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Punch Newspapers Sections Published 9:53 pm Federal Government would spend N1.89 trillion to wipe out malaria in Nigeria, the Minister of Health, Dr. Osagie Ehanire, has said. According to him, about N352 billion was needed for the year 2021 programme implementation on malaria. Ehanire said this in a text he presented to mark the 2021 World Malaria Day, obtained by journalists on Sunday evening in Abuja. He, therefore, appealed to corporate organisations, private sector, and patriotic Nigerians to offer the country a bailout with a view to achieving its target of wiping out malaria. Ehanire s...

Sr. Immaculate Uwamariya from the Bernardine Sisters, who said she has saved hundreds of marriages during the lockdown, has been using her organization, Famille Espérance (Family of Hope) in Rwanda, to bring hope in a seemingly hopeless situation. (CNS illustration/Emily Thompson) Ruhango, Rwanda — COVID-19 and the resulting nationwide shutdown in Rwanda played a role in ending Anitha Mukobwajana's 20-year marriage. When the pandemic hit, Mukobwajana and her husband, Cyrille Mbarubukeye, lost their jobs as a grocer and an accountant, respectively, and were trapped at home...

2021-01-07 11:35:40 GMT2021-01-07 19:35:40(Beijing Time) Xinhua English KAMPALA, Jan. 7 (Xinhua) -- Uganda's ministry of health has distributed 20 million mosquito nets since August last year in the country's renewed fight against malaria, one of the killer diseases. The long-lasting insecticide treated nets have been distributed in 122 districts across the country, according to a statement issued by the Ministry of Health on Thursday. The statement said 11 more districts will receive the nets by next month, bringing the total number of nets distributed to 27.5 million. According to th...