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3 weeks ago | 
blueprint.ng | Helen Oji
The National Environmental Standards and Regulation Enforcement Agency (NESREA) on Wednesday shutdown 21 facilities in the FCT over failure to comply with extant environmental laws. Among the facilities/projects sealed were Ochacho Real Homes Limited, Idu; Cosgrove Shopping Mall Project, Wuse II; Belmont Court Idu; and 18 others. Addressing the media, the Director-General of NESREA, Prof.
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3 weeks ago | 
blueprint.ng | Helen Oji
Minister of State for Health and Social Welfare, Dr. Iziaq Adekunle Salako, has called for renewed regional cooperation, bold political will, and a shift to community-driven health systems as West African nations grapple with escalating public health challenges.
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3 weeks ago | 
blueprint.ng | Helen Oji
Environmental experts have maintained that, to curb flooding in Nigeria, there must be improved town planning as its importance in any ecological situation cannot be over-emphasised. They said proper education on the hydrography, waste management and attitudinal change of residents in waste disposal would go a long way in mitigating the impact of floods.
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3 weeks ago | 
blueprint.ng | Helen Oji
The World Health Organisation (WHO) and Medicines Patent Pool (MPP) have announced a sublicensing agreement between MPP and a Nigerian health technology company, Codix Bio, to start the development and manufacture of rapid diagnostic tests using technology transferred from global in-vitro diagnostics company, SD Biosensor (SDB).
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1 month ago | 
blueprint.ng | Helen Oji
The federal government in collaboration with Gavi vaccine alliance, has launched $191 million grant Health System Strengthening Phase 3 (HSS-3) for the next four years. The grant is to boost health system and immunisation in order to save Nigerian children from deaths resulting from vaccine-preventable diseases.
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1 month ago | 
blueprint.ng | Helen Oji
The federal government in collaboration with Gavi the vaccine alliance, has launched $191m grant Health System Strengthening Phase 3 (HSS-3) for the next 4 years. This grant is to boost health system and immunization in order to save Nigerian children from deaths resulting from vaccine-preventable diseases.
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1 month ago | 
blueprint.ng | Helen Oji
To enhance access to quality health care especially in rural and underserved communities, the Federal Ministry of Health and Social Welfare Tuesday inaugurated Renewed Hope Health Connect (RHHC) management committee to bridge the gap in healthcare delivery across the country. The RHHCC is a medical outreach programme that will be conducted in selected 55 Senatorial districts across the country, targeting the most vulnerable populations.
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1 month ago | 
blueprint.ng | Helen Oji
The deputy governor of Borno state, Umar Usman Kadafur, has commissioned a newly constructed state-of-the-art General Hospital Phase 2 Biu built and equipped by the Borno state government in collaboration with the World Health Organisation (WHO). The commissioning of the second phase of the General Hospital Biu underscores the unwavering commitment of the Borno state administration to prioritising the health and well-being of its citizens.
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1 month ago | 
blueprint.ng | Helen Oji
As Nigeria joins to commemorate World Malaria Day (WMD), the statistics have revealed that World Malaria Report (WMR) 2024 shows Nigeria alone is responsible for 27% of the global malaria cases and 31% of its global deaths.
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1 month ago | 
blueprint.ng | Helen Oji
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has said that one in 5 children in Africa are under-vaccinated. The acting WHO regional director for Africa, Dr Chikwe Ihekweazu, in his message to commemorate the 2025 African Vaccination Week from 24 to 30, said in 2023 alone, 6.7 million children received no vaccines at all. Measles outbreaks persist, while vaccine-derived poliovirus continues to pose a threat. “The theme for 2025, ‘Immunization for all is humanly possible,’ is a powerful call to action.
