Health

Stakeholders advocate higher taxation of sugar-sweetened beverages

SOME stakeholders have urged the Federal Government to fully implement and increase taxation on sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs) in line...
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Nigeria to vaccinate 7.7 million girls against leading cause of cervical cancer

THE Nigerian Government has introduced the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine into its routine immunization system. Consequently, the country aims to...
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13 years after, another multimillion-naira hospital project in FCT lay in ruins 

MORE than a decade has passed, but a proposed cottage hospital in New Kutunku, Gwagwalada, meant to be completed...
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A year after commissioning, multibillion-naira SDGs projects rot away in Osun

IN a bid to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the Nigerian government, through the Office of the Senior...
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Cholera: Growing concern as Abuja communities struggle with potable water, open defecation

Lack of potable water and poor personal and environmental hygiene have been identified as two of the major causes...
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Only 20% of Nigerian PHCs are functional – Reps

THE House of Representatives has asked the Federal Government to declare a state of emergency in the health sector,...
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