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Edwin-Isotu at 40: Ecomiums as stakeholders honour environmental health consultant

Public health and environmental stakeholders have honoured a national consultant in public health and environment, Dr. Edeh Edwin-Isotu, on his 40th birthday. At the birthday...

Michael Simire - September 20, 2023

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Stakeholders decry Nairobi Declaration’s failure to address health impacts of climate crisis

Stakeholders in the health sector have raised concerns with the Nairobi Declaration document coming out of the inaugural Africa Climate Summit over its failure...

Michael Simire - September 8, 2023

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Philip Jakpor: Has the countdown to smokefree Nollywood begun?

The recent convergence of movie practitioners on the auspices of Nollywood in Abuja to discuss the dangers of smoking in movies is indicative that...

Michael Simire - September 6, 2023

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Addressing inadequacy of funding for tobacco control

At the first National Tobacco Control Budget Advocates meeting organised by the Nigeria Tobacco Control Alliance (NTCA) in April 2023, participants analysed the dangers...

Michael Simire - August 28, 2023

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Climate change-health nexus: Reproductive health key but forgotten component

Stakeholders at the ongoing regional workshop on health and climate change taking place in Lilongwe, Malawi, have been urged to seriously look beyond the...

Michael Simire - August 24, 2023

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Stakeholders want sugar-sweetened beverages tax key on health council agenda

A group of civil society organisations (CSOs) as well as environment and health officials who met recently to examine issues related to the sugar-sweetened...

Michael Simire - August 21, 2023

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Nigeria to benefit from UK’s £210m funding to tackle deadly antimicrobial resistance

State-of-the-art laboratories, cutting-edge disease surveillance systems, and a bigger global workforce to tackle deadly antimicrobial resistance (AMR) will be backed by up to £210...

Michael Simire - August 17, 2023

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Group lauds Mamora for sponsoring National Tobacco Control Bill

The Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA), an NGO, has lauded former minister, Sen. Olorunnimbe Mamora, for sponsoring the National Tobacco Control Bill. The...

Michael Simire - August 9, 2023

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