Health

The Punch

Adeleke unveils health insurance for Osun monarchs, says 200 PHC rehabilitated

Governor Adeleke launches free health insurance for Osun monarchs and their queens, highlighting over 200 rehabilitated PHCs and expanded healthcare access Read More…

The Punch

Zulum approves N1.65bn scholarship for 300 CJTF orphans, others

Borno State Governor, Prof. Babagana Umara Zulum, has approved the release of N1.649 billion to settle outstanding scholarship obligations for 300 orphans of Counter-Insurgency Volunteers and other students. The Executive Secretary of the…

Tinubu tasks Afreximbank to mobilise resources for Africa’s industrialisation

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has urged the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) to intensify efforts to mobilise Africa’s human, financial and natural resources to accelerate the continent’s industrialisation and economic growth. He…

Policeman killed, 13 others injured in Taraba attacks

A policeman was killed and three civilians injured in an attack by gunmen in Gembu, headquarters of the Sardauna Local Government Area of Taraba State. The attack occurred on Sunday, the same day a herder was killed and more than 10…

Kidnappers demand fresh N260m from electoral commissioner’s family

Hajiya Rahmat Ahmed, the wife of the kidnapped Permanent Commissioner of the Niger State Independent Electoral Commission (NSIEC), Barrister Ahmed Mohammed, has revealed that the abductors refused to collect the N40 million ransom raised…

Deutsche Welle

Brain tumors: New vaccine offers patients hope for more time

A new therapy offers people with seemingly incurable brain tumors scope for hope: It could slow the progression of the disease and extend patients' lives.

Deutsche Welle

AllAfrica

Kenya: SHA Introduces Fingerprint Verification for Children Aged 7-17 to Curb Health Insurance Fraud

[Capital FM] Nairobi -- The Social Health Authority (SHA) has introduced biometric fingerprint identification for registered child dependants aged between seven and 17 years in a move aimed at strengthening beneficiary verification and…

AllAfrica

5 die as Kano records 30 fire incidents in June

Five persons lost their lives in fire-related and other emergency incidents handled by the Kano State Fire Service in June, according to the agency’s monthly operational report. The report was contained in a statement signed by the Public…

IVF embryo mix-up undisclosed for weeks sparks calls for 24-hour reporting rule

South China Morning Post

IVF embryo mix-up undisclosed for weeks sparks calls for 24-hour reporting rule

Hong Kong fertility clinics should be required to report serious incidents within 24 hours to both the regulator for in vitro fertilisation (IVF) and health authorities, lawmakers have said, following an embryo mix-up at a centre that went…

South China Morning Post

835,000 children vaccinated against diphtheria in Kano

Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF)/Doctors Without Borders said it has concluded its diphtheria emergency intervention in Kano State after administering more than 835,000 vaccines to children. The humanitarian medical organisation said the…

Euronews

'The next pandemic is not a matter of if, but when,' Oxford professor says

The Oxford professor who developed the first highly effective malaria vaccine explains what Covid taught us, why misinformation is still a threat and why Europe must invest more in public health

Euronews

Family says mum died in back seat after leaving Palmerston North ED

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