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African Region

Achieving polio eradication in Nigeria: Prospect and challenges

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For more than two decades, polio had continue to constitute an intractable challenge to global public health and indeed the African Region. Polio was endemic in most countries in the African Region in the 1990s, with 12,000 cases reported each year in the Region. The virus was resilient and intimidating. In 2008, the World Health […]

Over 7m die from tobacco, heart disease annually – WHO

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World Health Organisation, (WHO) has said that tobacco epidemic is one of the biggest public health threats the world has ever faced, killing more than 7 million people annually. This was contained in a statement by WHO to commemorate the ‘’World Tobacco Day’’ The statement quoted WHO Regional Director Dr. Matshidiso Moeti, as saying that […]