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Witch-hunt for telling them the truth....

Sanusi please keep on telling them...

Africa to pilot world's first malaria vaccine.


Programs beginning next year in Ghana, Malawi and Kenya will test the vaccine's effectiveness in children. The trial was announced ahead of World Malaria Day.


A pilot program testing the first ever malaria vaccine will begin in Africa in 2018, the World Health Organization has said. Children and babies in high-risk areas in Ghana, Kenya and Malawi will receive the RTS,S vaccine, which is also known as Mosquirix.

"Information gathered in the pilot will help us make decisions on the wider use of the vaccine," Matshidiso Moeti, the WHO's African regional director, said. "Combined with existing malaria interventions, such a vaccine would have the potential to save tens of thousands of lives in Africa.

RTS,S is an injectable vaccine administered in four doses. It aims to trigger the body's own immune system to defend against malaria caused by Plasmodium falciparum - the most deadly species of the malaria parasite, which is the most prevalent in Africa.



Large clinical trials in seven African countries between 2009 and 2014 showed that the vaccine helped protect children and infants from clinical malaria for at least three years after first vaccination.

According to the WHO's World Malaria Report, published at the end of last year, the number of cases of malaria worldwide decreased by 21 percent between 2010 and 2015. However, Pedro Alonso, the director of the WHO's Global Malaria Program, explains that there is a long way to go in tackling the disease: "It still takes the lives of over 400,000 people every year - mostly African children."

In fact, 90 percent of malaria cases and 92 percent of malaria deaths occur in Africa. The long lifespan of mosquitoes in Africa, as well as their tendency to bite humans, is thought to be one of the main reasons for the high prevalence of malaria in Africa.



By the year 2020, the WHO wants to see malaria incidence and mortality reduced by 40 percent and the disease eliminated completely in at least 10 countries. Seven countries, including Morocco, the United Arab Emirates and the Maldives, have been certified by the WHO Director-General as having eliminated malaria in recent years.

Mosquito nets and insecticides

Preventative measures being promoted in sub-Saharan Africa include using insecticide-treated nets, spraying indoor walls with insecticides, and administering preventive medicines to the most vulnerable groups - pregnant women and young children or babies.


Mothers in Sierra Leone sit with their children, who have contracted malaria
In 2015 it was estimated that half of people designated as "at-risk" of contracting the disease were sleeping under a treated net, compared with just 30 percent in 2010. But, as Alonso explains, preventative measures are not reaching everyone.

"It's about having the health systems that can get those commodities to all those that need them," he says. "It's about the financial resources to ensure that happens, and it's about the political commitment.

"We are very encouraged by the political commitment and leadership we see in the affected countries themselves. But the fight against malaria is going to be a long and hard one."

MrMaestro:
Brother, there are thousands of tribes on the continent. You can divide every country until your heart is content, there will still be multiple tribes. It is in our blood. Any seceding country from Nigeria will still have 4+ tribes. So dividing isn't a solution, it only takes you back to square 1.

And the country is working for many people. There are many actors, business men, musicians, app creators, and others who are making a fortune in Nigeria and are VERY successful. So don't speak for everyone. It is not perfect by any means but it is working for many people.

There is no money in the Nigeria movie industry...

Come to think of it what does the north contribute in the all the sectors you mentioned

Allow Biafra to go because they owe you nothing.. They don't want the alliance anymore... They feel marginalized... They want to be on their own.. What is so difficult there
Na by force...

It is better to start in square one than chilling in square 57 where there is no hope of unity...

Like I said before the foundation is weak...

How do u make better the foundation of a building??

MrMaestro:
First and foremost, Nigeria has some of the most developed highways and roadways in all of Africa. That's just a fact.

But I'll tell you why we are still struggling to realize our potential, because we are tribal, and haven't gotten over being tribal. We vote due to tribality, we act due to tribality, and we elected presidents with no sense. Buhari was elected. No disrespect to him, but he's a uneducated buffoon that has absolutely no business running a 21st century country. Yet when I brought up the need to elect educated and smart leaders, people argued against that saying education is not relevant for presidency. The people. It all starts with the people.

Look if you as a people cannot crate and elect leaders to lead Nigeria forward now. You are idiotic to think you can do so simply by changing the name of a land mass. The same people that voted for the poor and corruptible leaders in each of the geopolitical zones, are the same people that will vote for the new leaders in their countries. If their decision-making on who are better leaders and who are not haven't changed, then what the heck would be the difference?

So how do u intend to solve the problem of tribalism that has paralyzed the country since the amalgamation in 1914?

If tribalism is the virus that is eating Nigeria just as you claimed then why is the North in poverty knowing fully well that they have produced over 85% of Nigeria leaders..

Mr. the country has no foundation and will never have...

No vision but mission to exploit other regions and the masses....

Don't know if you are a Christian and I asked because the Bible says in Amos 3:3:
Shall two walk together, except they have agreed?

Nigeria has no foundation and can never work!!!!!!!

Did Yaradua resign or step down

Bubu is a Fulani man, he would rather in power rathan than being a spectator..

OP If it do come to pass I will surely give u a shout out.!!!

So why is Nigeria still undeveloped.

Singapore and Malaysia loaned money from Nigeria during the oil boom in the 1970's... Presently, this countries are developed.. Meanwhile Nigeria still beg for foreign aids...

Apart from Lagos and Abuja can you name another city in Nigeria..

For over 50 years no sign of tangible development...

For over 100 years no sign on tribal peace...

Thanks to social media we all no about the disunity in Nigeria...

OP stop fooling yourself and still I won't blame you because you need money in this recession and that's why you accepted a job to blog about things like this..

Nations break up and nations join forces to become one.... So No big deal...

It is not as if Nigeria like Biafrans, they just like what they exploit...

I lived in the north for some years and I witnessed the hatred the hausas have for Igbo people.. That why they kill them for stupid reasons..

When it comes to politics, region, language, looks, behaviour, culture, vision, etc, the differences are irreconcilable ...

Knowing fully well that Nigeria can never be one, the Northerners introduced NYSC... Many people have lost their in the North all for the stupid politics called NYSC..

So OP why do u want One Nigeria, because of your stupid reasons?

Angel196:
Well for one they are trying really hard to fight the corruption which I'm sure everyone knows is the reason we are in this situation today instead of lying about corruption not being in Nigeria. If we can eradicate corruption from Nigeria completely then the toughest part of developing Nigeria is solved.

Fighting corruption since 1960

Fight against corruption is just politics...

If the government want to fight corruption then they should make strong laws like China... When a corrupt official is caught, the family will buy the bullet that will be used to kill him.. (Death by firing squad)...

How many corrupt officials has d present government imprisoned

Voting for buhari is now by force...

If APC want to loss then Buhari should represent the party...

If he does not hand over peacefully like Goodluck then.....!!!!!!

Let that time come first..

Hole is hole.
Pussy hole...
Ass hole...
Mouth hole...
They all perform wonders...

They r expecting me 2 pray 4 him but I rather do these than what they want

OP u have spoken well but there is a coma.... I disagree that the Yorubas have the highest education ratio in the country...

Even the presidency know that Nigeria is at the last minute of extra time...

I would have said a brave afonja man but... History has it that u r not a Nigerian!!!

Afonjas will not like these

kabawa:
You will forever remain slaves in Nigeria and nothing will happen

Lol
Wake up... Cos I can only see some poor uneducated primitive people in Nigeria... they are d Hausa/Fulani people... just 10% of dem are living a good life...d rest are beyound explanation...

So Kabawa u r a slave in ur own country...
Recently ur leaders including d emirs have been hitting their head on d wall.. u know why Let me tell u why ...they just woke up...

D people u call slave control d businesses in d North...

So who is d slave?

Somewhere in Nigeria a certain fellow refused to give Biafra a referandum

Tell that to ur boss Bubu

Justuceleague2:
You are the one being embarrassed here


The writeup didn't state if it's new or worn out but the current admin I'm sure won't buy worn out equipments, never , so it's bad beware for you


Why? Because those people celebrated Trump's victory claiming Trump is their liberator their God and their Joseph who would fight giant Pharaoh (Nigeria) on thier behalf and free them from self admitted slavery



If you don't get it, consider reading buafran news papers about how Trump has taken personal interest in giving them biabia

No hard feelings o but u r dumb....

Will America tell u that the thing they want to sell is worn out or old or 2nd hand or already used??

Haven't u heard that Africa is a dumping ground?

Anyway its still boost and a step forward for our military knowing fully well that we have notin...

- Obong Victor Attah calls on Nigeria o return to fiscal federalism

- He said the centre should not be in control of all the resourced

- The former governor warned that this might lead to a break-up

Former governor of Akwa Ibom, Obong Victor Attah has declared Nigeria risks breaking-up if the country does not return to fiscal federalism.

There has been call for the country to be restructured while Biafran agitators have called for an outright disintegration.

In an interview with Vanguard; the former governor highlighted the need for the country to take this direction.

Attah said each region should be allowed to control its resources and remit 50 per cent of what is made to the centre.

He said: “I believe we have succeeded because it was not a solo effort. I led the movement because I was convinced of the need for it and, today it is taking a new dimension called restructuring.

“People are now talking about accepting the need for fiscal federalism and marrying it with the idea of restructuring and so on. So, thank God we have moved from one point and, we will soon get to another and I agree with those people who say that, unless we go back to fiscal federalism, Nigeria will break.

“You know there is a formula but the important thing is to create the situation that we always had before. Contribute 50 percent of what you have to the center and use the remaining 50 percent to develop yourself; even what you contribute to the center, some of it is coming back to you. That was the basis of the agreement for staying together and forming Nigeria. So, if we destroy the basis of our agreement, then the consequence of what we agreed should also disappear.

“That is Nigeria and, unfortunately, I am speaking like this because I believe passionately in the need and I believe that eventually all the government that should make it happen will make it happen; that there would be fiscal federalism. We should return to true federal democratic principle.”


https://www.naij.com/1098684-obong-attah-warns-nigeria-break-up.html

If i post a news like this MYND44 will close it and ban me...

dimade1:
Good day sir/ma
Pls help me out. I just left my NYSC POP today, i studied wood products engineering, Pls i dont want to stay at home without doing anything. Thanks
Watsapp 07081792066

Congratulations!!!
Go and join the job line (unemployment) and wait for ur turn

Boruto will be more interesting than Naruto

Nairaland party
That will be the day DSS will arrest all those people saying rubbish about Buhari

Abacha is dead and we celebrated with joy instead of sorrow...

When a Democratic elected President who abandoned the Constitution and the Rule of Law, making himself a Tyrant or a dictator dies then there will be massive jubilation in the country... A kind that the country has neva experience before..

Let the intelligent read between the lines...

The South East Governors’ Forum has set up a 10 member committee to fashion out ways to integrate and boost economy of the zone.
The Chairman of the forum, Gov. Dave Umahi of Ebonyi, disclosed this  to newsmen in Enugu on Sunday at the end of its meeting.
Umahi said that the committee made up of two representatives each from the five states of Abia, Anambra, Ebonyi, Enugu and Imo states in the zone, would present its report at the next meeting of the forum.

“We have mandated the committee to meet and fashion out road map towards our economic integration.
“This, the committee will do in coming weeks and present our economic indices and development route in our next meeting.

“We equally agreed to meet with all stakeholders in the zone to discuss and address all issues of interest to our people,” he said.
He said that the activities of the Indigenous Peoples of Biafra (IPOB), Movement for the Actualization of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB) and others were also discussed.

“We discussed the issue of IPOB, MASSOB, Nnamdi Kanu’s detention, ecological problems of South East and various water dams that have been abandoned in the zone.

“Other challenges such as power, security and other very many concerns of our people were also discussed and we agreed to immediately meet with the various and appropriate authorities to address them,” he said.

Umahi said that the governors were committed to addressing the challenges and had already initiated action on them.
He said that the meeting was so crucial that they agreed to attend in persons instead of sending representations.

“To underscore the importance of this meeting, we decided to attend in our capacities as governors,” he said.

The chairman said that the secretariat of the forum in Enugu had become fully functional adding that the governors could be contacted through the secretariat at the government house in Enugu.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that all the governors in the zone except Gov. Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia,  could not attend because of delayed flight from Lagos.

The post South East Governors’ Forum sets up committee to boost economy appeared first on Vanguard News.


http://www.vanguardngr.com/2017/04/south-east-governors-forum-sets-committee-boost-economy/

Electricity Generation Companies (GenCos) says they have not been paid for their services by the Nigeria Electricity Bulk Trader in the last three months and as a result are ready to grind everything to a halt.


The situation of unsettled invoices would spell doom for the economy as operators were already considering shutting down their plants across Nigeria

According to Sunday Vanguard in Abuja, the situation of unsettled invoices would spell doom for the economy as operators were already considering shutting down their plants across Nigeria.

A source also told Vanguard that: “GenCos have not been paid a dime since the beginning of this year. Our invoices for power delivered in January, February and March have not been settled. The situation is very terrible and has become unbearable.

“To produce power, deliver to the grid and without payment has been our experience since the beginning of 2017 and we are grinding to a halt. We just can’t continue like this.”

NAIJ.com however learnt that the presidency was aware of the development the GenCos had written the National Security Adviser on the implications of their shutting down and that even after meeting with the NSA, the situation largely remained unchanged.

The source further revealed that he is being owed N57 billion from an accumulated arrears since 2013 while insisting that the last time the company was paid for its services was in December 2016 when it got N1.6 out of a N5.4 billion invoice for that month.

However, when contacted, Henrietta Ighomrore, the spokesperson for the NEBT said GenCos are paid for electricity generated and put on the grid based on money collected from the Distribution Companies (DisCos), explaining that her organization does not keep such funds once paid by DisCos.

She insited that DisCos paid for the electricity they received in the month of January only last week and that arrangements were on to pay the GenCos shortly.

Meanwhile, a Nigerian engineer, Obayagbona Emmanuel Imafidon, has revealed that he has invented a power-generating device that can solve the problem power outage in the country.

In an interview with Guardian, the graduate of Electrical Engineering from the Institute of Management and Technology in Enugu said he could generate power from thunder lightning and that he has been working on it since 2006.

Meanwhile, in this video by NAIJ.com, a man harshly criticizes the Nigerian government while calling for their mass burial.


https://www.naij.com/1097210-we-grinding-electricity-supply-a-halt-nigeria-gencos.html

An enlightened Afonja man...
I am so impressed...

The only way to get restructuring is by protest...

The North has been dragging this country back...

LesbianBoy:
April fooooooooooooool



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