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Negotiators at a global climate conference signed a $300 billion-a-year deal to finance emissions reduction — that developing nations say falls way short of their expectations.
Climate Health Pharma

Global warming on backburner; vexed financing deal sees light at COP29 

Global representatives at a climate conference signed a $300 billion-a-year deal to finance emissions reductions — a move developing nations say falls way.

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Researchers have found genomic variants in one-third of people from the West African countries of Ghana and Nigeria that significantly increase the risk of developing kidney diseases.
Drugs Health Medical

One-third of West Africans have gene variants causing kidney disease

Researchers have found genomic variants in one-third of people from the West African countries of Ghana and Nigeria that significantly increase the risk.

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A new strain of monkeypox virus named as MPXV clade Ib, which originated in the Democratic Republic of the Congo recently, is behind the surge of cases reported and transmitted through sexual contact.
Drugs Health Pharma

New mpox virus strain, sexual contact, behind a surge in cases: WHO 

A new strain of monkeypox virus named as MPXV clade Ib, which originated in the Democratic Republic of the Congo recently, is behind.

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Fifty-three nations have adopted best practice policies to eliminate trans fats in foods — benefitting 46% of the world’s population, or about 3.7 billion people, according to the UN.
Drugs Health Pharma

Global fight against trans fats proving successful as more nations join: UN

Fifty-three nations have adopted best practice policies to eliminate trans fats in foods — benefitting 46% of the world’s population, or about 3.7.

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The UNICEF and the private-public partnership Gavi Vaccine Alliance will roll out its malaria vaccine for the first time in nine African countries to fight one of the deadliest diseases in the continent, according to the WHO.
Drugs Health Pharma

Nigeria first to introduce new 5-strain protective meningitis vaccine

HQ Team April 25, 2024: Nigeria has become the first African nation to introduce the latest cutting-edge meningitis vaccine with protection against five.

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The WHO, has included noma in its official list of neglected tropical diseases to expand health services to the world’s most vulnerable populations.
Drugs Health Pharma

Noma added to WHO’s list of 21 neglected tropical diseases 

HQ Team December 21, 2023: The WHO, has included noma in its official list of neglected tropical diseases to expand health services to.

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Mosquitoes by the evening. Image Credit: Wolfgang Hasselmann on Unsplash
Climate Drugs Pharma

WHO global malaria strategy ‘off track by a wide margin’

HQ Team November 30, 2023: The Covid-19 pandemic significantly disrupted malaria services, leading to a surge in both incidence and mortality rates, exacerbating.

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Nigeria has recorded an “unusual” rise in diphtheria with 5,898 cases being reported during three months ended August.
Drugs Health Pharma

Diphtheria cases in Nigeria on an ‘unusual’ climb: WHO

Nigeria has recorded an “unusual” rise in diphtheria with 5,898 cases being reported during the three months ended August.

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Children living in the Central African Republic, Chad, Nigeria, Guinea, Somalia and Guinea-Bissau are most vulnerable to cyclones, heat waves, access to essential services and other environmental shocks, a new UN report revealed.
Climate Health Pharma

African children most at risk to climate change, UN calls for more funds 

HQ Team September 2, 2023: Children living in the Central African Republic, Chad, Nigeria, Guinea, Somalia and Guinea-Bissau are most vulnerable to cyclones,.

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