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Current Feed ContentWEST AFRICA: Hopes for "re-eradicating" polioHealth specialists are increasingly optimistic that growing acceptance of the polio vaccine in northern Nigeria offers hope that an upcoming immunisation campaign across West Africa will succeed in “re-eradicating” the disease in countries affected in 2008 after several polio-free years. Health officials in Benin, Burkina Faso, Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana, Mali, Niger, Nigeria and Togo, according to the World Health Organization (WHO), are vaccinating nearly 40 million children in a “synchronised”...Nigeria tests drug after deaths of childrenAll paracetamol-based drugs prescribed in Nigeria are being tested after the deaths of 29 children, who had taken contaminated medicine, officials say. The children died after drinking a baby teething mixture contaminated with diethylene glycol, a toxic substance normally used in engine coolant.'Bad syrup' kills Nigerian babiesNigeria's food and drug agency says that 25 children aged between three months and four years have died after taking a contaminated teething syrup. The National Agency for Food, Drug Administration and Control said it had shut down the Lagos-based manufacturer, Barewa Pharmaceuticals.No HIV test - no marriageGetting married in Nigeria often requires more than just the bride and groom turning up at the altar, and having witnesses and wedding rings present: many Christian churches also require an HIV test certificate. |
