WHO and European Investment Bank strengthen efforts to combat COVID-19 and build resilient health systems to face future pandemics

Leave a Comment / Health Articles / Rosaline Horlar

WHO and the European Investment Bank enhance cooperation to support countries in addressing the health impact of COVID-19 The first phase will address urgent needs and strengthen primary health care in ten African countries Enhanced WHO-EIB partnership will scale up financing to assure the chain of essential supplies, including personal protective equipment, diagnostics and clinical […]

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How Boko Haram Terrorists Dealt Us Heavy Blow –Nigerian Army Commander

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Olusegun Adeniyi, Commander of Operation Lafiya Dole, a group of Nigerian soldiers deployed to the North-East region to combat Boko Haram terrorists and other insurgent groups, has revealed how they recorded heavy casualty during a recent encounter with the hoodlums. In a video making the rounds on the Internet, Adeniyi could be seen standing together

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Pahang announces RM4.25m additional initiatives

Leave a Comment / Lifestyle / Thamin Abdul

KUANTAN: The Pahang state government today announced five additional initiatives totalling RM4.25 million to help those affected by the Covid-19 outbreak. Mentri Besar Datuk Seri Wan Rosdy Wan Ismail said through the additional initiatives, a cash assistance of RM100 and essential items worth RM50 would be handed over to 21,000 recipients in all 42 Pahang

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Schistosomiasis elimination: refocusing on snail control to sustain progress

Leave a Comment / Health Articles / Abdul-Qadir

Substantial progress has been made during the past decade to prevent and control schistosomiasis (also known as bilharziasis) globally. The disease affects more than 230 million people, mostly in sub-Saharan Africa. Progress is mainly due to large-scale periodic treatment of affected populations with praziquantel, the only medicine recommended by the World Health Organization (WHO) against

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End in sight, but flare-ups likely in the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Leave a Comment / Health Articles / Abdul-Qadir

Remarks by Dr Ibrahima Socé Fall, World Health Organization Assistant Director-General, Emergency Response Good afternoon. I hope that your busy week was interrupted, like mine, with a moment of joy on Tuesday. That moment was the celebration of a woman being discharged from an Ebola treatment centre in Beni. Her name is Masiko. She

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World failing to provide children with a healthy life and a climate fit for their future: WHO-UNICEF-Lancet

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As climate and commercial threats intensify, WHO-UNICEF-Lancet Commission presses for radical rethink on child health No single country is adequately protecting children’s health, their environment and their futures, finds a landmark report released today by a Commission of over 40 child and adolescent health experts from around the world. The Commission was convened by the

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Pahang announces RM4.25m additional initiatives

Schistosomiasis elimination: refocusing on snail control to sustain progress

End in sight, but flare-ups likely in the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

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