Nigeria: UNAIDS to Reduce Aids-Related Deaths to 250,000 By 2025 - Report
[Premium Times] UNAIDS noted that to achieve the Global AIDs Strategy 2021-2026 there must be a change in public health approach for drug users. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - March 19, 2024 Category: African Health Tags: HIV-Aids and STDs Health and Medicine Nigeria West Africa Source Type: news
Uber leads $100M investment in African mobility fintech Moove as valuation hits $750M
Moove, an African mobility fintech that offers vehicle financing to ride-hailing and delivery app drivers, has raised $100 million in a funding round as it plots expansion into new markets. Moove did not say who is leading the round, but sources close to the deal confirmed to TechCrunch that Uber…#african #moove #mubadala #dubai #latestventures #africinvest #palmdrivecapital #triatlumadvisors #futureafrica #nigeria (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - March 19, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Gunmen in Nigeria kidnap about 100 in weekend attacks
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Source: Reuters: Health - March 19, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Binance Receives Court Order to Release Nigerian Traders ’ Data
A Nigerian court ordered Binance to furnish detailed information regarding all Nigerian traders on its platform to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). Local outlet Peoples Gazette reported Monday that Justice Emeka Nwite issued the interim order following EFCC lawyer Ekele…#nigerian #binance #efcc #peoplesgazette #emekanwite #ekeleiheanachos #hammabello #naira #bello #binanceontopusers (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - March 19, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Nigeria: Why Nigeria's 'Baby Factories' Continue to Thrive
[DW] Child traffickers often abduct girls and young women, take them to isolated locations and impregnate them. When they give birth, their babies are sold to childless couples. The practice has existed for years in Nigeria. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - March 19, 2024 Category: African Health Tags: Children and Youth Health and Medicine Legal and Judicial Affairs Nigeria Pregnancy and Childbirth West Africa Source Type: news
Nigeria: Discrimination Against Albinos On the Rise - Napa
[Vanguard] The National Association of Persons with Albinism (NAPA) has raised the alarm over the alleged rise in cases of discrimination and injustice against persons with albinism. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - March 18, 2024 Category: African Health Tags: Health and Medicine Human Rights Nigeria West Africa Source Type: news
Machankura 2.0: Turning Feature Phones Into Bitcoin Hardware Wallets
Ngako, a 30-year-old former Amazon Web Services (AWS) developer, released Machankura into the world in the middle of 2022. And it has taken off since Ngako last spoke with CoinDesk in April 2023 . Its user base has jumped from 3,500 to 13,600 in just under a year, according to Ngako, and the…#ngako #amazonwebservices #coindesk #african #javacard #sim #bitcoin #segwit #nigeria #binance (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - March 18, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Binance just got hit with court order to release user data as Nigerian crisis worsens
Binance’s crisis in NIgeria just got worse. A court ordered the crypto exchange on Monday to produce data on thousands of users in the African nation, according to a lawyer who attended the hearing and local media reports. Binance, which has been embroiled in a high-stakes standoff with Nigeria’s…#nigeria #african #efcc #binance #naira #dlnews #tigrangambaryan #nadeemanjarwalla #kenya #richardteng (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - March 18, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
FT hires Mark as South Africa bureau chief
The Financial Times has hired Monica Mark to be its South Africa bureau chief. Mark has been the Christian Science Monitor’s Africa editor, based in Johannesburg. A British-Nigerian, she has reported from more than 20 countries in Africa, with a particular interest in offbeat longform stories. She…#monicamark #southafrica #africa #johannesburg #britishnigerian #westafrica #lagos #nigeria #guardian #dakarsenegal (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - March 18, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Nigeria: Developing a Climate Resilient WASH Policy in Nigeria Come Rain or Drought
[Nigeria Health Watch] In 2018, the Federal Government of Nigeria developed a 13-year strategy to address the WASH crisis in the country. Five years post-implementation, the strategy seems to be missing a key element -- climate change. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - March 18, 2024 Category: African Health Tags: Climate Environment Health and Medicine Nigeria West Africa Source Type: news
Nigeria: Controversy Trails Bird Flu Outbreak in Kebbi
[Daily Trust] Since the declaration of the avian influenza outbreak in Kebbi State over a month ago, controversy between poultry farmers and the state government over the genuineness of the epidemic has remained a source of concern to many residents, Daily Trust on Sunday can report. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - March 18, 2024 Category: African Health Tags: Health and Medicine Nigeria West Africa Source Type: news
Alcohol industry-sponsored music festivals, alcohol marketing and drinking practices among young Nigerians: implications for policy - Dumbili EW.
INTRODUCTION: The global alcohol industry sponsors social/music events targeting young people; however, existing literature focuses on Westernised contexts. Given the decline in young people's drinking in many Western countries, it appears that multination... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - March 18, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news
Nigeria: Promoting Accreditation for Community Health Service in Nigeria
[Nigeria Health Watch] The private sector plays a major role in reducing inequities in access to health, with over 54% of the private sector outlets providing modern contraceptives in Nigeria. Patent proprietary medicine vendors (PPMVs) and Community Pharmacists (CPs) make up an essential part of the primary health care provision in Nigeria. They are a primary source of healthcare in the communities where they serve, especially for the purchase of medicines including contraceptives and they account for about 71% of modern (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - March 18, 2024 Category: African Health Tags: Health and Medicine Nigeria West Africa Source Type: news
Biden to Secure Release of Detained Binance Execs in Nigeria
The U.S. government facing increasing pressure to take swift action to secure the release of Tigran Gambaryan, a Binance executive and former U.S. federal agent, and Nadeem Anjarwalla, another Binance executive detained by Nigerian authorities since late February. The U.S. Chamber of Digital…#tigrangambaryan #binance #nadeemanjarwalla #nigerian #chamber #nigeria (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - March 18, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Group Urges US President Joe Biden to Secure Release of ‘Kidnapped’ Former Federal Agent
The Chamber of Digital Commerce, a blockchain and crypto advocacy group, has urged U.S. President Joe Biden to assist in securing the release of a Binance executive “kidnapped” by the Nigerian government. The group warned that the Nigerian government’s arbitrary detention of Tigran Gambaryan might…#binance #nigerian #tigrangambaryan (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - March 18, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
