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Residents of Kaduna, Katsina, Kano speak on challenges in healthcare system
23 Feb 2025 08:06 GMT
Nigeria’s healthcare system is facing numerous challenges, including inadequate infrastructure, corruption, and a shortage of skilled healthcare professionals.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that these issues have resulted in a decline in the …
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Residents of Kaduna, Katsina, Kano groan under health rots
23 Feb 2025 06:55 GMT
By NAN reporters
Nigeria’s healthcare system is facing numerous challenges, including inadequate infrastructure, corruption, and a shortage of skilled healthcare professionals.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the issues have resulted in a …
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USAID Funding Freeze Serves as Wake-up Call for Nigeria
23 Feb 2025 00:11 GMT
February 23, (THEWILL) – America’s suspension of USAID funding to Nigeria has disrupted vital programmes in healthcare, education and agriculture, exposing the fragility of a system heavily reliant on external assistance. President Donald Trump’s executive …
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“We have to go back to the basics”: A testing time for African health systems
22 Feb 2025 08:06 GMT
… emerging health threats that affect millions of Africans and … s capacity to manufacture medicines and vaccines?
Our research … committed to developing vaccines. Nigeria, for example, has … not eradicated [the disease].
The Ethiopian health system has improved …
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Trump’s AIDS Freeze: Why Nigeria Must Assume Healthcare Funding For Two Million HIV Infected Persons
22 Feb 2025 06:29 GMT
…Limited Access To HIV Drugs May Cause Initial Crisis — Pharmacists
…No Aid Cut Yet, Just Deliberations On Effectiveness, Says US Ambassador To Nigeria
The decision by President Donald Trump’s administration to halt funding for global USAID has sent …
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Emerging And Re-Emerging Infectious Diseases: Where Does Gha...
22 Feb 2025 02:01 GMT
Ghana, a West African nation with a population of approximately 33 million, has made significant strides in managing infectious diseases over the decades. However, the rise of emerging and re-emerging infectious diseases (ERIDs) poses a formidable …
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African Union tectonics shift after summit
21 Feb 2025 13:50 GMT
… represent some 1.5 billion Africans across the continent. Algeria… to the AU, Selma Malika Haddadi beat out competition from … Climate Agreement, the World Health Organization and skipping the G20 … USAID freeze hits those with HIV in Ghana
To view this video …
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Access Holdings, NIBUCAA conduct HIV tests for 2,000 participants
21 Feb 2025 00:47 GMT
The Nigerian Business Coalition Against AIDS partnered with Access Holdings to provide free HIV testing to over 2,000 participants at the Access Bank Lagos City Marathon 2025 to promote public health and reduce the spread of HIV/AIDS in the country.
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Foreign aid freeze: Nigeria’s US average $1bn annual receipt under threat
20 Feb 2025 23:12 GMT
…Emergency responses, HIV/AID, others to be hit hardest
…Suspension will create serious budgetary challenges — Experts
…Urge govt to invest in critical sectors
By Nkiruka Nnorom
Just recently, the United States of America’s President, Donald Trump, …
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Collectively, Africa can find new research funding – Expert
20 Feb 2025 23:08 GMT
… health emergencies and outbreaks, such as the recent Marburg virus … the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention can … of Excellence, the Pan-African University, the African Research … the importance of addressing Africa-specific challenges that may …