Forty years ago, world leaders converged in Kazakhstan to adopt the Alma-Ata declaration which called for all actors – leaders, health sector workers, communities to secure access to primary care as an essential health service. This declaration mobilized leaders around making primary care services available for populations across the world. The principles include: universal access […]
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The benefits of upcycling are vast. Asides reducing waste, it also reduces the number of raw materials and production processes needed to create the fancy things we’ve all become so fond of, which means a reduction in air pollution, greenhouse emissions, water pollution and extraction of our resources. If you’re wondering what exactly can be
“When we left, we couldn’t believe we could reach this level and we’re so glad we got this far in the tournament”, says Asteria Robert, the 14-year-old captain of the Tanzanian girls’ football team, leading her team to the podium to collect their medals at the Street Child World Cup at the Sapsan Arena in Moscow. Organised by
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World Environment Day is on June 5th, this day has been set aside by the UN to bring global awareness of the environment and the challenges that it faces. This year’s theme ‘Beat Plastic Pollution’ urges all of us to reduce the amount of single-use plastics in the world. Plastics are everywhere in our environment,
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Recently National Geographic’s cover had a picture that had the world thinking, they posed a simple question, planet or plastic? Plastic was only invented in the 19th century, but since then so much of it has been created and is being consumed carelessly all over the world. According to National Geographic, more than 5 trillion
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“Pure Water” as a name is an illusion as far as this side of the clime is concerned. Saying ‘water is pure’ is just a means to psychologically brainwash customers into believing they are getting good value for their money. Is it really pure? As much as the average Nigerian is concerned, the majority of
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Last week, Director-General of the Nigerian Conservation Foundation (NCF), Muhtari Aminu-Kano, warned that erosion might soon wipe off Lekki reservation centre in Lagos. He urged the government to save the reserve before the situation gets worse, nothing that the development the developments have already caused damage evident in the various animals and plants killed and endangered
Cheap to produce, convenient, useful, durable and found everywhere. What is it? Plastic!! Who doesn’t love the convenience of not having to carry a cloth shopping bag everywhere or taking a ceramic coffee cup to work? This comes with a price of course – a plastic menace! “Some nine million tons of plastic waste flows
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The two-week long Bonn Climate change conference ended last week, on the 10th of May. Held in Bonn, Germany, the goal of the conference was to discuss the Paris Agreement on climate change which will be implemented in 2020 along with issues and concerns surrounding the agreement. The Talanola Dialogue was launched prior to the Bonn Climate Change
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Last week, I was meeting a few friends at a popular Lagos lagoon-front clubhouse. We were treated to a scenic view with luxury boats gently bobbing on the soft waves repeatedly crashing against the boundary walls of the clubhouse. With promises of an idyllic sunset, we could really have been anywhere in the world. Except
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