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Back to homepageWorld Cancer Day: NGOs Sensitizes Students On Disease
By Mariam Sanni, Abuja As part of effort to reduce the rise of cancer in Nigeria and the world, a non- Governmental Organization, Africa Global Empowerment and Development Network (AGED) has sensitized students of secondary Schools on the deadly disease.
Read MoreCancer Foundation Donates Cash To Cancer Patients At LASUTH
Cancer Enlightenment and Support Foundation (CESUF) a Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO), has donated cash to cancer patients at the Pediatric Ward of the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH). Elder Adegboyega Adepitan, Chairman, Board of Trustees of CESUF, said this in
Read MoreHealth Minister Says Nigeria Taking Steps To Eliminate Cervical Cancer By 2030
“We are working to ensure wide accessibility and availability of Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) vaccine by 2021″.
Read MoreCancer: FG Partners Organisations For Accessible Cancer Treatment In 7 Teaching Hospitals
By Genevieve Okafor In a bid to ensure affordable and accessible cancer treatment, the federal government has launched a partnership programme to deliver lifesaving chemotherapies for cancer treatment to seven teaching hospitals in the country.Speaking during the official launch of
Read MoreNigerian Gets CRI Recognition For Cancer Cure
By Genevive Okafor Nigeria has lost several persons, including well-known and admirable personalities to cancer. This list includes former Director-General, DG of the National Institute of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, NAFDAC, Prof. Dora Akunyili;
Read MoreOver 9 Million People To Die Of Cancer Globally – Report
Some 9.6 million people will die of cancer in 2018, according to a report of the Global Cancer Statistics 2018 released on Wednesday by the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC). IARC is part of the World Health Organisation
Read MoreNigeria Records 102,000 New Cancer Cases Yearly
The Executive Director, Project Pink Blue, an NGO, Mr Runcie Chidebe, says Nigeria records about 102,000 new cases of cancer every year and a significant low surviving rate. Chidebe made this known in an interview with newsmen on Friday in
Read MoreAustralian Scientists Discover New Drugs For Cancer
Australian scientists on Thursday said they have discovered a new type of drug that targets specific proteins to arrest the growth and spread of cancer, without the harmful side effects of conventional therapies. The drugs, which put cancer cells into a “permanent
Read MoreAljazirah Amazons feature in ‘Kick Out Cancer’ novelty match
By Mariam Sanni, Amina Isah and Victoria Apata The trio of Mariam Sanni, Amina Isah and Victoria Apata, AljazirahNigeria correspondents were part of the Never Again to Cancer novelty football match which took place at Millennium Park, Maitama Abuja, between
Read More#NoBraDay: Breast Cancer Awareness Month, Here Are 10 Mind blowing Boob Facts
Boobs are awesome, and they come in beautiful shapes and sizes. The major reason women have boobs is to feed babies. Boobs also look good in clothes, and they are great to stare at. Side eye at the men. Because
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