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Expert Warns Against Use Of Saliva As Sex Lubricant
A medical expert, Dr Kolade Johnson, has warned against the practice of using saliva as a lubricant during sex.
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NCAA Put Airlines On Alert Over Coronavirus
The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has put all Airline Operators, Air Navigation Service Providers (ANSP) and Aerodrome Operators on alert over the outbreak of Coronavirus.
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USAID Reaches Over 1.5 million Vulnerable Nigerians With HIV Control Activity
The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) closed the books on a long running activity that provided high quality and stigma-free HIV prevention services to some of the most at-risk populations with the overall aim to control and ultimately eradicate the deadly virus in in Nigeria. Along the way the Integrated Most-at-Risk-Populations HIV Prevention Project provided testing for HIV, …
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Bayelsa Health Insurance Rakes 2.60b, Mgt Assures Of Continuity.
Management of the Bayelsa state Health insurance scheme,BHIS say the scheme despite the initial hiccups experienced trying to register beneficiaries have succeeded in enrolling over 113,814 beneficiaries.
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Youth Advocates Call For More Hiv Interventions For Marginalised Communities
Youth advocates have called on the government and other stakeholders to deliberately and consistently create programs and interventions for young people living in marginalised communities. This is because most vulnerable and marginalised young people are seriously underrepresented in development programs including HIV prevention programs. The call was made at a One-Day Community Outreach held on the 14th of December, 2019 …
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AfDB Approves N44.7bn For Water Supply In Ondo
Water Supply and Sanitation Project in Nigeria has received a boost as the Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) on Thursday approved a N 44.7 billion ($ 124.2 million) loan to finance the Urban Water Sector Reform and Akure. The amount also includes an African Growing Together Fund (AGTF) loan of $20 million, to finance the project …
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Scores Awarded As FMC Yenagoa Marks Anniversary.
Scores of staffers of the Federal Medical Centre,FMC Yenagoa Thursday bagged different categories of awards as the Federal Government owned tertiary medical facility marked its 20th anniversary and annual end of year ceremonies.
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Lagos And The Prospect Of A Waste Free Future
Dr. Muyiwa Gbadegesin Just recently, we introduced the Blue Box initiative – a waste collection programme designed to help residents sort recyclable waste from the source, that is, at the point where an item or material is considered waste. This eliminates the landfill process for recyclables, and we see this as a long term step by step and collaborative approach, …
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WHO To Provide Insulin In Nigeria, Others
By Bayo Akinloye Last November, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced the start of a pilot programme to prequalify human insulin to increase treatment for diabetes in low- and middle-income countries like Nigeria. This is important to forestall a looming medical disaster. According to eMediHealth (a resource of expert-reviewed health information drawn from the knowledge and experience of several practising and certified health experts, providing …
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“Nigeria Loses 68,000 Women Yearly To Pregnancy, Childbirth Complications”
Nigeria is losing 68,000 women yearly as a result of pregnancy and child birth complications, Prof. Dolapo Lufadeju, the National Coordinator, Rotary International Project on National Family Planning Campaign, has said.
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