By Aluta News Feb. 1, 2022 The Katsina State Government says that it has in the past six years treated about six million people suffering from various neglected tropical diseases. The Commissioner for Health, Yahaya Nuhu-Danja, disclosed this on Monday in Katsina while briefing newsmen in commemoration of the WorldContinue Reading
By Aluta News Dec. 28, 2021 UN Secretary-General António Guterres, says infectious diseases remain a danger to every country, pushing health systems to the brink and upending daily life for all of humanity. Guterres, in his message to mark the International Day of Epidemic Preparedness, said that COVID-19 continued toContinue Reading
By Aluta News Sept 4, 2021 A crippling earthquake followed by plummeting rains have put some 540,000 children in southwest Haiti at risk of life-threatening waterborne diseases, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has warned. “The lives of thousands of earthquake-affected children and families are now at risk, just because theyContinue Reading