The WHO Regional Director for Africa, Mohamed Janabi, noted that oral diseases are among the most common and preventable health conditions, yet they remain one of the most neglected areas of public health.
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He noted that research ethics in Nigeria gained renewed focus following the establishment of NHREC in 2005 and its formal empowerment under the National Health Act of 2014, which mandates the committee to provide ethical approvals, issue guidelines and monitor health research nationwide.
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She said the initiative became necessary due to the increasing circulation of harmful cosmetic products across the country, posing serious short and long term health risks to consumers.
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“We will be carrying routine immunisation vaccines, including polio, so that each and every child living in those borders is being protected,” he said.
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