AGP Executive Report
Last update: 10 hours agoEbola Preparedness & Border Screening: Nigeria’s health authorities are stepping up Ebola readiness, including tighter surveillance and screening at airports and land borders, as regional concerns grow. Non-Communicable Disease Funding: The Senate passed a sugar tax bill that creates a health fund to tackle rising diabetes and obesity, aiming to shift revenue into prevention and care. Malaria Push: Lawmakers also approved a bill to establish a National Agency for Malaria Elimination, signalling stronger coordination for control efforts. Nutrition & Misinformation: A nationwide campaign is tackling dairy nutrition misinformation through the “Choose Milk” push, while stakeholders also continue to spotlight malnutrition and anaemia as patient-safety issues. Tobacco/Nicotine Control: CAPPA warns that nicotine and tobacco products are increasingly targeting youth with flavours and marketing tactics, urging urgent regulation. Child Health & Hygiene: An NGO in the FCT distributed menstrual hygiene kits to tackle period poverty and improve school girls’ wellbeing. Research for Lassa Detection: UNIOSUN biotech student wins an international grant to develop a wearable biosensor for Lassa fever detection in low-resource settings.
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