GUINEA-BISSAU STOPS VACCINE STUDY FUNDED BY TRUMP ADMINISTRATION. (PHOTO).

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 Guinea-Bissau stops vaccine study funded by Trump administration Guinea-Bissau's foreign minister has said his government has stopped a study funded by the Trump administration aiming to evaluate side effects of the life-saving hepatitis B vaccine, including any links to autism. The West African country, one of the region's poorest, has high rates of hepatitis B, and the prospective study had drawn an outcry from scientists and international health bodies because only half the newborns in the trial would get the vaccine at birth. World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Ghebreyesus said it was not ethical. Guinea-Bissau last month suspended the trial pending an ethical review. Critics had said it was being used to test theories linking vaccines to autism, long promoted by U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr but contradicted by scientific evidence. Foreign Minister Joao Bernardo Vieira said in an interview on Tuesday that the study had been closed, citing concer...

SWAN URGES GOV ABIODUN TO BOOST PUBLICITY FOR NATIONAL SPORTS FESTIVAL. (PHOTO).


 SWAN Urges Gov Abiodun to Boost Publicity for National Sports Festival


The Ogun State chapter of the Sports Writers Association of Nigeria (SWAN) has called on Governor Dapo Abiodun to give greater publicity to the upcoming National Sports Festival, warning that current underreporting is creating a communication gap.


In a communiqué issued after its congress in Abeokuta, SWAN emphasized the need for a functional media center at the MKO Abiola Stadium and urged the rehabilitation of dressing rooms and the medical bay to meet global standards.


SWAN also appealed for land allocation to revive the abandoned FIFA Goal project, noting it comes at no cost to the state. While commending the state’s investment in sports infrastructure, the group advised against concessioning the stadium after the festival, advocating instead for public access to promote talent discovery.

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