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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…
Whether you’re laughing at a sitcom on Television or quietly giggling at a newspaper cartoon, social media statuses, and videos, laughing does you good. Laughter is a great form of stress relief, and that is no joke. Now, a good…
The first part of the program spotlights asthma, a condition in which your airways narrow and swell and may produce extra mucus. This can make breathing difficult and trigger coughing, a whistling sound when you breathe out, and shortness of…
This edition of the programme, we will be talking about Prostate cancer, a type of cancer that occurs in the prostate. The prostate is a small walnut-shaped gland located between the penis and the bladder. Its main function is the…
This edition focuses on an important occasion, World Malaria Day, celebrated annually on April 25 to highlight the need for continued investment and sustained political commitment for malaria prevention and control. This year’s theme is “Accelerate the fight against malaria…
In this edition, we will discuss hemophilia, a rare condition that affects the blood’s ability to clot. It is usually inherited and most people who have it are male. Normally, when you cut yourself, a clot forms and this makes…
It is no news that populations in countries of the Sub-region have been experiencing rapid changes with increases in life expectancy. This unfortunately has added to the burden of age-related and neuro-degenerative conditions, one of which is Parkinson’s disease, a…
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