Mpox virus evolving due to sustained human transmission
Mpox virus evolving due to sustained human transmission Virus has been transmitting among people for longer than expected. Human-to-human transmission, rather than zoonotic spillover, is...
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Featured How disease models overlook human behaviour factor
How disease models overlook human behaviour factor By Faith Awa Maji The South African mathematicians have devised a disease model that seeks to explain the gap...
UNICEF tags Kano diphtheria epicentre in Nigeria
UNICEF tags Kano diphtheria epicentre in Nigeria …Records 11 deaths, 5800 cases since January By Faith Awa Maji, Katsina The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF)...
Katsina: We’ll offer scholarship to 34 medical students – Gov Radda tells WHO, NPHCDA
Katsina: We’ll offer scholarship to 34 medical students – Gov Radda tells WHO, NPHCDA By Faith Awa Maji, Katsina No fewer than 34 students who...
Featured Nasarawa to administer cervical, breast cancer vaccines on girls
Nasarawa to administer cervical, breast cancer vaccines on girls The Nasarawa State government has announced its plans to administer vaccines on girls between ages 9-14...
Extend breastfeeding policy to six months, UNICEF tells Katsina govt
Extend breastfeeding policy to six months, UNICEF tells Katsina govt Danjuma Michael, Katsina The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), has called on the Katsina State...
Again, UNICEF harps on breastfeeding benefits
Again, UNICEF harps on breastfeeding benefits By Faith Awa Maji, Katsina The Chief, UNICEF Field Office, Kano, Mr. Rahama Rihood Mohammed Farah, has urged the...
World Breastfeeding Week: Katsina First Lady identifies harmful breastfeeding practices
World Breastfeeding Week: Katsina First Lady identifies harmful breastfeeding practices By Faith Awa Maji, Katsina Katsina State First Lady, Hajiya Zulaihat Dikko Radda, has frowned...
Katsina Gov distributes 198 motorcycles to RI officers, to establish 361 healthcare facilities
Katsina Gov distributes 198 motorcycles to RI officers, to establish 361 healthcare facilities By Faith Awa Maji, Katsina The Katsina State Governor, Mallam Dikko Umaru...
Routine Immunization: 600,000 children unimmunized in Northwest – UNICEF
Routine Immunization: 600,000 children unimmunized in Northwest – UNICEF …Says situation unacceptable By Faith Awa Maji, Katsina Myths and misinformation around routine immunization in the...