10000fadechesstransparentrepeatfalseLaunching of the 4th Edition of What The Global Fund Means To Africans – a publication focused on our Principal Partner – The Global Fund and its activities in Africa
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10000faderighttransparentrepeatfalseTeam Super Eagles played to zero against discrimination and stigmatization of people living with HIV/AIDS on December 1, 2012.
10000slidebottomtransparentrepeatfalseTeam Entertainers at the Superstars Play For Life Novelty football match to commemorate World AIDS Day 2012 at the Campos Stadium, Lagos Island, Lagos.
10000scalezigzagHorizontaltransparentrepeatfalseAcademy Award winning actress and HIV/AIDS campaigner, Charlize Theron receives the World Economic Forum Crystal Award.
10000faderandomSquarestransparentrepeatfalse2013 World Malaria Day held in Abuja on the 22nd & 23rd of April. In attendance was the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Goodluck Jonathan, the Global Fund’s Executive Director, Dr Mark Dybul and Dr. Aigboje Aig-Imoukhuede
10000fadetoptransparentrepeatfalseFriends Africa’s CEO, Dr Akudo Anyanwu Ikemba has been selected as a finalist in the 2013 Ogunte Women’s Social Leadership Awards
President Jonathan commits in the fight against the eradication of Malaria, HIV and Tuberculosis
Abuja - In commemoration of the 2013 World Malaria Day, Friends Africa began a series of events which started on Monday 22nd of April and ran into the 23rd of April. In attendance was the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Goodluck Jonathan, the Global Fund's Executive Director, Dr Mark Dybul who was accompanied to the State House by Dr. Aigboje Aig-Imoukhuede, Chairman Friends Africa, as well as the CEO/Founder, Dr Akudo Anyanwu Ikemba. At the event, President Goodluck Jonathan informed the stakeholders that the Government is working on a new blueprint for the eradication of Malaria, HIV/AIDS, and tuberculosis in the country. Speaking to Dr Mark Dybul, Executive Director of the Global Fund for AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, at State ...Lagos Govt Seals Off 30 Illegal Medicine Stores
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29/04/2013 - Executive Secretary of National Primary Health Care Development Agency, NPHCDA, Dr. Ado Mohammed, has said that no fewer than 60,000 Nigerian women die annually from complications in pregnancy. He spoke when he received an award of excellence confered on him by the Medical and Health Workers Union of Nigeria, MHWUN, for his agency's commitment to efficient health care service delivery in Nigeria. Ado, in a statement by the Assistant Public Relation Officer ofNPHCDA, Mr. Abubakar Musa, said: "The agency solicits for more support and cooperation of well meaning Nigerians in collaborating with NPHCDA towards providing better health care service delivery to all Nigerians, especially at the grassroots level." Read more>>>Nigeria: Promoting Health and Safety of Employees in the Workplace
29/04/2013 - The need for a healthy and safe work environment cannot be overemphasised. As a healthy organisation it creates healthy outcomes for its people through improved health and well-being, reduced costs and improved performance As an employer, providing workers with a safe and healthy workplace is critical to the wellbeing of employees and the success of your business. Work-related illnesses and injuries which is any illness or injury incurred by an employee engaged in work-related activities while on or off the worksite have been on the increase in recent years. Despite improvements in occupational safety and health over the years, workers continue to suffer work-related deaths, injuries, and illnesses. Though the Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA) makes it mandatory ...
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