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WHO: 1 in 6 people face preventable health diseases worldwide

By The Insight Team April 2, 2025 134

Emmanuel Kwada The World Health Organization (WHO) reports that 16 per cent of the global population—over 1.3 billion people—live with some form of disability. It noted that despite their significant numbers, these individuals often experience poorer health outcomes due to systemic barriers that could be eliminated with better policies and infrastructure. From limited Continue Reading

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WHO Struggles with 20% Budget Cut Amid U.S. Exit

By The Insight Team March 29, 2025 134

Emmanuel Kwada The World Health Organization (WHO) is grappling with a significant financial setback as it proposes slashing its budget by approximately 20 percent, a move prompted by the United States’ decision to withdraw its support. The announcement, detailed in an internal email from WHO Director-General Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus and obtained by Agence Continue Reading

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WHO: Nine in Ten People Breathe Dangerous Polluted Air

By The Insight Team March 23, 2025 121

Emmanuel Kwada The Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO), Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has revealed that nine out of ten people worldwide are breathing polluted air, highlighting a severe global public health crisis. “Air pollution is a silent killer,” Tedros warned speaking from WHO headquarters in Geneva. “It affects every corner of Continue Reading

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56 YEARS LATER : Lassa Fever Continues to Haunt Nigeria, with Ondo State Topping the Chart

By The Insight Team February 13, 2025 224

By Emmanuel Kwada It has been 56 years since Lassa fever was first identified in Nigeria, in the town of Lassa, in the former North-Eastern State, now known as Borno State. The disease was discovered by a missionary nurse, Laura Wine, who reported a mysterious illness that was affecting people in the area, with the […]Continue Reading

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Many Nigerians go hungry as food inflation increases

By The Insight Team May 5, 2023 467

How to tackle food inflation: World Bank Country Director By Daniel Adaji Nigeria food inflation is on the increase and many Nigerians may be food-insecure in the year 2023. As of March 2023, food inflation had risen to 24.45% on a year-on-year basis, according to the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS). This increase resulted in […]Continue Reading

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Whistleblowing as a strategy for tackling gender-based violence in Nigeria

By The Insight Team May 5, 2023 271

By Nkechi Ugwu Repeatedly, studies have shown that there is a rising incidence of gender-based violence occurring in different forms in Nigeria. These include sexual harassment, rape, physical violence, socio-economic violence, emotional and psychological violence, harmful traditional practices, online bullying, and trafficking of women, among others. Gender-Based Violence Continue Reading

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Nigeria’s total trade hits N11.722bn in Q4 2022

By The Insight Team March 10, 2023 322

The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) says Nigeria’s total merchandise trade stood at N11,722.44 billion in the fourth quarter of 2022. This is according to the NBS Foreign Trade in Goods Statistics Report for Q4 2022 released in Abuja on Friday. The NBS said total exports stood at N6,359.61 billion and total imports stood at […]Continue Reading

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FACTSHEET: What you should know about the diphtheria outbreak in Nigeria

By The Insight Team February 5, 2023 551

An outbreak of diphtheria, a serious disease that is especially harmful to children, has been confirmed in Nigeria. But what is diphtheria, and what leads to its spread? The agency that tackles public health emergencies in Nigeria has raised the alarm over an outbreak of diphtheria, a serious bacterial infection. In an advisory on 20 […]Continue Reading

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Report: 34 States fail to meet the 15% adequate health funding benchmark between 2020 and 2022

By The Insight Team October 5, 2022 323

Nigeria’s health budget as a percentage of the total budget is declining Public health allocations by state governments per person have fallen from $10.8 per person in 2020 to $8.5 per person in 2022 By Daniel Adaji Federal and several state governments in Nigeria continue to fall short of the 15 percent continental health funding […]Continue Reading

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Oversight: Zulum shows up 10pm at Bama hospital

By The Insight Team September 6, 2022 308

… Demands to know hospital’s problems … To spend days in Bama for humanitarian activities By Daniel Adaji Borno State Governor, Professor Babagana Umara Zulum, on Monday night showed up unannounced at the General Hospital in Bama for on-the-spot monitoring of healthcare services’ delivery to the public. Professor Zulum visited the hospital at 10pm, not […]Continue Reading

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‘Buhari welcomes cooperation on vaccine production’

By The Insight Team August 25, 2022 340

By Daniel Adaji President Muhammadu Buhari Thursday in Abuja welcomed the exploratory interactions, between Nigerian biomedical scientists, officials of the Federal Ministry of Health and BioNTech company, to support the production of messenger RNA vaccines in Nigeria. The President met wit Mr. Holm Kellerh , the Executive Chairman of KENUP Foundation and representative of Continue Reading

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Media aides mark Zulum’s 53rd birthday with “3rd Verdict”

By The Insight Team August 25, 2022 481

By Daniel Adaji Media aides, alongside social media associates, on Thursday unveiled a compendium, the 3rd Verdict, to celebrate the 53rd birthday of Borno State Governor, Professor Babagana Umara Zulum. The compendium’s Editor-in-Chief, who is also the Governor’s Adviser on Public Relations and Strategy, Malam Isa Gusau, announced the unveiling via a statement. Gusau Continue Reading