Africa grows more tobacco, spends more on imported cigarettes — WHO
By Damilola Samuel Tobacco-leaf production is declining worldwide but continues to rise in Africa, with the continent recording an almost nine per cent increase between 2012 and 2024, according to a new analysis by the World Health Organisation, WHO. The analysis found that global tobacco-leaf production fell by nearly 19 per cent over the same […]
Family planning: Yes for women, no for men
UNlike women, a greater percentage of men detests the family planning. To many of them, family planning is like a suicide mission which may terminate the life of any man that tries it. As Vanguard went round Ibadan city to seek the opinion of married couples on why some homes don’t subscribe to family planning, various reasons were given. They specifically complained about a particular method called vasectomy which means male sterilization. It is a procedure performed on a man that will permanently keep him from being able to get a woman pregnant.
Africa’s sustainable development begins with local capacity
Over the last decade, there has been a gradual, yet significant shift in the way large international donors give foreign aid in countries like Nigeria. Increasingly, major development donors, such as the United States Agency for International Development, USAID, have begun giving money directly to developing country governments and local non governmental organisations, NGOs.
Banking on bacteria: Study uncovers potential hotspot of microorganisms hiding at your local bank branch
Ayomikun Kade and his colleagues, Dr. Elizabeth Omotayo and Omobolanle Agbetile collected samples from four commercial banks in Lagos, the epicenter of Nigeria’s Ebola outbreak. The results were alarming: all samples from counting machines and counters were contaminated with bacteria and fungi, with bacteria having a higher population than fungi.
NAFDAC, 42 schools to fight against fake, counterfeit foods, drugs in Anambra
EKWULUOBIA-MORE than 42 secondary schools in Anambra State have been mobilized by the National Agency for Food, Drug Administration and Control, NAFDAC, for the fight against fake and counterfeit drugs and food products. The Director-General of NAFDAC, Dr. Paul Orhii, said that the students were being mobilised through the NAFDAC Consumer Safety Clubs, NCSC, in secondary schools, “which as a catch them young programme,” was yielding the needed positive results as hundreds of schools had key-in into the programme nationwide.
Way forward for polio–free society, by experts
AWKA- ANAMBRA State has been polio free for the past eight years, but the state government and its agencies are not relenting to ensure that the disease did not return. As part of the sustenance effort, the state has religiously observed the immunization programmes and recording impressive participation by the various segments of the society.
