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Ibidero scheme: Ogun State’s strategic move against maternal mortality
“Maternal mortality health is a very sensitive indicator. All you need to look at is a country’s maternal mortality rate. That is a...
Dark side of female genital mutilation
By Joan Obinagwam The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) defines female genital mutilation (FGM) is a harmful practice that involves the partial or...
WHO raises alarm over effects of untested Artificial Intelligence tools on patients
World Health Organization (WHO) has warned that cautionary measures normally applied to any new technology are not being exercised consistently with regard to...
WHO calls for crackdown on formula milk companies to safeguard nursing mothers
World Health Organization’s (WHO) scientist, Prof Nigel Rollins, has called for an urgent clampdown on the exploitative marketing activities of infant formula milk...
First malaria vaccine underway as UNICEF awards $170 million to GSK for supply
United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has awarded a contract for the first ever supply of a malaria vaccine to GSK with a value...
WHO tasks countries to make mental health support part of climate action plans
World Health Organization (WHO) has called on countries to imbibe mental health support in national responses to climate change. Confiance News gathered from...
How to detect symptoms of Omicron variant
A doctor in South Africa, one of the first persons to suspect the emergence of a different virus strain, assured that the symptoms...
‘Less than 25% of countries fully implement national health, climate change plans,’ says WHO report
Only around a quarter of countries have been able to fully implement national health and climate change plans or strategies. The 2021 World...
