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

The chocolate crisis is here
The global chocolate industry is facing its worst crisis since Johnny Depp played Willy Wonka. Demand for chocolate is vastly outweighing the available cocoa supply, leading to skyrocketing cocoa prices that will inevitably make chocolate treats more expensive in supermarkets around the world. The…#willywonka #african #westafrican #ivorycoast #ghana #cameroon #nigeria #bloombergopinions #javierblas #circana (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - March 17, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Automakers Are Telling Your Insurance Company How You Really Drive
How do you know the internet has a deepfake porn problem? Just look at copyright takedown requests. WIRED found this week that Google is receiving thousands of Digital Millennium Copyright Act complaints for deepfake nudes, most of which are published by just a handful of websites. Experts say the…#google #dmca #airbnb #nadeemanjarwalla #nigeria #pentagon #section702 #donaldtrump #trump #discord (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - March 17, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Detained Binance Executives to Remain in Nigerian Custody Until Hearing: WSJ
None Two Binance executives, Tigran Gambaryan and Nadeem Anjarwalla, will remain in Nigerian custody at least until a hearing on March 20. • None The men were arrested on Feb. 26 after flying to Abuja to meet with the Nigerian government at the government's invitation. • None The country is…#nadeemanjarwalla #nigerian #naira #binance #nigeria #ukkenyan #africa #abuja #anjarwalla #olayemicardoso (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - March 16, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Space scientist Maggie Aderin-Pocock: ‘I was underestimated as a child. I want to tell kids to reach for the stars’
The Sky at Night presenter on science, school and Star TrekBorn in London in 1968 to Nigerian parents, Maggie Aderin-Pocock is a scientist and presenter of The Sky at Night. She trained as a physicist – graduating from Imperial College London with a PhD in 1994, and working for the Ministry of Defence on landmine detection and missile warning systems. She has since designed a host of space instruments, become the first Black woman to win a gold medal in the Physics News Award and in 2013 took o ver fromPatrick Moore as a co-host of the BBC ’s long-running astronomy show. Aderin-Pocock is one of the panel...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - March 16, 2024 Category: Science Authors: Harriet Gibsone Tags: Life and style Family Space Science Source Type: news

Biden pressured to intervene in U.S. citizens' detention by Nigeria
The Chamber of Digital Commerce believes that Gambaryan’s detention is arbitrary, without due process, and presents a significant challenge to international law norms and diplomatic relations. (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - March 16, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Africa: President Tinubu Formally Approves Seat for Africa CDC Western Regional Coordinating Centre (Rcc) in Nigeria
[Africa CDC] President Bola Tinubu signed the host agreement for the Africa CDC's Western Regional Coordinating Centre to be situated in Abuja, Nigeria. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - March 16, 2024 Category: African Health Tags: Africa External Relations Health and Medicine International Organizations and Africa Nigeria West Africa Source Type: news

Cut submarine cables cause web outages across Africa; 6 countries still affected
Thirteen countries across Africa experienced Internet outages on Thursday due to damage to submarine fiber optic cables. Some countries, including Ghana and Nigeria, are still suffering from nationwide outages. Multiple network providers reported Internet outages yesterday, and Cloudflare's Radar…#africa #ghana #nigeria #cloudflare #radar #westafrica #southafrica #benin #burkinafaso #cameroon (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - March 16, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Africans Can Solve the Disease that Haunts Us — Here’s How
It is critical that African scientists tackle African problems, and the reasons extend beyond access. Credit: Jeffrey Moyo/IPS. By Khisi MdluliBOSTON, US, Mar 15 2024 (IPS) I was born in Brakpan, Johannesburg, South Africa, and grew up in eSwatini (known then as Swaziland). People in these two countries share one predominant fear: unemployment. Other worries in these countries and others in the region include unwanted pregnancies, low income and food safety. The diseases that are dreaded the most are cancer and diabetes. Feared infectious diseases include HIV-AIDS, COVID and cholera. Even though South Africa and eSwatini a...
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - March 15, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Khisi Mdluli Tags: Africa Development & Aid Headlines Health Poverty & SDGs Source Type: news

Nigeria: Tinubu to Set Up Africa-CDC Coordinating Office in Nigeria, Upgrade Dental College to University
[Premium Times] The President made these disclosures in statements issued and signed by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Ajuri Ngelale (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - March 15, 2024 Category: African Health Tags: Education Health and Medicine Nigeria West Africa Source Type: news

Nigeria: 'Lagos May Increase Tax On Sugar-Sweetened Beverages to Reduce Disease Burden'
[Premium Times] The state health commissioner reasoned that funds raised through such a policy could be channeled specifically to the areas of the consequence of those consumptions. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - March 15, 2024 Category: African Health Tags: Economy, Business and Finance Health and Medicine Nigeria Nutrition West Africa Source Type: news

Nigeria: Tinubu Approves Relocation of Naca From Osgf to Health Ministry
[Leadership] President Bola Tinubu has approved the relocation of the National Agency for the Control of AIDS (NACA) to the Federal Ministry of Health and Social Welfare. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - March 15, 2024 Category: African Health Tags: Health and Medicine Nigeria West Africa Source Type: news

Nigeria Set for Another Rate Hike as Inflation Hits 28-Year High
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Source: Reuters: Health - March 15, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news