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Sunday April 25 2021
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The State Minister for Health in-charge of general duties, Ms Robinah Nabbanja, has commissioned a Shs1.3b piped water project and launched mass drug administration (MDA) against bilharzia and intestinal worms in Mayuge District.
Both projects were set up by World Vision which has since May 2019, partnered with Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) to implement a $3.8m (Shs14.3b) Mayuge Neglected Tropical Diseases project in the district to eliminate schistosomiasis (bilharzia) and soil transmitted helminths.
This has largely been achieved through Behavioral Change Communication (BCC), Water Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) pro-motion, preventive chemotherapy or MDA and local advocacy.
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World Malaria Day: Nigeria accounts for 24% of malaria death globally
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James Ogunnaike
ABEOKUTA – The Commissioner for Health in Ogun State, Dr. Tomi Coker at the weekend declared Nigeria accounts for about 24% of malaria deaths globally.
Coker, who disclosed this while addressing newsmen in commemoration of 2021 World Malaria Day (WMD) held at the Ministry of Health conference room, Okemosan, Abeokuta, said malaria is a disease that is preventable, treatable and curable.
The government also said the intervention will be in the area of distribution of free Long Lasting Insecticidal Nets (LLINs) to pregnant women at first booking and children under 5 years who complete immunization schedules in all public health facilities.
Johannesburg, South Africa
Data Analysis of the Polls conducted on the Internet of Good Things (IoGT), TuneMe and U-Report as part of the UNFPA/UNICEF collaboration on Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health & HIV Social Behaviour Change Communication (SBCC) and Report Writing
Purpose of consultancy:
The COVID-19 pandemic is a situation affecting billions of lives across the world. Effective management of the pandemic partly depends on communication and people’s knowledge, attitudes, behaviors, and practices about it. Moreover, to facilitate the management of a pandemic it is also critical to understand these linkages over time and how they impact children and young people’s lives. This necessitates the need for immediately available community-sourced data that can be captured in a time-series manner.
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The NCDC Director-General, Dr Chikwe Ihekweazu, made this known in an interview with News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), on Tuesday in Abuja, while providing highlights of the epidemiological situation and response activities in Nigeria.
NAN reports that Avian Influenza are strains of the influenza virus that primarily infect birds, but can also infect humans.
This type of flu is most often contracted by contact with sick birds, and can also be passed from person to person. It spreads by airborne respiratory droplets (coughs or sneezes).
Symptoms begin within two to eight days, and are like the common flu. Cough, fever, sore throat, muscle aches, headache and shortness of breath may occur.
WFP Ghana Country Brief, February, 2021
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45,000 beneficiaries targeted for nutrition support in 2021
22,020 smallholder farmers, 12 nucleus farmers and 8 aggregators targeted for capacity strengthening and market linkages in 2021
USD 6.5m six months (February-July) net funding requirements
19,696 beneficiaries received direct food assistance through vouchers in February 2021.
Operational Updates
▪ The stunting prevention distributions for children, adolescent girls and pregnant and lactating women (PLW) are ongoing in some distribution sites. 9,000 bags of 6 kg of Maizoya were received and dispatched to some retailers in Sagnarigu. This consignment will be able to serve three to seven districts. Distribution data analysis was prepared and shared with district and regional nutrition officers for presentation in their annual review meetings.