimples commonly found on the back of the head or chin and if left untreated could spread to other parts of the unaffected shaved area
Udom said the items were seized during a market surveillance carried out by the organisation in some building material shops in Calabar between May and June