Hotdogs, Ham, Sausages, Pork And Lamb Causes Cancer
The cancer research arm of the World Health Organization (WHO) has determined that the consumption of processed meats like hotdogs, ham, sausages and meat-based sauces causes colorectal cancer, while eating red meat like beef, pork and lamb is “probably carcinogenic to humans.” “In view of the large number of people who consume processed meat, the […]
Fighting Poverty Is About ‘How’ Not ‘How Much?’
World leaders gathered at the United Nations last month to adopt a new set of global development goals that aim to end extreme poverty, promote inclusive economic growth, and protect the planet. The result is an ambitious yet achievable agenda for the 21st century, if we harness 21st century development practices. To reach these new […]
47 Percent Of Nigerians Don’t Wash Their Hands With Soap After Defecation
A recent survey by the United Nation Children Fund (UNICEF), carried out in six states, found that an average of 82 per cent of people washed their hands before eating, while only 53 per cent of people washed their hands with soap after defecation. According to a statement, yesterday, by the UNICEF, on the occasion […]
Saving Mothers And Babies Advances Africa – Melinda Gates
Sometimes the technical words we use to describe a problem mask its true nature.Such is the case for the hundreds of thousands of women who die during pregnancy or delivery each year across Africa. For them, the official cause of death may be recorded as postpartum hemorrhage or uterine rupture. Similarly, for the alarming number […]
Women Affairs Minister Caught Distributing Viagra At A Rally In Zimbabwe: Nyasha Chikwinya
VICE-PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday told Parliament that government had no policy allowing ministers to distribute s*x enhancing pills at rallies. This was after opposition MPs had quizzed him over an incident at the weekend, where Women Affairs minister Nyasha Chikwinya doled out “Viagra” to Zanu PF supporters at a rally in Gokwe-Nembudziya constituency. “I do […]
New AIDS Vaccine To Undergo Human Trials For First Time: Dr Robert Gallo
Dr Robert Gallo is a name you’ve probably never heard of, but he’s the biomedical researcher who led the team responsible for unmasking the cause of AIDS (acquired immune deficiency syndrome). In 1984, he was catapulted to world fame for discovering that the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) was the malevolent infectious force behind one of […]
Prostitution On The Rise In Kenya With 14 Year Old Girls Participating
Nairobi county hosts at least a quarter of female s*x workers in Kenya in new estimates released by the ministry of Health. There are over 133,675 female s*x workers in Kenya, with 29,494 of them based in Nairobi. North Eastern has 2,030 female s*x workers, the lowest number in the country. At least 39 per […]
Why I Invited My Rapist To Stay The Night: Aspen Matis
ON just her second day of university, Aspen Matis was raped in her dorm room. What she did next is something most people would find unfathomable she invited her attacker to stay the night. It’s only now, six years after the assault, that she herself understands why. Ms Matis, then 19, had just started as […]
It’s Easy To Leave The UN Base In South Sudan But Departing Is Often Accompanied By Death
Whether it’s through breaks in the patchy razor-wired mud walls or out its gates, it is easy to leave the UN base here but departing is often accompanied by death. About 100 metres from the main gate of the United Nations Mission in the Republic of South Sudan (UNMISS), a tractor-digger clears space in a […]
Girls Kidnapped By Boko Haram (Chibok Girls) Are Alive: Many Have STDs And Are Pregnant: Escapee Chibok Girl Reveals
There were indications weekend that many of the 200 girls of the Government Secondary School, Chibok abducted in April 2014, are alive and holed up in the Lake Chad region of the North-East epicentre of the battle to dislodge Boko Haram terrorists from Nigeria. Sources disclosed to Saturday Vanguard that the girls who were relocated […]
