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World Health Day: WHO urges countries to prioritise health in national budgets

THE World Health Organisation (WHO) has urged countries to prioritise health systems in their budgets as part of ways...

3.9m doses of AstraZeneca vaccine arrives in Nigeria, but who gets what?

NIGERIA has received 3.9 million doses of AstraZeneca vaccine through the COVAX Facility in partnership with the World Health...
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Africa needs $9 billion to purchase 1.4 billion doses of COVID-19 vaccines – WHO

THE World Health Organisation, WHO disclosed that Africa needs at least $9 billion to procure and distribute 1.4 billion...

Oyo state approves 6-month maternity leave for state civil servants

THE Oyo state government has approved a six month maternity leave period for pregnant women and nursing mothers in...
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WHO declares Africa free of wild polio disease

THE World Health Organisation (WHO), has certified Africa free of the wild polio virus, after Nigeria, the last country...

Globally, 818m children lack access to soap and water in their schools – Report

NOT less than 818 million children in the world lacked basic handwashing facilities in their schools, latest data by...
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