The exercise, which was part of the activities marking the 56th birthday of a labour leader, Issa Aremu, held at the Kwara State Stadium Complex
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Silva said this at a UN meeting on Thursday in Rome on ways to improve diets and ensure sustainable food systems, according to a press statement
In a statement presented by the Minister of Health, Isaac Adewole, on behalf of President Muhammadu Buhari at the High Level Meeting on AMR on September 21 at the United Nations General Assembly in New York, Nigeria also advocated for increased citizens’ education on rational use of anti-biotics, regulation of sales across counter, border control and administration of severe penalty on those who market or distribute sub-standard, Spurious, Falsely labelled, Falsified, Counterfeit medical products imported into the country
Adewole said the detection of children paralyzed by polio shows that surveillance has increased with more access
The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Zeid Al Hussein, disclosed this in a statement made available to newsmen on Friday in New York, United States of America
Dr. Shehu Bawa, the Director of Veterinary Services of the state Ministry of Agriculture and Natural Resources, told the News Agency of Nigeria in Kano that the birds were killed in 49 farms
Anthony Costello, WHO Director for Maternal, Child and Adolescent Health, said if it was confirmed that the mosquitoes that carried Zika virus were present in Africa, parts of southern Europe and Asia, particularly South Asia, then there could be a problem
Experts are worried that the virus is spreading far and fast, with devastating consequences
This brings to three the number of people killed so far by the disease in the state
Isibor said this at the 19th Biennial Conference and Annual General Meeting of the Medical Women’s Association of Nigeria, held at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital, Idi-Araba
The WHO said all laboratory data confirm that 12 months have passed without any new case in the country
The move is to test the efficacy and effectiveness of the new vaccine to prevent Ebola
This was contained in statement issued by the UN Health Agency on Saturday in Nairobi, Kenya
Subsequent to the figures posted on December 17 on the WHO website, the data, posted on Saturday, indicated about 500 new deaths from the worst ever outbreak of the virus
Making the report available to the News Agency of Nigeria Correspondent at the UN, Farhan Haq, the Deputy Spokesman to the UN Secretary-General, Ban Ki-Moon, said the capacity of management of Ebola cases had increased
The outbreak has killed more than 4,500 people in West Africa, mostly in Liberia, Guinea, and Sierra Leone
The news comes as Liberian MPs refused to grant the president additional powers to deal with the Ebola crisis
Panic is spreading across an African community after reports that two Ebola victims have risen from the dead.
It said the death toll has risen to 2,622 in the three countries.
The World Health Organisation said on Thursday in Geneva that the number of people who have contracted Ebola in West…