Category: Africa
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Part One: My Biofortification Story
Here’s to me saying goodbye to micronutrient deficiency one child, one woman at a time….. I love biofortification and the various options it offers, its role in ensuring a micronutrient deficiency-free world and the wealth hidden within it; the investment opportunities are endless (I heard a lot of farmers are millionaires already). For instance, its…
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GAMBIA SAYS NO TO FEMALE GENITAL MUTILATION
The Gambian government has introduced a ban on Female Genital Mutilation (FGM ) which comes into effect immediately. The country’s leader – President Yahya Jammeh made a public proclamation outlawing the ancient practice. He reportedly pointed out that since his country was in the twenty first century, practices such as FGM have no place…
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THE FUTURE OF HEALTH CONFERENCE 2015
The Future of Health conference will hold at the Shehu Yar’Adua Centre and will host speakers from the public, private and non-governmental sectors, seeking solutions to some of the most complex problems facing the sector. The Nigerian health sector has not kept pace with the exponential growth seen in other sectors of the Nigerian…
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