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Dr Olushayo Olu, WHO in Rwanda, describes the work of WHO to support the Government in providing a community-based health insurance scheme for people working in the informal sector.

WHO has issued new recommendations to establish global care standards for healthy pregnant women and reduce unnecessary medical interventions. Worldwide, an estimated 140 million births take place every year. Most of these occur without complications for women and their babies.…

Barring any last minute decision by the Supreme Court, Sierra Leone will hold presidential, legislative and local government elections on March 7. This will be the fourth elections since the end of the civil war in 2002 and the first…

The government of the Caribbean republic is investigating how the charity handled the case of some staff paying for sex workers in the wake of the 2010 earthquake. The Haiti government has suspended Oxfam GB from operating in the country for two…

Olivier Mukuta and his team were among the winners at the first “blockchain hackathon” co-organized by UN Women and Innovation Norway in July 2017. Muktua’s team developed ‘VipiCash’, an app that uses blockchain technology to enable secure money transfer among…

“I am sorry to say that if Buhari is re-elected in 2019, it will not only consume Tinubu, it will consume so many other people,” Ayu had said. This is indeed very scary and grisly. Let us however subject it…

Centre for Global Solutions and Sustainable Development (CENGSSUD) has now officially announced the launching of the fourth edition of its sustainability Capacity Building program called: CORPORATE SUSTAINABILITY MANAGEMENT 4.0, ABUJA, with the Theme: Embedding and Implementing Sustainability in Corporate Strategy and…

The President of the African Development Bank, Dr. Akinwumi Adesina has made a strong case for increased American and global investments to help unlock Africa’s agriculture potential. He made the remarks as the Distinguished Guest Speaker, at the USDA’s 94th Agriculture…

By Seye Joseph — The truth is that when it comes to science, engineering and technology related professions, the number of women in the fields are infinitesimal, compare to the mammoth number of men who throng in these paths. Not…