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COP29: WHO demands urgent integration of health in climate negotiations

Ahead of the 2024 UN Climate Change Conference in Baku (COP29), the World Health Organisation (WHO) has called for an end to reliance on...

Ghana’s women in forestry observe ‘Pink October’ with focus on health

In October 2024, as has been tradition since 1985, the global community united in a vigorous campaign aimed at eradicating breast cancer. The month-long...

X-raying climate change impact on Nigerians’ health

For 34-year-old Mrs. Fatima Usman, the rainy season once meant hope and harvest. Living in the farmlands of Jigawa State, her family relied on...

Scientific group raises health concern over GMO foods in Nigeria

A scientific group, the Living Science Foundation (LSF), has raised concern over the potential adverse health effects of Genetically Modified Organism (GMO) foods in...

Nigeria unveils climate change health policy

The Federal Government of Nigeria and stakeholders in Abuja on Saturday, July 20, 2024, developed a policy document that would mitigate the impact of...

Experts warn of serious health impacts from climate change for pregnant women, children, older people

Pregnant women, newborns, children, adolescents and older people are facing serious health complications due to climate change, according to a new collection of papers...

New award celebrates excellence in population, health, environment reporting in Africa

The USAID-funded Building Capacity for Integrated Family Planning and Reproductive Health and Population, Environment and Development Action (BUILD Project) on Wednesday, April 17, 2024,...

Experts decry lack of political leadership in integrating health into climate change action

Scientists in Africa have raised concerns over the pressing weak political commitment,  Scientific Evidence and inadequate financing as some of the challenges moving forward...

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New Jersey declares state of emergency over wildfires

A wildfire in New Jersey has exploded to 12,000 acres after igniting on Tuesday, April 22, 2025, in Ocean County and...
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PAVE harps on sustainable waste management to curb methane emission

The Pan African Vision for the Environment (PAVE) on Wednesday, April 23, 2025, held a zero waste ambassadors project...

World Earth Day: Environment ambassador commiserates with victims of wildlife attacks 

The Ondo State Goodwill Ambassador for Environment, Ms. Olayemi Olapeju, has commiserated with the families of wildlife attack victims...

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New Jersey declares state of emergency over wildfires

A wildfire in New Jersey has exploded to 12,000 acres after...

PAVE harps on sustainable waste management to curb methane emission

The Pan African Vision for the Environment (PAVE) on...