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

Health ArticlesBy Rosaline Horlar May 9, 2020 Leave a comment

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…

UK PM listened to his scientists about Covid-19, but they were slow to sound the alarm

LifestyleBy adepoju April 9, 2020 Leave a comment

LONDON: It was early spring when British scientists laid out the bald truth to their government. It was “highly likely,“ they said, that there was now “sustained transmission” of COVID-19 in the United Kingdom. If unconstrained and if the virus behaved as in China, up to four-fifths of Britons could be infected and one in…

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

TechnologyBy abeldecoteau80 March 31, 2020 Leave a comment

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…

Pahang announces RM4.25m additional initiatives

LifestyleBy Thamin Abdul March 30, 2020 Leave a comment

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…

Schistosomiasis elimination: refocusing on snail control to sustain progress

Health ArticlesBy Abdul-Qadir March 27, 2020 Leave a comment

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…

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

Health ArticlesBy Abdul-Qadir March 7, 2020 Leave a comment

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…

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

Health ArticlesBy Abdul-Qadir February 27, 2020 Leave a comment

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…

Book Review: Breaking Through, Being Healthy In Mind, A 250 Pound Weight Loss Story

FinanceBy Abdul-Qadir February 7, 2020 Leave a comment

[ad_1] I recently finished two of this author’s eBooks: Breaking Bad, Overstanding Behavior from an Abusive Father, Breaking Point 1, and Understanding Manifestation, Create a Vision and Hold on Tight, Overstanding Book 1. The author, Jason Criddle, is a product of mixed race and broken home. His father, a black man, severely beat him when…

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