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Governor Umahi’s Debonair Taste for the Health Sector: An Eye-Witness Account – Part II

Adewale A. — Fri, 11 Jun 2021 22:09:03 +0000

In my drive to judiciously evaluate and incontrovertibly unriddle the giant strides compendiously and steadily recorded in all critical sectors of the economy in the Southeast State of Ebonyi, the need for this second and concluding expository piece on one of the emerging and fast-growing economies of Nigeria becomes expedient. Upon an invitation extended to [...]

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I Advocate For Preparedness For Epidemic Outbreaks – Toyin Saraki

David Folami — Tue, 20 Mar 2018 17:04:44 +0000

Toyin Ojora-Saraki has been named as special adviser to the Independent Advisory Group (IAG) of the World Health Organisation’s (WHO) Regional Office for Africa (AFRO). The Media Office of Toyin Saraki, in a statement in Abuja on Monday, said the appointment was made earlier this month by WHO’s Regional Director for Africa, Dr. Matshidiso Moeti. [...]

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Sierra Leone declared Ebola-free

AMA — Sun, 08 Nov 2015 11:05:22 +0000

Residents of Freetown in Sierra Leone have celebrated the end of an Ebola epidemic that has killed almost 4,000 people since it began last year. Following 42 days with no new cases, the West African nation’s epidemic was declared over on Saturday at a ceremony attended by President Ernest Bai Koroma and United Nations World [...]

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#Africa > DRC measles epidemic must be halted within 60 days – MSF

AMA — Thu, 03 Sep 2015 16:26:28 +0000

The measles epidemic spreading through the Katanga province in the DR Congo has to be halted within the next sixty days, or the country would be facing a major health crisis, medical charity Doctors without Borders (MSF) has warned. Michel Janssens, coordinator for the MSF in the DR Congo, told Al Jazeera on Thursday that [...]

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