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LAPO MfB, IITA, Water.org, IFC, others collaborate to strengthen ESG commitments, deepen sustainability impact

LAPO Microfinance Bank Partners with IITA, Water.org, IFC, and Others to Strengthen ESG...

Ramadan 2024: Islamic philanthropy surges to record high as UN delivers warning

Islamic philanthropy raised a record $46 million for 2 million displaced people in...

Battling green skill shortage in the quest for a sustainable economy

Growth in demand for green skills is outpacing the increase in supply -...

Nigeria to get WHO-recommended new malaria vaccine by Mid-2024

The World Health Organisation has recommended a new vaccine, R21/Matrix-M, for the prevention...

Health

France, EU commit €10.2m to Qualimeds Nigeria Project

The European Union (EU) and France have committed a €10.2 million investment to strengthen Nigeria’s pharmaceutical manufacturing capacity, in what officials describe as a major...

NCDC plans preventive measures against new Ebola threat

...warns Nigerians against contact with fruit bats, monkeys, apes, raw and undercooked meat THE Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention says it has activated plans...

France, EU commit €10.2m to Qualimeds Nigeria Project

The European Union (EU) and France have committed a €10.2 million investment to strengthen Nigeria’s pharmaceutical manufacturing capacity, in what officials describe as a major step towards health sovereignty and industrial transformation and boosting local pharmaceutical production. The investment, announced under the Global Gateway’s Manufacturing and Access to Vaccines, Medicines and Health Technologies (MAV+) Initiative, will fund the Quality Uplift for Advancing Local Industry in Medicine Standards (Qualimeds Nigeria) project—a 44-month programme designed to modernise local production, improve medicine quality and expand access to essential health technologies. According to the agreement signed...

JCI, FRSC, LASTMA, other partners train 50 youths on emergency response

A Local Organization (LO) of the world’s foremost enterprising youths leadership organization, Junior Chamber International (JCI); JCI Lagos City, with its Banjo/Agaptus Safety Seminar...

Xcene Research, partners take actions to commemorate International Clinical Trials Day

In commemoration of the International Clinical Trials Day 2024, Xcene Research, a leading clinical research organization (CRO) in Nigeria, was joined by key partners...

HPV vaccine: FGN to commence second phase of rollout by May 27

UNICEF optimistic that 80% of Nigerian girls would receive HPV vaccine by December The Federal Government of Nigeria has assured that the second phase of...

FMoHSW sets nine-point strategic plan to end malaria

As part of efforts to provide an avenue for all stakeholders in the fight to make Nigeria a malaria-free nation, the country's Federal Ministry...

NLNG’s Hospital Support Programme includes new set of health institutions

The Nigeria LNG (NLNG) has signed Memoranda of Understanding (MOU) with additional three hospitals to complete the second phase of its multi-billion-naira Hospital Support...

Japa hits hard, cripples Igbobi Orthopaedic Hospital

… As outpatients resort to sleepovers to access scarce services By Obiajulu Agu The National Orthopaedic Hospital Igbobi Lagos (NOHIL) is barely limping along, as it...

Kwara Government shuts abattoir over poisoned beef

The Kwara State Government has announced a temporary shutdown of the abattoir at Mandate Market in Ilorin, the state capital. This was after reports, from Kwara Monitoring...

FGN unveils herbal remedies for diabetes, sickle cell, others

The Federal Government of Nigeria (FGN) has presented four herbal products developed by the Nigeria Natural Medicine Development Agency for the management of diabetes...

Anambra’s First Lady donates multivitamin supplements to over 26,000 elderly ones

The Wife of the Anambra State Governor, Dr. Nonye Soludo, has donated cartons of multivitamin supplements to over 26,000 elderly in the state to...