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Russian President Putin gives conditions for peace meeting in Switzerland
President Vladimir Putin of Russia has said his country is open to negotiations with Ukraine but will never accept “any schemes that have nothing to do with reality”.
Putin made the remark while mocking the scheduled round of Ukraine peace talks in Switzerland, warning that Moscow will not accept any enforced plans that ignore its interests.
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Chinese revenue in Africa is in decline, and the situation is unlikely to change
According to data from the China Africa Research Initiative (CARI) at Johns Hopkins University’s School of Advanced International Studies, engineering and construction contracts in Africa earned Chinese companies US$37.84 billion in gross annual revenues in 2022, which was a 31 per cent drop from US$54.78 billion generated in 2015, the year lending to Africa was at its highest.
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Mapping COVID-19 Access Gaps: Results From 14 Nations Including Somaliland
New @MatahariGlobal, @peoplesvaccine & @ITPCglobal #report spanning 14 countries including #Somaliland finds the global #COVID19 #response abandoned people in #LoweIincome countries, with a litany of barriers to access to #COVID tools. Read the #AccessReport here:
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Do you want to come to Italy to study? Prepare yourself.
I was scrolling on Instagram yesterday and I came across an italian account: toxicschool. In their posts I saw one talking about the differences between Italian school or American school. I agree with them school Is toxic we have to Improve it. But should we see deep the world of scholarships in our globe?
State grade Percentage of GDP spent on education
1 Guinea Equatorial 0.7%
2 Myanmar 0.8%
3 Central African Republic 1.2%
4 Zambia 1.3%
5 United Arab Emirates 1.3%
6 Monaco 1.6%
7 Lebanon 1.6%
8 Liberia 1.9%
9 Sri Lanka 2.0%
10 Eritrea 2.1%
11 Liechtenstein 2.1%
12 Guinea-Bissau 2.1%
13 Dominican Republic 2.2%
14 Libia 2.3%
15 Iraq 2.3%
16 Pakistan 2.4%
17 Zimbabwe 2.5%
18 Qatar 2.5%
19 Antigua and Barbuda 2.5%
20 Democratic Republic of the Congo 2.5%
21 Chad 2.6%
22 Peru 2.6%
23 Cambodia 2.6%
24 Sierra Leone 2.7%
25 Georgia 2.7%
(Guinea Equatorial)
This is the ranking of the worst schools in the world. What's about the best schools in the world?
1.South Korea.
2.Japan.
3.Singapore.
4.Hong Kong.
5.Finland.
6.United Kingdom.
7.Canada.
8.Netherlands.
(South Korea)
In the world there are 244 million young people and children, between 6 and 18 years old, who do not go to school. This was announced by Avvenire, which points out that, of these, 40% live in sub-Saharan Africa, of which 20.2 million only in Nigeria.
So now we know the baddest and best schools in the world, but what's the school system more stressful?
Stress, especially when prolonged over time, can lead to many health problems, from the simplest to the most serious, because it alters the immune system: skin diseases, dry mouth and memory lapses, and, in the most serious cases, even heart problems.
The WeWorld report highlights how the Italian school system is one of the most stressful in the world: more than half of students say they feel nervous while studying, compared to an OECD average of 37%.
Among the 3651 students surveyed, 9 out of 10 confirm that they experience anxiety and/or stress before taking written and oral tests.
I'm an Italian student. I can confirm it.
But why do I think that is really bad the organization?
Is outdated and overly theoretical curricula, inadequate technological equipment, poor teacher motivation, school buildings and overcrowded classrooms. These are the 5 main weaknesses of the Italian school system, beyond the Coronavirus emergency that has further complicated the situation.
How is the Italian school system organized?
State compulsory schools are free and divided as follows: Primary school (elementary) - from 6 to 11 years, compulsory; Lower secondary school (middle) - from 11 to 14 years, compulsory; Upper secondary school from 14 to 19 years, compulsory up to 16 years old.
How toxic is the Italian school?
The European Commission brings us back to our difficult reality: Italy is among the five worst in Europe (out of 28) for dropouts: 17.6% of pupils leave their desks too early against the EU average of 12.7%.(-23 Oct 2016.)
My Testimony:
Italian school is really though, not because we have more hour to do but because teachers never said thing that can motivate us. They kick our butt if we aren't what they want us to be. If aren't good in their subjects we are a bunch of losers.
They insult us saying that we are going to make anything in our life. They said that to children, kids and teenagers.
For the new generation they have reserved us a bullshit.
Teachers don't teach us to live. They teach us about somethings that we have to know but they don't tell us how to survive.
In Italian we have two different options for saying teacher. "Maestro" is the one that teaches you life lessons explaining traditional lessons, "Professore" is the teacher that teaches you traditional lessons without a lesson . And I met only two teachers that are "Maestri".
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Battling the coronavirus 'infodemic' among social media users in Kenya and Nigeria
= 0.6, Z = −4.91, P < 0.001, 95% CI = [−4.4,−1.89]). It seems participants could differentiate between true and false posts to some extent and were ... --More Real
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Doctor Do Little.
December 21, 2023
All is not well in the fascist paradise of Florida. This is true in general, but most especially in the health arena. Take COVID, for instance. The Sunshine State remains one of the nation's leaders in deaths from that disease, despite ongoing attempts to hide state health statistics from the public.
Which brings us to the man responsible for that: Governor Ron DeSantis's handpicked Surgeon General, Joseph Ladapo (pictured above telling reporters he don't need no stinking science). An immigrant from Nigeria and a graduate of Harvard Medical School (which should be mortified), Ladapo was appointed to the position in September 2021 and was finally confirmed the following February after senate Democrats walked out in disgust when he declined to answer their questions. Recounted CNN, "Five times state Sen. Lauren Book asked Ladapo if vaccines worked against the coronavirus. Ladapo refused to say."
And no wonder. He has repeatedly insisted the Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna vaccines are dangerous for healthy young men and children and has warned people under the age of 65 against getting booster shots. Florida's top medical officer also told attendees at a press conference that masks "are not saving lives" and denounced doctors and health organizations like the CDC and AMA that still advocate for masking as a way to stop the spread of COVID.
Ladapo, we repeat, is a trained physician. But The Tampa Bay Times has its doubts.
Ladapo hailed ivermectin as a COVID-19 treatment. Its misuse led to a spike in calls to Florida poison control centers. He's also argued for hydroxychloroquine like DeSantis and former President Trump. Others in the medical community aren't as enthusiastic about that treatment.
And it gets worse. Thanks to his pal DeSantis, Ladapo was fast-tracked for a tenured professorship at the University of Florida, where he doesn't teach and does no research or any other kind of work. However, he does receive a $262,000 salary to go along with his $250,000 Surgeon General's pay. One professor at UF's College of Medicine declared,
We keep getting all of these emails about doing more to help the [university budget's] $42 million shortfall, and then you have this guy who’s not doing anything.
Says state representative Anna Eskamani, “I really look at Dr. Ladapo as more being a political figure than a Surgeon General at this point.” Boca Raton's state senator Tina Polsky echoes those sentiments: “This guy is a charlatan, he’s not looking out for anyone’s health.” But, then, taking money for doing nothing useful seems to be Dr. Ladapo's medical specialty.
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Course Creation Software Market to Witness Excellent Revenue Growth Owing to Rapid Increase in Demand
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Over 10,000 Nigerian Students Admitted Into Australian Varsities In Four Years-Official
Deputy High Commissioner of Australia in Nigeria, Matthew Mechan, says not less than 10,000 Nigerian students were given admission to Australian universities between 2015 and 2019.
Mr Mechan, on Saturday at the country’s ongoing education fair in Lagos, said the process went seamlessly before the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic interruptions.
The two-day event, which started with a gala night on…
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US President Joe Biden Fingered Putin in Russian plan Crash
The United States President, Joe Biden, on Wednesday reacted to reports stating that Russian mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin was aboard a plane that crashed in Russia.
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By • Olalekan Fagbade
Government may re-introduce face mask as
Diphtheria disease spread to 18 States FCT
The Federal Government has called on governors of the 19 states with confirmed cases of diphtheria to reintroduce face mask-wearing at public gatherings.
It said the advice was necessary because the confirmed cases had soared to 8,406.
The cases were recorded in 114 Local Government Areas (LGAs) in 18 of 36 states and Abuja.
Diphtheria is a highly contagious vaccine-preventable disease caused by strains of bacteria called Corynebacterium. It causes difficulty in breathing, heart rhythm problems and death.
Like Coronavirus(COVID-19), which led to worldwide mandatory use of facemasks, diphtheria spreads among people mainly by direct contact or through the air via respiratory droplets.
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) had about three months ago said the FCT recorded the first case that resulted in the death of a four-year-old.
At a news conference yesterday, the Executive Director of the National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA), Dr Faisal Shuaib, and NCDC Director-General, Dr. Ifedayo Adetifa, said out of the 8,406 confirmed cases, 6,202 (73.7 per cent) were of victims aged between one year and 14 years.
The news conference was also attended by World Health Organisation (WHO) Deputy Country Representative, Alexander Chimbaru and Country Director of the United States Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (USCDC), Mary Boyd.
Adetifa, who gave the breakdown of the cases, described Kano as the epicentre of the disease.
According to him, Kano State has reported 7,188 cases, representing 86 per cent of the total infection.
Yobe State ranks second with 775 cases, Katsina, 232; Borno, 118; Jigawa, 23; Bauchi, 20; Kaduna, 17; Lagos, eight and FCT, six; Gombe, five; Osun, three; Sokoto, three and Niger, two.
Cross River Enugu, Imo, Nasarawa, Kebbi and Zamfara states have one each.
Adetifa said: “As of today (yesterday), there have been 13,204 reported suspected cases out of which 8,406 were confirmed cases from 114 local government areas in 19 states and the FCT.
“Of the 8,406 confirmed cases, 6,202 (73.7 per cent) were aged one to 14 years. Infants: less than one per cent; one to four years: 14.40 per cent; five to nine years: 32.2 per cent; 10 to 14 years: 27.1 per cent; adults above 20 years: 15 per cent.
“Our records have shown that most of the confirmed cases of diphtheria in the country were unvaccinated against diphtheria.
“Of the 8,406 confirmed cases, 5,371 (64 per cent) are either unvaccinated or partially vaccinated, 966 (11 per cent) with unknown vaccination status, while 2,069 (25 per cent) are fully vaccinated against diphtheria.
“The recently-deployed National Rapid Response Teams (NRRTs) are offering on-site surveillance and response support in affected states.’’
He added that the NCDC had activated diphtheria surveillance and public health measures in the affected states and FCT.
Adetifa explained that through laboratory networking, the NCDC had continued to conduct preliminary and confirmatory testing at sub-national and national levels.
He added: “Currently, NCDC has 14 laboratories in the Diphtheria Laboratory Network with capacity to support diphtheria testing.
“Optimisation of five additional laboratories at the subnational level is currently ongoing.
“NCDC has conducted training for laboratory personnel at the sub-national level on diagnostic processes, quality assurance, biosafety, biosecurity procedures, and data management.”
Adetifa also said the installation of laboratory equipment (biosafety cabinets, autoclaves, and incubators) were ongoing in Kaduna, Katsina and Bauchi states to assist in the optimisation of laboratories there.
He said security challenges were limiting accessibility for some NRRTs in some local government areas.
Shuaib, who is also the co-chair of the National Emergency Task Force and Coordination
for Diphtheria in Nigeria, called on “governors of the affected states to institute face-covering requirements, such as facemasks in public gatherings.”
He said: “Diphtheria is an airborne disease. Like COVID-19, we can reduce air contact with the bacteria by adopting non-pharmaceutical interventions, such as the use of facemasks, hand-washing and physical distancing from affected persons. However, this should be done in a way that does not stigmatise or discriminate against sick people.
“Accordingly, I would like to call on governors of the affected states to institute face-covering requirements, such as facemasks in public gatherings. By so doing, we can add another intervention to slow the progress of the outbreak.”
Shuaib added that the government believes that vaccination remained the most potent weapon against diphtheria.
He explained that Nigeria has two vaccines — Pentavalent which is administered to children aged six weeks to four years, and the Tetanus-diphtheria (Td) for children aged between four years and 14 years.
According to him, in recent months, the government has launched rapid and comprehensive vaccination campaigns across the affected states.
Shuaib said: “Kano, as the epicentre of this outbreak, has been at the forefront of our vaccination efforts. Working with the state governments, we implemented Rounds One and Two of the vaccination campaign in five high-burden local government areas (LGAs) in February and April 2023 respectively.”
“Subsequently, Round Three was integrated with routine immunisation intensification, further bolstering our response. An additional eight LGAs in Kano underwent reactive vaccination exercises in the last week of August.
“Beyond Kano, we expanded our response to include Kaduna, Katsina, Bauchi, and Yobe in our Phase One response. These states engaged, trained, and executed vaccination campaigns in 25 high-burden LGAs within their borders with the commencement of reactive vaccination in August 2023.
“Borno State also conducted reactive vaccination exercises in four LGAs during the same period.
WHO’s Deputy Country Representative Chimbaru called for the involvement of traditional, religious and community leaders in the vaccination of children.
He said: “It is very critical to bring traditional, religious and community leaders to support vaccination of children. Diphtheria is a highly infectious disease and a cause for concern. The vaccines being used now are safe and effective.
“Nigeria has the Pentavalent vaccine. We applaud the government for providing the vaccines free of charge. We will support in surveillance and coordination of activities in terms of communication and community engagement. We need to have the communities coming on board to tackle the disease.”
USCDC Country Director Boyd commended the Federal Government for setting up the task force on diphtheria.
She said: “In Nigeria, we are seeing quite a number of deaths, up to 14 years. We are not just addressing the specific outbreak but also building systems that will help the country to better respond to future outbreaks.”
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BREAKING:
According to the House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic, an estimated $280 BILLION of COVID aid was stolen by criminals inside and outside of the US. Organized crime rings & foreigners in Russia, China, & Nigeria are suspected to have stolen at least half of the funds intended for struggling Americans suffering under lockdowns and forced business closures.
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[ad_1] Newswise — Exposure to common cold-causing coronaviruses may contribute to pre-existing immunity to COVID-19, according to a new study involving a Rutgers research scientist.The study, published in the Journal of Clinical Virology Plus, examined the immune responses in two categories of individuals in Lagos, Nigeria: health care workers in a teaching hospital and members of the general population residing in five localities.“Of the 83 percent of individuals in our study who had common cold coronavirus exposure, we found that their T cells cross-reacted to SARS-CoV-2, hinting at the fact that people who have been exposed to these genetically related coronaviruses have immune responses that may be protecting them from future SARS-CoV-2 infections,” said Bobby Brooke Herrera, an assistant professor of global health at Rutgers Global Health Institute and a lead author of the study along with Sulaimon Akanmu of Lagos University Teaching Hospital in Nigeria.The researchers’ findings provide insights about factors that may influence global infectious disease outbreak preparedness and responses, such as vaccine development. Herrera leads a research laboratory that is studying the intricacies of humans’ immune responses to microbial pathogens, especially viruses, that cause lethal human disease and for which there are limited options for treatment or vaccination.Topics addressed in the study include:Associations between immunity and the Africa paradox of high SARS-CoV-2 infection with low mortalityHigh SARS-CoV-2 seroprevalence in Lagos health care workers and in the community, indicating potentially greater infection rates than reportedLaboratory techniques to examine characteristics of pre-existing coronavirus immunity, such as antibodies directed against only the more conserved SARS-CoV-2 nucleocapsid protein as compared to antibodies against both the SARS-CoV-2 nucleocapsid and spike proteinsDynamics associated with prior SARS-CoV-2 infection and a boosted antibody response to the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccineDetecting viral exposure by examining T cell responses against SARS-CoV-2 nucleocapsid protein using a novel whole blood testThe results of this study are unique because data was collected at a critical period during the pandemic. Researchers looked at antibody and T cell immune responses of people before and after they were vaccinated. Most people have been exposed to SARS-CoV-2 antigens by either infection or vaccination, Herrera said.“This type of baseline data is now difficult to achieve,” he said. “However, there are still a lot of unknowns related to COVID-19, and the more we can understand, the better equipped we are to develop improved diagnostics and vaccines for this disease and other infectious diseases.”Herrera’s leadership of this study is an outgrowth of research he was involved with during his time as a visiting scientist at Harvard University in the laboratory of virologist Phyllis J. Kanki, a professor of health sciences at Harvard’s public health school and the study’s senior author.Herrera is continuing to collaborate with Akanmu, Kanki and others to home in on the mechanisms by which antibodies and T cells may offer protection against future infections by SARS-CoV-2, including its variants. He also is developing T cell-based vaccines.“I am going to be testing whether the T cell-based vaccines we have developed in my lab and in collaboration with my biotechnology company can protect against multiple SARS-CoV-2 variants as well as some of the genetically similar coronaviruses,” said Herrera, who also is an assistant professor at Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School and a co-founder of the company Mir Biosciences.“We’re trying to understand if T cell-based vaccines truly cross-protect,” he said. “We know that they can cross-recognize other coronaviruses, but not whether cross-recognition actually means cross-protection. If it does, that potentially leads to a novel strategy for coronavirus vaccine development.” window.fbAsyncInit = function () FB.init( appId: '890013651056181', xfbml: true, version: 'v2.2' ); ; (function (d, s, id) var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0]; if (d.getElementById(id)) return; js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id; js.src = " fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs); (document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk')); [ad_2]
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Post: Nigeria Centre for Disease Control
*FIRST CASE OF CORONA VIRUS DISEASE CONFIRMED IN NIGERIA*Friday, February 28, 2020The Federal Ministry of Health has confirmed a coronavirus disease (COVID-19) case in Lagos State, Nigeria. The case, which was confirmed on the 27th of February 2020, is the first case to be reported in Nigeria since the beginning of the outbreak in China in January 2020.The case is an Italian citizen who works in Nigeria and returned from Milan, Italy to Lagos, Nigeria on the 25th of February 2020. He was confirmed by the Virology Laboratory of the Lagos University Teaching Hospital, part of the Laboratory Network of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control. The patient is clinically stable, with no serious symptoms, and is being managed at the Infectious Disease Hospital in Yaba, Lagos.The Government of Nigeria, through the Federal Ministry of Health has been strengthening measures to ensure an outbreak in Nigeria is controlled and contained quickly. The multi-sectoral Coronavirus Preparedness Group led by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has immediately activated its national Emergency Operations Centre and will work closely with Lagos State Health authorities to respond to this case and implement firm control measures.I wish to assure all Nigerians that have we have been beefing up our preparedness capabilities since the first confirmation of cases in China, and we will use all the resources made available by the government to respond to this case.We have already started working to identify all the contacts of the patient, since he entered Nigeria. Please be reminded that most people who become infected may experience only mild illness and recover easily, but it can be more severe in others, particularly the elderly and persons with other underlying chronic illnesses. All Nigerians should take care of their health and maintain hand and respiratory hygiene to protect themselves and others, including their own families, following the precautions below:1. Regularly and thoroughly wash your hands with soap and water, and use alcohol-based hand sanitiser.2. Maintain at least 1 & half metres (5 feet) distance between yourself and anyone who is coughing or sneezing.3. Persons with persistent cough or sneezing should stay home or keep a social distance, but not mix in crowd.4. Make sure you and people around you, follow good respiratory hygiene, meaning cover your mouth and nose with a tissue or into your sleeve at the bent elbow or tissue when you cough or sneeze. Then dispose of the used tissue immediately.5. Stay home if you feel unwell with symptoms like fever, cough and difficulty in breathing. Please call NCDC toll free number which is available day and night, for guidance- 0800-970000-10. Do not engage in self-medication6. Stay informed on the latest developments about COVID-19 through official channels on TV and Radio, including the Lagos State Ministry of Health, NCDC and Federal Ministry of Health.Citizens must not abuse social media and indulge in spreading misinformation that causes fear and panic. The Federal Ministry of Health, through Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, will continue to provide updates and will initiate all measures required to prevent the spread of any outbreak in Nigeria.Dr Osagie EhanireHon. Minister of Health https://www.blaqsbi.com/22D5
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