LASG REAFFIRMS COMMITMENT TO END TUBERCULOSIS IN COMMUNITIES IN LAGOS STATE. (PHOTOS). #PRESS RELEASE.
LASG REAFFIRMS COMMITMENT TO END TUBERCULOSIS IN COMMUNITIES IN LAGOS STATE The Lagos State Government on Tuesday reaffirmed its commitment to completely eradicate Tuberculosis (TB) at the grassroots level across the metropolis. The Permanent Secretary, Lagos State Health District III, Dr. Monsurat Adeleke made this known during a courtesy visit by the Institute of Human Virology, Nigeria team to her Ikoyi office, emphasising the present administration's commitment to continually prioritise health security across the state. She said the Lagos State First Lady, Dr. (Mrs.) Claudiana Sanwo-Olu, is a Tuberculosis (TB) champion with the mandate of ending TB now and the continuous expansion of TB scale-up diagnostic centres. According to her, “The First Lady of Lagos State, Dr. (Mrs.) Claudiana Sanwo-Olu is a TB champion. We, the team at the Lagos State Health District III, are satisfying Madam First Lady in achieving our TB mandate. Every day, when we turn on our TV we see ...
Yesterday yuesday,a new system of match observers monitoring incidents of racism and discrimination at 2018 World Cup qualifiers was announced by FIFA.The system will be co-ordinated bt world soccer's ruling body and implemented in co-operation with the European anti-discrimination organisation FARE.Any incidents of discrimination or racism will be reported to FIFA which has pledged to impose disciplinary sanctions on any countries involved.The implementation of the new system is particularly apt as racism is life in soccer in Russia,hosts of the 2018 world cup.More than 200 incidents were committed by Russian fans between 2012 and 2014 according to a recent report by the Sova center,a Moscow based racism monitory group.Last month FIFA President Sepp Blatter said ''A lot of work needs to be done to wife the scourge of racism and discrimination from Russian Soccer and the game in general.FIFA and European soccer governing body UEFA have often imposed relatively small punishments when incidents have occured in the past.
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