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U.S. partners help pipe clean water to residents of Adu Achi village Special Correspondent Littleton, Colorado - To enhance life for a rural community in southeastern Nigeria, a U.S.-assisted team is developing a safe and reliable drinking water source from a…
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KANO, 6 February 2009 (IRIN) - Nigerian health authorities have placed northern states on high alert following a meningitis outbreak in neighbouring Niger, which according to the World Health Organization (WHO) killed 17 people and infected 382 in January. "In…
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Gates: "Nigeria can lead the way to a polio-free Africa." Abuja, Nigeria, 4 February 2009 - Over the past few weeks in Nigeria, government and traditional leaders from key polio-infected areas of the country joined forces to give the country's polio…
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We, the Executive Governors of the thirty-six (36) States of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, meeting in Abuja, with Mr. Bill Gates, on 2 February, 2009 at a special session on health convened under the leadership of His Excellency,…
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Nigerian government to receive more than 100 million doses of oral polio vaccine (OPV) through innovative financing mechanism ABUJA, Nigeria - Bill Gates, co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, today said that if Nigeria capitalizes on commitments made by…
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FrontLines - February 2009 By Ebun Aleshinloye Abuja, Nigeria - Agnes Oreye, a 43-year-old widow who lives in Agenebode, Edo State, cares for her four children as well as two other children who lost their parents to HIV/AIDS. She is able…
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- Food security conditions are generally good in Nigeria, three months after a bumper harvest in 2008. Household access to food has been improved by the combination of large domestic food supplies and an improvement in…
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LAGOS, Jan 11, 2009 (Xinhua via COMTEX News Network) -- At least three people were killed and 35 others hospitalized following the suspected outbreak of cholera at Dokogi village in Nigeria's Niger state, the News Agency of Nigeria reported…
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LAGOS, Dec 30, 2008 (Xinhua via COMTEX News Network) -- Nigeria's Rivers State government has urged militants in the state to lay down their arms to ensure peace in the region. The appeal was made after the Joint Task Force…
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GLIDE No. FL-2007-000000-NGA The International Federation's Disaster Relief Emergency Fund (DREF) is a source of un-earmarked money created by the Federation in 1985 to ensure that immediate financial support is available for Red Cross Red Crescent response to emergencies. The…
