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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...

Google announces N75m equity-free fund for Nigerian SMBs

Google has announced the opening of applications for the Hustle Academy SMB Fund...

Health

NACA advocates for collective action against HIV ahead of 2030

... As 26,000 children got infected with HIV in 2023 The Director-General of the National Agency for the Control of AIDS (NACA), Dr. Temitope Ilori...

USAID set to support Nigeria with 4.8m doses of malaria tablets

The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) has committed $2.3 million to procure 4.8 million doses of life-saving malaria tablets from Swiss Pharma (Swipha)...

NACA advocates for collective action against HIV ahead of 2030

... As 26,000 children got infected with HIV in 2023 The Director-General of the National Agency for the Control of AIDS (NACA), Dr. Temitope Ilori has called for an urgent need for collective action to eliminate mother-to-child transmission of HIV before 2030. This is following a revelation, by Dr. Ilori, that approximately 26,000 children aged zero to 14 contracted HIV in 2023, with 15,000 succumbing to the disease during the year.Dr. Ilori disclosed the figures recently in Osogbo, Osun state, during the inauguration of the Prevention of Mother-to-Child Transmission (PMTCT) and Pediatric...

12 African countries get 18 million doses of preliminary malaria vaccine allocation for 2023–2025

Twelve countries across different regions in Africa, excluding Nigeria, will receive 18 million doses of the first-ever malaria vaccine over the next two years. This...

Bill Gates says Nigerians should be excited about AI in the area of health innovations

The co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and Microsoft co-founder, Bill Gates said people across the world, especially Nigerians should be excited...