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For approving Sprite and Fanta Court orders NAFDAC to pay N2million fine

Daily Dispatch July 24, 2017

A Lagos State High Court has ordered that the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) to pay a fine of 2 million naira for approving Sprite and Fanta, products of the Nigeria Bottling Company (NBC). The court also dismissed NBC’s application filed before the court

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Universal cure for HIV, cancer underway—Nobel Laureate

Daily Dispatch July 23, 2017

A Nobel Laureate, Prof. Francoise Barre-Sinoussi, says  efforts are  ongoing to develop a universal cure for HIV and cancer through collaboration. Barre-Sinoussi, a co-discoverer of  the HIV,  said this in Paris  while conducting some select journalists  on a  tour of the sophisticated laboratories at Institut Pasteur. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that

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IAS, WHO collaborate on new HIV research agendas

Daily Dispatch July 23, 2017

To improve the outcomes for children and adolescents living with HIV, the International AIDS Society(IAS) and the  World Health Organisation (WHO) have developed  new priority research agendas. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the IAS’s Collaborative Initiative for Paediatric HIV Education and Research (CIPHER) and WHO presented the agendas  at a satellite

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People who die from AIDS have reduced – UN

Daily Dispatch July 21, 2017

The United Nations says the annual number of people who die from AIDS has nearly halved from 1.9 million to one million between 2005 and 2016. According to the UNAIDS agency, the share of people with HIV who have access to medical treatment has also risen to above 50 per cent for the first time. […]

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Mosquito: Scientists releasing 20m to shrink disease carrying mosquitoes

Daily Dispatch July 21, 2017

This summer, scientists in California are releasing 20 million mosquitoes in an effort to shrink the population of mosquitoes that can carry diseases. It sounds counter-intuitive. But the plan is to release millions of sterile male mosquitoes, which will then mate with wild female mosquitoes. The eggs the females lay won’t hatch, researchers say. The […]

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Ogun to immunise 2million children against maternal child mortality

Daily Dispatch July 20, 2017

The Ogun State Government has expressed its determination to immunize over two million children from age 0-5 and 270,000 pregnant women during its ongoing Maternal Newborn and Child Health Week (MNCHW). Governor Ibikunle Amosun gave this assurance during the flagging off of July 2017 round of Maternal, Newborn and Child Health Week (MNCHW), held at […]