UN, partners step up assistance in north-east Nigeria, call for more action
Post Views: 1,032 United Nations agencies and partners in north-eastern Nigeria are reporting high levels of severe malnutrition and desperate
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HEALTH
Stakeholders to discuss mercury amalgam alternatives at college scientific conference
Post Views: 1,163 Dental health practitioners including civil society organisations and other stakeholders would next week Tuesday and Wednesday- 28th
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Nigeria: Expert bemoans slow process on Minamata Convention ratification
Post Views: 1,284 Apparently displeased by the slow process through the Minamata Initial Assessment (MIA) embarked on by the
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Global cost of lead exposure now $977bn annually, India $236bn
Post Views: 1,268 A new interactive map shows that lead exposure costs India US$ 236 billion annually while worldwide it
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Peru declares state of emergency as mercury contamination poisons people, planet
Post Views: 1,244 Peru’s government has declared a two-month state of emergency across 11 Amazon jungle districts due to mercury
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Ethiopian minister, Tedros Adhanom, eyes WHO top job
Post Views: 1,345 Ethiopia’s foreign minister and previous health minister, Tedros Adhanom, has thrown his hat into the ring as
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Warming linked to spread of zika virus
Post Views: 1,246 The Zika virus, transmitted by the same mosquito as dengue fever, has spread with alarming speed throughout
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Groups seek legal framework on lead paints
Post Views: 1,582 Sustainable Research and Action for Development (SRADev) Nigeria, a Non-Government Organisation and some civil societies in the
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Experts explore ways to promote health, climate policies links
Post Views: 1,244 Against the backdrop of outbreak of diseases and the need to promote clean environment, key policymakers and
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Climate swells tide of migrants
Post Views: 1,036 Thousands of people – old, young and babies –struggle to reach the coasts of Europe, many dying
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