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...
By Joke Kujenya GROWING MEDICAL evidence has revealed that more than ninety-nine percent of all heart attacks, strokes, and heart failure cases are linked to just four modifiable risk factors such as high blood pressure, high cholesterol, high blood sugar, and tobacco use. A recent global study published in the Journal of the American College ...
By Joke Kujenya SILENT BUT deadly, lead exposure continues to harm millions worldwide each year despite decades of awareness and regulation. The World Health Organization (WHO) has therefore renewed its call for urgent global action as the thirteenth International Lead Poisoning Prevention Week begins from 19 to 25 October 2025, under the the...
By JKNewsMedia NIGERIA’s FEDERAL and state governments have been called upon at all levels by the Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA) to adopt and enforce comprehensive food policies that safeguard Nigerians from the growing threat of ultra-processed foods (UPFs) and unhealthy beverages. The organisation issu...
By Joke Kujenya MORE THAN one billion people are currently living with mental health disorders, according to new data released by the World Health Organization (WHO). The findings, published in two new reports by World Mental Health Today and the Mental Health Atlas 2024 reveal that conditions such as anxiety and depression continue to impose...
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Correspondent UPDATED EDITIONS of the World Health Organisation (WHO)’s Model Lists of Essential Medicines (EML) and Essential Medicines for Children (EMLc) now feature new treatments for several cancers, diabetes with comorbidities such as obesity, as well as medicines for cystic fibrosis, psoriasis, haemop...
