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UTIs typically occur when bacteria enter the urinary tract through the urethra and begin to spread in the bladder. The urinary system is designed to keep out bacteria. But the defenses sometimes fail. When that happens, bacteria may take hold…
Weight loss or gain has become a trending lifestyle in our communities and societies as most people want to look like the models they see on television, billboards, in the magazines, and even on social media, prompting manufacturers of body…
World Breastfeeding Week kicks off each year on the 1st of August and runs until the 7th. This special event aims to highlight the huge benefits that breastfeeding can bring to both the health and welfare of babies. It also…
This edition focuses on hepatitis, a disease of the liver caused by 5 different viruses and yet not known by a lot people. In fact, most of the 400 million people with chronic hepatitis B and C, the most severe…
This edition focuses on the World Health Organization’s Strengthening and Utilization of Emergency Response Groups (SURGE) initiative and the dozens of health professionals who recently concluded their training under this program. Now, SURGE is one of three flagship programs by…
The first part of our program will focus on one of the most common human illnesses – Skin disease. This comes as the world marks Skin Health Day which falls on July 8. Now this special event is a global…
We begin this edition with updates from the 4th edition of the West African Aedes Surveillance Network, WAASUN, annual meeting. In Sub-Saharan Africa, Aedes-borne arboviral diseases such as dengue, Zika and chikungunya are being reported with increasing frequency. The West…
The first part of the programme will focus on a high-level event which was on Thursday co-hosted in Paris by the Government of France, the African Union and Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, along with the support of Team Europe. The…
World Sickle Cell Day marked annually on June 19, calls for the building and strengthening of Global Sickle Cell Communities, Formalizing New-born Screening and Knowing your Sickle Cell Disease Status. It also aims to increase public knowledge and an understanding…
International Albinism Awareness Day, IAAD, is marked annually on June 13 to raise awareness about the condition and to stop the brutalities against people with albinism. The day also illuminates the challenges faced by those with albinism and promotes their…
Globally, there is a regression in the progress of women’s rights protection, increased rates of domestic violence, and amplified poverty in women. Pregnancy and childbirth, compounded by gender inequalities, expose women and adolescent girls, especially, to sexual and reproductive health…
This edition focuses on raising the alarm on the dangers of tobacco use. You will agree with me that the tobacco epidemic is one of the biggest public health threats the world has ever faced. According to the World Health…
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