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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...
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Health

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...
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Health

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...
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Health

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...
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Health

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...
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Health

NAFDAC, stakeholders commit to implement regulation against fatty foods

Worried by the prevalent rate of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) in the country, the National Agency for Food and Drugs Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has...
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Health

Tinubu’s cabinet and agenda for incoming health minister

President Bola Tinubu recently submitted the list of his ministerial nominees to the Senate for confirmation. Although the number of nominees, 28, falls short of...
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Health

CAPPA wants Lagos to terminate partnerships with tobacco industry

The Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA) has urged Governor Babajide Sanwo Olu of Lagos State to stop the partnership between different ministries...
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