Health

The GBCHealth’s Corporate Alliance on Malaria in Africa (CAMA), alongside the Private Sector Malaria Prevention Project (PSMP) at the John Hopkins Center for Communication, UK Aid and the National Malaria Control Programme of the Ghana Health Services, have conferred the ‘Innovation Award’ on Access Bank and other significant awards to four other organisations for their roles in combating malaria scourge …

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…Plans Summit On Maternal And Infant Mortality …Pledges To Deliver Massively On Housing, Others    From Amos Okíoma,Yenagoa The Bayelsa State Executive Council (SEC) says henceforth all pregnant women in the state will be given adequate attention by the government until they safely put to bed. This was one of the major decisions reached at the end of the 92nd …

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Founder of Action Chapel International, Archbishop Nicholas Duncan Williams, has condemned the attitude of Christian husbands in the homes, urging them to be romantic while relating with their wives. Williams made this known to his congregation during the Palm Sunday service at his church in Ghana. According to him, Christian men are boring in relationships, which have caused problems for women …

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A five-year-marriage is on the brink of collapse as Mrs. Musilimat Olasuyi told an Igando Customary Court in Lagos that her husband, Oluwagbemiga, permitted another man to sleep with her in their matrimonial home. The 48-year-old trader told the court on Monday that the man made love to her in her matrimonial home with her husband’s approval. “It was not …

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The 2018 Measles vaccination campaign for children between the age nine months and five years will hold in Lagos state from March 15- 29, 2018, the state government has announced. The Special Adviser to the Governor on Primary Health Care, Dr. Olufemi Onanuga, who made this known to newsmen on Tuesday,and he noted that 3,609,538 children were being targeted during …

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With over 100, 000 Nigerian women suffering from Endometriosis every year and a general – but sorely harmful – lack of awareness for the condition, there has never been a more important time to keep motivated and #PressforProgress in the awareness and treatment of Endometriosis. Last weekend, as part of its activities for its #BankOnHer campaign, Diamond Bank’s expression of …

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By Amos Okioma,Yenagoa. Former Governor of Anambra State Mr Peter Obi, penultimate Weekend in Yenagoa proffered panacea for Nigeria and Africa to overcome its economic challenges. Obi made the recommendations while speaking at the ongoing 2018 African SME Round Table Forum holding at the Azaiki Library in Yenagoa.. According to Obi, Nigeria and Africa required huge investment in education and …

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For the fourth consecutive year, The Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) will join other global exchanges on March 8, 2018, to ring the bell for gender equality in celebration of the 110th International Women’s Day (IWD), at the Stock Exchange House, Marina, Lagos. Themed “Press for Progress”, this edition of the celebration is aimed at motivating and uniting everyone to think, act and …

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Experts warn many of us hold false beliefs about sex They say you should not pee before, and that it will not affect your heart They also insist sex could help your headache, rather than worsen it When it comes to having sex, there are nuggets of so-called wisdom most of take as gospel. Those with dodgy hearts or bad …

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With less than 10 hours to the Valentine’s Day, stakeholders have expressed concerns about the alleged presence of fake condoms in the market. Physicians believe that when used properly, condoms can prevent sexually transmitted diseases and unwanted pregnancies. The presence of fake condoms in the market is thus a cause for concern, especially as the Valentine’s Day is just a …

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