New hepatitis data highlight need for urgent global response

21 APRIL 2017 | GENEVA, AMSTERDAM - New WHO data reveal that an estimated 325 million people worldwide are living with chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) or hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection. The WHO Global hepatitis report, 2017 indicates that the large majority of these people lack access to life-saving testing and treatment. As a result, millions of people are at risk of a slow progression to chronic liver disease, cancer, and death.

president buhari directs head of civil service to efficiently implement welfare of civil servants

President MUHAMMADU BUHARI

President MUHAMMADU BUHARI has directed the Head of the Civil Service of the Federation to ensure that the 2017/2019 strategy plan is fully implemented towards improving the efficiency, integrity and welfare of civil servants.

buhari approves suspension of the sgf

Buhari approves suspension of the sgf; calls for probe into owners of thirteen billion naira discovered at osborne towers ikoyi lagos

WHO report sets goal to eliminate hepatitis by 2030

April 21 (UPI) -- The World Health Organization on Friday released the first Global Hepatitis Report setting new baseline data on the impacts of viral hepatitis globally.

Report: Anti-Semitic incidents in U.S. up 86 percent in 2017

Volunteers help clean Chesed Shel Emeth Cemetery in University City, Missouri on February 22, where vandals toppled nearly 200 headstones on February 20. A report released Monday by the Anti Defamation League said incidents of assault, vandalism and harassment of Jewish people and institutions in the United States increased in the first quarter of 2017. Photo by Bill Greenblatt/UPI 

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April 24 (UPI) -- Anti-Semitic incidents in the United States, including vandalism and assaults, increased 86 percent in the first quarter of 2017, the Anti-Defamation League revealed Monday.

AMERICAS Barack Obama returns to public life today

Barack Obama

Barack Obama is to give his first major public speech since leaving the White House today, returning to the city where he began his political career.

Ebonyi bans consumption of Coke, Sprite, Fanta at events

Ebonyi State Governor, David Umahi, on Tuesday banned the serving and consumption of Coke, Sprite and Fanta at government functions in the state.