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Avoid Lying down to breastfeed Babies – Paediatrician

A Paediatrician, Dr. Faidat Yusuf, has cautioned nursing mothers against laying flat on their backs while breastfeeding their babies, noting that doing so could result in harmful health effects.

800,000 Children living with HIV not on treatment —UNAIDS

A new report released by the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS has revealed that treatment coverage among children living with HIV is poor.

‘Over 70% of infants in Nigeria denied exclusive breastfeeding’

The United Nations Children’s Fund and the World Health Organisation have said over 70% of infants in Nigeria are denied exclusive breastfeeding. The organisations made...

Paediatrician warns against treating Jaundice in Children with Antibiotics

A Consultant Paediatric Haematologist and Oncologist at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital, Idi-Araba, Prof. Edamisan Temiye, has cautioned mothers against treating their newborns having...

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Crude Prices Fall After OPEC+ Agrees To Raise Output Targets

Oil prices fell Monday after OPEC+ agreed to further increase its output targets from August. Exports from key producers via the Strait of Hormuz are also recovering, potentially adding to global supplies. Brent crude futures fell 41 cents, or 0.57%, to $71.71 a barrel in early trading after settling 0.45%...

Sierra Leone’s Fishermen Say Illegal Foreign Trawlers Destroying Livelihoods

On Sherbo Island off Sierra Leone's coast, local fishermen haul in their nets the traditional way — with a dozen or more hands pulling together to bring the catch ashore. But residents say hauls have been shrinking for years, and they point to one consistent cause: large...

 25 Killed, 100 Injured in Sri Lanka Prison Clashes

At least 25 people have died and roughly 100 more were injured following clashes between two groups of inmates at a prison in Negombo, Sri Lanka, according to two police sources and a hospital source who spoke to Reuters. The violence broke out Sunday between convicted prisoners and...