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More funding needed to meet global water, sanitation targets – Report

Daily Dispatch July 7, 2017

The 2017 UN-Water Global Analysis and Assessment of Sanitation and Drinking-Water report has underscored the need for countries to commit more resources to meet SDGs targets on water and sanitation by 2030. News Agency of Nigeria  (NAN) reports that the analysis came against the backdrop of a

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MSF urges G20 to take action on health issues

Daily Dispatch July 7, 2017

The international medical humanitarian organisation Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) called on G20 leaders to follow through on the declaration made by their health ministers in late May.MSF welcomed the acknowledgement by G20 health ministers in their declaration that critical health issues such as drug-resistant infections, including tuberculosis (TB), and attacks on

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In Kaduna, Army distributes 1000 mosquito nets to communities

Daily Dispatch July 7, 2017

The 1 Division of the Nigerian Army has distributed more than 1000 treated mosquito nets to residents of Hayin Danmani community in Kaduna North Local Government, Kaduna State. Spokesman of the division, Col. Kingsley Umoh told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Friday in Kaduna that the gesture was part of activities carried out […]

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STD becoming harder and impossible to treat-WHO

Daily Dispatch July 7, 2017

Gonorrhea is becoming harder and in some cases impossible to treat with antibiotics, the World Health Organization said. “The bacteria that cause gonorrhea are particularly smart. Every time we use a new class of antibiotics to treat the infection, the bacteria evolve to resist them,” said Teodora Wi, a human reproduction specialist at the WHO, […]

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Cough Syrup with codeine most abuse in Nasarawa State-NDLEA

Daily Dispatch July 5, 2017

National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has said that the cough syrup, Codeine, is the most abused drug in Nasarawa State. Mr Sumaila Ethan, NDLEA Commander in the state made the disclosure at a news conference held at the agency’s state headquarters in Lafia on Tuesday to commemorate 2017 UN International Day Against Drug Abuse […]

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Nigeria has the highest TB record in Africa-Minister

Daily Dispatch July 4, 2017

The Minister of Health, Prof. Isaac Adewole, on Monday said Nigeria has the highest tuberculosis record in Africa, stressing that 80 per cent of the cases in the country yet to be diagnosed. Adewole spoke at the University College Hospital, Ibadan, while receiving laboratory equipment for the TB laboratory. The equipment was donated by the […]