The floods – the most devastating in recent years with unprecedented scale and severity – have mainly affected Cameroon, Chad, Guinea, Mali, Niger and Nigeria, and displaced more than 500 000 people, ...

Sudan is facing a deadly cholera epidemic while overwhelmed by war, flooding, other infectious diseases, and a devastated ...

Increased flooding is also likely to spread malaria and other vector-borne diseases, as well as diarrhoeal diseases like cholera – the seventh biggest ... an important step toward reducing the adverse ...

More than five million Nigerians have been displaced by floods between 2012 and 2022. However, a vast majority of this large number of ...

Dr Gagandeep Kang received the Gairdner Global Health Award for her work on diarrhoea among children that led development of ...

The Federal Government has said improving health outcomes must begin with a strong emphasis on Primary Health Care(PHC) ...

An alarming view has come to light in New Delhi as the Yamuna River is covered with a thick layer of white foam. This ...

The President of the Atebubu Traditional Council, His Royal Majesty Ohempong Dr . Yeboah Asiamah, has urged public ...

Importantly, the emergence of other potential public health crises—such as cholera, monkey pox, hypertension, and diabetes—increases the urgency of ending the long-standing battle against polio. This ...

More than five million Nigerians have been displaced by floods between 2012 and 2022. Ngwodo noted that both in the short, medium, and long term, the youth bear the brunt of climate change, adding ...

Opinion - The Federal Environmental Protection Agency (FEPA) is charged with the overall responsibility of protecting and developing the Nigerian environment. Established by Decree 55 of December 30, ...

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