By Joke Kujenya PUBLIC HEALTH threats across Africa are stretching resources and exposing persistent gaps in preparedness, the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) has reported. Yap Boum, Incident Manager for Health Emergencies at Africa CDC, issued the alert during the agency’s weekly virtual press briefing. He cite...
By JKNewsMedia Reporter GROWING EVIDENCE of diet-linked illnesses propelled fresh demands for a stronger sugar-sweetened beverage tax during a Senate public hearing, where health officials, civil society groups and public-health advocates urged lawmakers to abandon the fixed N10-per-litre duty and adopt a percentage-based system tied to retai...
Joke Kujenya JOYCE EYABA, 39, lives in a small rural town in Potiskum, Yobe State, in the northeastern part of Nigeria. For years, sharing with jknewsmedia.com, she said she has endured repeated physical and emotional abuse from her husband, which often left her with bruises hidden under long sleeves and silent nights spent worrying about [&h...
By JKNewsMedia STRONGER PUBLIC health advocacy from Nigeria at the global level earned rare, unified commendation on Thursday from civil society organisations working in tobacco control, as the groups urged the federal government to match its Geneva performance with firmer implementation across the country. The call followed the conclusion of...
By Joke Kujenya CONCERTED CALLS from global public health and climate justice advocates have prompted a renewed push for governments to enforce stronger protections against corporate interference as countries gather for critical negotiations on climate action and tobacco control. The appeal, issued by Corporate Accountability, Corporate Accou...
By Joke Kujenya CORPORATE INFLUENCE is poised to challenge the 11th Conference of the Parties (COP11) to the World Health Organisation (WHO) Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) in Geneva, as Big Tobacco sets its sights on inter-governmental negotiations coinciding with the treaty’s 20th anniversary. Experts warn that without rigor...
By Joke Kujenya MEN ACROSS the world continue to experience poorer health outcomes than women, with shorter life expectancy and higher risks of premature death from preventable diseases and injuries. Health experts have again urged men to prioritise their wellbeing through regular check-ups, healthier lifestyles, and open conversations about ...
By Joke Kujenya FAILURE TO act on climate change is now claiming millions of lives every year, according to the 2025 Lancet Countdown on Health and Climate Change released in collaboration with the World Health Organization (WHO). The report warns that the world’s overreliance on fossil fuels and slow adaptation to rising global temperatures ...
By Helen Okechukwu, JKNewsMedia Reporter TO SAFEGUARD aquatic ecosystems and prevent environmental degradation across Nigeria, the Basel Coordinating Centre for the Africa Region (BCCCAfrica), Nigeria Chapter, has trained more than 300 National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) members to lead a nationwide campaign against plastic pollution. The tra...
By JKNewsMedia GROWING CONCERNS has emerged among Nigeria’s tobacco control advocates over what they describe as a renewed and covert attempt by the tobacco industry to introduce nicotine-based products to the public under the guise of “harm reduction education.” The release signed by Robert Egbe, Media and Communication Officer, CAPPA, on be...
