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Nigeria to Partner With Cuba on Vaccine Production
Nigeria’s National Biotechnology Development Agency (NABDA) is to partner with Cuba in producing vaccines against killer diseases, Professor Lucy Ogbadu, the Director-General of the agency has revealed.She said on Monday in Abuja that it was disheartening that Nigeria had not been able to produce vaccines against typhoid and other killer diseases.
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Unhealthy Environment a Factor in Millions of Deaths Worldwide
Living or working in an unhealthy environment caused almost one-quarter of all deaths worldwide in 2012, a report made public Tuesday by the World Health Organization (WHO) found.
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Clean Street Food Project Launched
With a view to raise the safety standards of foods sold on streets across the capital city of New Delhi, the Union Minister for Health & Family Welfare J P Nadda launched Project ‘Clean Street Food’ in the presence of Rajiv Pratap Rudy, Union Minister of State for Skill Development & Entrepreneurship (Independent Charge), on Sunday.
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Blood Money: The Race to Crack India’s Lucrative Menstruation Market
Every evening after work, 27-year-old Paravi* prepares for her upcoming wedding. She reads bridal magazines and hones her cooking, while her aunties regale her with funny tales of married life.
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Medecins Sans Frontieres Files to Block Pfizer Patent on Pneumonia Vaccine in India
The charity Medicins Sans Frontieres has formally opposed U.S. firm Pfizer Inc's application for an Indian patent on a highly effective pneumonia vaccine, saying it could deprive many developing nations of cheaper copies of the drug.
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How Should We Measure Access to Health Care?
Nearly 300 civil society organizations working in global health are lobbying United Nations member states to undo proposed changes in the measurement of universal health coverage as part of the newly approved Sustainable Development Goals.
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Zika-Carrying Mosquitoes Developing Resistance to Top Insecticide
The advice is right there, on the website of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. To avoid contracting Zika, treat your clothing with an insecticide known as permethrin or buy apparel that is already treated with it.
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Weekly Roundup: Obama Chases Bush’s Africa Legacy, Kenya’s Diaspora Leadership and Gray Ghost’s $60M Fund
It’s incongruous to many that the son of a Kenyan is widely perceived to have done less to help Africa than a predecessor best known for putting the U.S. in a bad war and a bad light in so many other places around the globe. Could the President’s Malaria Initiative help change those perceptions?
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