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World Health Organization
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...
‘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...
Expert says mothers suffering Covid-19 can still breastfeed
A Nigerian pediatrician, Dr Rose Ameh, says breastfeeding mothers with the COVID-19 virus can still breastfeed their babies, because breastfeeding and skin-to-skin contact...
How coronavirus pandemic launched Amazon founder, Jeff Bezos, to $200 billion net worth
By Chioma Obinagwam Amazon.com inc. founder, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and the world’s richest person, Jeff Bezos, is the first person ever to...
Why there is urgent need for investment in nurses
The Covid-19 pandemic underscores the urgent need to strengthen the global health workforce. Confiance News gathered from a statement posted on its website...
Why you are more likely to contract coronavirus if you belong to these blood groups
A research report by scientists in China suggesting that people with certain blood types may be more susceptible to the COVID-19 virus has...
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Again Ikeja Electric customers experience frustration in recharging energy tokens
By Chioma Obinagwam Customers of Ikeja Electric Distribution Company (DisCo) have been thrown into darkness because they cannot buy tokens and some of...