The global communities score pass marks on efforts to reduce the transmission of HIV infections, but not without some challenges. WINIFRED OGBEBO reports. The latest report by the Joint United
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New Partnership Merges Education, HIV, Reproductive Health for Young
November 28, 2011 Comment Off 34 ViewsInternational health organisations have launched a two-year project backing calls to integrate reproductive health and HIV/AIDS services in six African countries. The project known as The
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Nigerian labs below WHO standard – Survey
November 22, 2011 Comment Off 65 ViewsA NEW study conducted by a group of researchers at the Nigerian Institute of Medical Research, NIMR, has called for concern on the accuracy, reliability and timeliness of clinical
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Dangerous TB spreading at alarming rate in Europe-WHO
September 19, 2011 Comment Off 50 ViewsBy Kate Kelland, Tue Sep 13, 2011 7:01pm EDT * Tuberculosis has come back "with a vengeance" in Europe * More than 80,000 cases in WHO's European region each year * Drug-resistant
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Nigeria residents try to recover from deadly flood
September 7, 2011 Comment Off 89 ViewsIBADAN, Nigeria -- Residents of Nigeria's flood-stricken southwest say they are trying to recover after torrential rains washed away homes and killed more than 100 people. Ibadan resident
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Nigerian claimants collect first Pfizer suit payout
August 15, 2011 Comment Off 234 ViewsKANO, Nigeria | Thu Aug 11, 2011 11:59am EDT KANO, Nigeria Aug 11 (Reuters) - The parents of four Nigerian children who died during a 1996 meningitis outbreak in a case involving accusations
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In Nigeria, Selling Men On Birth Control Is An Uphill Battle
August 10, 2011 Comment Off 80 ViewsGEORGE OSODI/ASSOCIATED PRESS Although various types of contraceptive methods are available in Nigeria, about 20 percent of women say they're not able to access them. Sometimes their husbands
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Nigeria parents risk jail for skipping polio drops
August 2, 2011 Comment Off 53 ViewsIBRAHIM GARBA Associated Press= KANO, Nigeria (AP) — Parents who do not allow their children to be vaccinated against polio now risk jail time for defying a government order aimed at ensuring
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Jonathan assures on Nigeria’s commitment to HIV/AIDS fight
June 10, 2011 Comment Off 67 ViewsPresident Goodluck Jonathan yesterday in New York assured the international community of the commitment of the Nigerian government to reducing the rate of HIV infection in the country. Addressing
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Scientists show heart can repair itself, with help
June 10, 2011 Comment Off 39 ViewsLONDON (Reuters) - British scientists have managed to transform a type of stem-like cell in adult mouse hearts into functioning heart muscle in research proving that the heart has dormant repair
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