For almost a decade, South Africa unexpectedly fell into its first recession.

<div class="eyebrow-v2" style="margin: 0px 0px 5px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.13; font-family: BWHaasGrotesk-55Roman-Web, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; text-transform: capitalize;">Courtesy: Bloomberg</div><div class="eyebrow-v2" style="margin: 0px 0px 5px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.13; font-family: BWHaasGrotesk-55Roman-Web, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; text-transform: capitalize;">Economics</div><h1 class="lede-text-v2__hed" style="font-size: 32px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: BWHaasGrotesk-75Bold-Web, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; position: relative; letter-spacing: -0.025em;">South Africa’s Economy Slips Into First Recession Since 2009</h1><address class="lede-text-v2__byline" style="margin: 0px 0px 3px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.32; font-family: BWHaasGrotesk-55Roman-Web, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: normal;">By <div class="author-v2" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: 12px; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; display: inline-block;"><a class="author-v2__byline" href="https://www.bloomberg.com/authors/ATw8WUj2dpQ/ntando-thukwana" rel="author" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: 12px; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; transition: color 0.2s ease-out; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Ntando Thukwana</a></div> and <div class="author-v2" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: 12px; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; display: inline-block;"><a class="author-v2__byline" href="https://www.bloomberg.com/authors/APqJVNJsnlk/ana-monteiro" rel="author" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: 12px; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; transition: color 0.2s ease-out; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Ana Monteiro</a></div></address><div class="lede-text-v2__times" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.32; font-family: BWHaasGrotesk-55Roman-Web, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline;"><time class="article-timestamp" itemprop="datePublished" datetime="2018-09-04T09:30:19.822Z" data-type="updated" data-status="localized" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 3px 0px 0px; border: 0px; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; display: block;">September 4, 2018, 10:30 AM GMT+1</time><span class="updated-wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: italic;"><span class="updated-text" style="margin: 0px 2px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;">Updated on </span><time class="article-timestamp" itemprop="dateModified" datetime="2018-09-04T13:28:54.169Z" data-type="updated" data-status="localized" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;">September 4, 2018, 2:28 PM GMT+1</time></span></div><div class="lede-text-v2__times" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.32; font-family: BWHaasGrotesk-55Roman-Web, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="updated-wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: italic;"><time class="article-timestamp" itemprop="dateModified" datetime="2018-09-04T13:28:54.169Z" data-type="updated" data-status="localized" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;"><br></time></span></div><div class="lede-text-v2__times" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 1.32; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="updated-wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-variant: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: italic;"><time class="article-timestamp" itemprop="dateModified" datetime="2018-09-04T13:28:54.169Z" data-type="updated" data-status="localized" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-variant: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;"><p style="font-family: PublicoText-Roman-Web, Georgia, Cambria, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 30px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: normal;">South Africa unexpectedly fell into its first recession for almost a decade, exacerbating the rand’s decline amid the recent emerging-market rout and heaping pressure on President Cyril Ramaphosa.</p><div class="hardwall" data-position="1" style="font-family: PublicoText-Roman-Web, Georgia, Cambria, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: normal;"></div><div class="softwall" data-position="1" style="font-family: PublicoText-Roman-Web, Georgia, Cambria, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: normal;"></div><p style="font-family: PublicoText-Roman-Web, Georgia, Cambria, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: inherit; margin: 30px 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: normal;">Africa’s most-industrialized economy shrank an annualized 0.7 percent in the second quarter, an outcome that was far worse than any forecaster had anticipated. The outcome casts a pall over the country’s new leadership, providing an uncomfortable parallel with the initial phase nine years of Ramaphosa’s predecessor, Jacob Zuma.</p><div class="hardwall" data-position="2" style="font-family: PublicoText-Roman-Web, Georgia, Cambria, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: normal;"></div><div class="softwall" data-position="2" style="font-family: PublicoText-Roman-Web, Georgia, Cambria, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: normal;"></div><p style="font-family: PublicoText-Roman-Web, Georgia, Cambria, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: inherit; margin: 30px 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: normal;">The news underscores the fragility of South Africa’s economy at time when the country has been dragged into the emerging market turmoil of the past month that engulfed Turkey and Argentina. Slack farming output and soft consumer spending were among the weak spots.</p><p style="font-family: PublicoText-Roman-Web, Georgia, Cambria, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: inherit; margin: 30px 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: normal;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjvjaqw3883i1EqpxAlTcLafDhU6DEjvnGGYGuCbdT9a9DIKD5OyhlL3V6ZnovNgvzRLbUutrIdxDy-n8PWgC6u7Xy16FdDS9mLPA_gBGuy4IVNf_UXy7frI4_ffdmZmgPhIqDgfc4vsI/s1600/%255BUNSET%255" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" data-original-height="" data-original-width="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjvjaqw3883i1EqpxAlTcLafDhU6DEjvnGGYGuCbdT9a9DIKD5OyhlL3V6ZnovNgvzRLbUutrIdxDy-n8PWgC6u7Xy16FdDS9mLPA_gBGuy4IVNf_UXy7frI4_ffdmZmgPhIqDgfc4vsI/" /></a><span style="font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><u style="color: rgb(109, 109, 109); font-family: BWHaasGrotesk-55Roman-Web, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.3px; font-weight: bold;"> </u><span style="color: rgb(109, 109, 109); font-family: BWHaasGrotesk-55Roman-Web, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.3px; font-weight: bold;">Cyril </span><font face="PublicoText-Roman-Web, Georgia, Cambria, Times New Roman, Times, serif">Ramaphosa</font><u style="color: rgb(109, 109, 109); font-family: BWHaasGrotesk-55Roman-Web, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.3px; font-weight: bold;"> </u></span><span style="font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; color: rgb(109, 109, 109); font-family: BWHaasText-56Italic, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: inherit;">: </span><span style="font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; color: rgb(109, 109, 109); font-family: BWHaasText-56Italic, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: inherit;">                 Photographer: Simon Dawson/Bloomberg</span></p><p style="margin: 30px 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: 16px; line-height: inherit; font-family: PublicoText-Roman-Web, Georgia, Cambria, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: normal;">Ramaphosa’s rise to power since December initially boosted sentiment and the rand following Zuma’s tenure of almost nine years. That optimism faded as economic reforms weren’t implemented fast enough and global trade wars and turmoil in other emerging markets soured sentiment.</p><div class="hardwall" data-position="4" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: 16px; line-height: inherit; font-family: PublicoText-Roman-Web, Georgia, Cambria, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: normal;"></div><div class="softwall" data-position="4" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: 16px; line-height: inherit; font-family: PublicoText-Roman-Web, Georgia, Cambria, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: normal;"></div><p style="margin: 30px 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: 16px; line-height: inherit; font-family: PublicoText-Roman-Web, Georgia, Cambria, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: normal;">“It’s showing that this economy remains in the doldrums, that we are in desperate need for policy certainty and structural reform to get us onto a growth path,” Elize Kruger, an economist at Paarl, South Africa-based NKC African Economics, said by phone. “This type of environment is difficult for job creation. We’ll get stuck in our low-growth term if we can’t get out of this.”</p><p style="margin: 30px 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: 16px; line-height: inherit; font-family: PublicoText-Roman-Web, Georgia, Cambria, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: normal;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZk7oX7PmtGFjb1qFUpRxjz9sVGNQCrpa1crm5GX5danyitoM98ufilv7lwW__ZUtV1Dd6C4cOAcl4jdQSw4JJhc_penPZxzVHBG__I36k8uK9dJERCcW73gPRoMjpq7meGehEzOCutgs/s1600/%255BUNSET%255" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" data-original-height="" data-original-width="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZk7oX7PmtGFjb1qFUpRxjz9sVGNQCrpa1crm5GX5danyitoM98ufilv7lwW__ZUtV1Dd6C4cOAcl4jdQSw4JJhc_penPZxzVHBG__I36k8uK9dJERCcW73gPRoMjpq7meGehEzOCutgs/" /></a></p><p style="margin: 30px 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: 16px; line-height: inherit; font-family: PublicoText-Roman-Web, Georgia, Cambria, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: normal;">The rand weakened 2.9 percent to 15.2973 per dollar in Johannesburg. Yields on rand-denominated government bonds due December 2026 rose 21 basis points to 9.22 percent, the highest level since before Ramaphosa became leader of the ruling African National Congress.</p><table style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: 12px; line-height: inherit; font-family: PublicoText-Roman-Web, Georgia, Cambria, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; vertical-align: baseline; border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px; display: block; overflow-x: auto; width: 280px; font-style: normal;"><colgroup><col class="news-rsf-table-string"></colgroup><tbody style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: 12px; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; display: table; min-width: 100%;"><tr style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border-width: 0px 0px 1px; border-top-style: initial; border-right-style: initial; border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-style: initial; border-top-color: initial; border-right-color: initial; border-bottom-color: rgb(118, 118, 118); border-left-color: initial; border-image: initial; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: 12px; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;"><td class="news-rsf-table-string" style="margin: 0px; padding: 10px 0px; border: 0px; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: 12px; line-height: inherit; font-family: BWHaasGrotesk-55Roman-Web, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(153, 153, 153); min-width: 50px;"><h3 style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: BWHaasGrotesk-75Bold-Web, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">What Our Economist Says</h3></td></tr><tr style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: 12px; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;"><td class="news-rsf-table-string" style="margin: 0px; padding: 10px 0px; border: 0px; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: 12px; line-height: inherit; font-family: BWHaasGrotesk-55Roman-Web, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(153, 153, 153); min-width: 50px;"><br>“Virtually every component in GDP came in worse than expected, deepening the divergence in improved business sentiment and weakening economic activity. We will reassess our real GDP forecast for 2018, which we have already brought down to 1.2% from 1.5% previously. A reading of 0.5-1.0% now looks more likely.”<br><br>-Mark Bohlund, Bloomberg Economics</td></tr></tbody></table><p style="margin: 30px 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: 16px; line-height: inherit; font-family: PublicoText-Roman-Web, Georgia, Cambria, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: normal;">A contraction for the fourth quarter of 2016 was later revised to show growth, resulting in this being the first recession since the financial crisis of 2009.</p></time></span></div>

For almost a decade, South Africa unexpectedly fell into its first recession.

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All children should get a flu shot as soon as it becomes available this season, preferably before the end of October, the American Academy of Pediatrics recommends in a<a href="http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/early/2018/08/30/peds.2018-2367" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(38, 38, 38); transition: color 0.4s ease;" target="_blank"> policy statement</a>published Monday. It also emphasizes that the shot is preferred over the nasal mist.</span></p><p class="cnnds_txt_grey_small" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px; color: rgb(115, 115, 115);"><span style="color: rgb(38, 38, 38); font-size: 16px;">"Everyone over 6 months of age should get their flu vaccine before Halloween," said Atlanta pediatrician Dr. Jennifer Shu, who is a member of the academy but was not involved in the new recommendations. "Don't go trick-or-treating unless you've had your flu shot."</span></p><p class="cnnds_txt_grey_small" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px; color: rgb(115, 115, 115);"><span style="color: rgb(38, 38, 38); font-size: 16px;">Many</span><span style="color: rgb(38, 38, 38); font-size: 16px;"> pediatricians will be offering their patients both the standard flu shot and FluMist nasal spray. The</span><span style="color: rgb(38, 38, 38); font-size: 16px;"> </span><a href="https://www.cdc.gov/flu/protect/keyfacts.htm" style="font-size: 16px; box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(38, 38, 38); transition: color 0.4s ease;" target="_blank">flu shot </a><span style="color: rgb(38, 38, 38); font-size: 16px;">contains dead influenza virus strains, while the nasal spray contains weakened viruses.</span></p><p class="cnnds_txt_grey_small" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px; color: rgb(115, 115, 115);"><span style="color: rgb(38, 38, 38); font-size: 16px;">The</span><span style="color: rgb(38, 38, 38); font-size: 16px;"> flu shot is the academy's first choice for children 6 months and older because it has provided the most consistent protection against all strains of the virus in recent years.</span><span style="color: rgb(38, 38, 38); font-size: 16px;"> </span><a href="https://www.cdc.gov/flu/about/qa/nasalspray.htm" style="font-size: 16px; box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(38, 38, 38); transition: color 0.4s ease;" target="_blank">FluMist</a><span style="color: rgb(38, 38, 38); font-size: 16px;"> </span><span style="color: rgb(38, 38, 38); font-size: 16px;">may also be used for the 2018-19 season.</span></p><p class="cnnds_txt_grey_small" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px; color: rgb(115, 115, 115);"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9IC6RGiOxdR-Dcsv_5UJJCltsJVrgBMP853i73CMmp17pYSK5xtZY6hyVkenSGOjSpwIuoI2SRR2Xg_yNebIxWOki5VdpW7AQThAl6BwfRtMx2t7An_z6n0GLi9qYtFxnOlf4vNKQ8Sc/s1600/%255BUNSET%255" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" data-original-height="" data-original-width="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9IC6RGiOxdR-Dcsv_5UJJCltsJVrgBMP853i73CMmp17pYSK5xtZY6hyVkenSGOjSpwIuoI2SRR2Xg_yNebIxWOki5VdpW7AQThAl6BwfRtMx2t7An_z6n0GLi9qYtFxnOlf4vNKQ8Sc/" /></a><br></p><p class="cnnds_txt_grey_small" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px; color: rgb(115, 115, 115);"><a aria-disabled="false" aria-label="Related Article: Flu vaccine, even when just 20% effective, saves tens of thousands of lives" class="_0308207a _1e227843 " href="https://edition-m.cnn.com/2018/04/30/health/vaccine-low-effectiveness-study/index.html" icon="" name="Related Article: Flu vaccine, even when just 20% effective, saves tens of thousands of lives" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(89, 89, 89); transition: color 0.2s; text-decoration: none; font-size: 14px;" target=""><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><b>Related Article:</b></span> Flu vaccine, even when just 20% effective, saves tens of thousands of lives</a><br></p><p class="cnnds_txt_grey_small" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px; color: rgb(115, 115, 115);"><br></p><p class="cnnds_txt_grey_small" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px; color: rgb(115, 115, 115);"><span style="color: rgb(38, 38, 38); font-size: 17.6px;">The nasal spray has not been recommended for the previous two flu seasons because it was less powerful against some strains of influenza, the pediatrics group said.</span><br></p><p class="cnnds_txt_grey_small" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px; color: rgb(115, 115, 115);"><span style="color: rgb(38, 38, 38); font-size: 17.6px;">She explained that the </span><a href="https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/hcp/acip-recs/vacc-specific/flu.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(38, 38, 38); transition: color 0.4s ease; font-size: 17.6px;" target="_blank">US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommendation</a><span style="color: rgb(38, 38, 38); font-size: 17.6px;"> differs from that of the academy; the CDC says that either the flu shot or FluMist is fine. Parents who are uncertain about which is best for their children should talk it over with their doctors, she added.</span><span style="color: rgb(38, 38, 38); font-size: 17.6px;"><br></span></p><p class="cnnds_txt_grey_small" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px; color: rgb(115, 115, 115);"><span style="color: rgb(38, 38, 38); font-size: 17.6px;"><br></span></p><h3 style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.25; margin: 0px; font-size: 22px;">What a flu vaccine can do for your child</h3><p><span style="font-size: 17.6px;"> In the last flu season, 179 children died, while thousands more were hospitalized with flu-related illness. Eighty percent of the children who died had not received a flu vaccination, according to the CDC.</span><span style="font-size: 16px;"> </span></p><p><span style="font-size: 16px;">The flu vaccine reduces a child's risk of developing severe symptoms as well as complications including pneumonia and death, according to the committee of specialists who authored the American Academy of Pediatrics statement.</span><span style="font-size: 16px;"> </span></p><p><span style="font-size: 16px;">The2017-18 flu season ranked among the most severe on record, excluding pandemics.</span><span style="font-size: 16px;">.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 16px;">Dr Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, recalled that Australia had a "terrible season last year, and in fact, we had a very bad season last year," as well.</span></p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDudnlrGhx5ZoLzSaYn9JwDGDfFNlxWwOW0w8U6xBvxwPDAJsj6nF97tMEKJXUB0ckEPbPvZeepzDqDcp73M25EF362bLuO5njMr2l2WPC0uDmdQSlFWRd0pj27b6PfEOTbdUzGpbUqdU/s1600/%255BUNSET%255" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" data-original-height="" data-original-width="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDudnlrGhx5ZoLzSaYn9JwDGDfFNlxWwOW0w8U6xBvxwPDAJsj6nF97tMEKJXUB0ckEPbPvZeepzDqDcp73M25EF362bLuO5njMr2l2WPC0uDmdQSlFWRd0pj27b6PfEOTbdUzGpbUqdU/" /></a></p><p><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(89, 89, 89); transition: color 0.2s; text-decoration: none; font-size: 14px;"><a aria-disabled="false" aria-label="Related Article: CDC graphic novel foreshadows swine flu in California, Michigan" class="_0308207a _1e227843 " href="https://edition-m.cnn.com/2018/08/17/health/cdc-flu-detectives-graphic-novel/index.html" icon="" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(89, 89, 89); transition: color 0.2s; text-decoration: none; font-size: 14px;" target=""><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">Related Article:</span> CDC graphic novel foreshadows swine flu in California,</a></span><a aria-disabled="false" aria-label="Related Article: CDC graphic novel foreshadows swine flu in California, Michigan" class="_0308207a _1e227843 " href="https://edition-m.cnn.com/2018/08/17/health/cdc-flu-detectives-graphic-novel/index.html" icon="" name="Related Article: CDC graphic novel foreshadows swine flu in California, Michigan" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(89, 89, 89); transition: color 0.2s; text-decoration: none; font-size: 14px;" target=""><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"> Michigan</span></a></p><p><span style="font-size: 16px;">"Eventhough flu</span><span style="font-size: 16px;"> seasons are unpredictable, not always but often, we can get a hint of what we're going to face from what people in Australia and the southern hemispheres have faced in their winter, which is essentially our summer," Fauci said. Looking at </span><a href="http://www.health.gov.au/flureport" style="font-size: 16px; box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(38, 38, 38); transition: color 0.4s ease;" target="_blank">Australia today,</a><span style="font-size: 16px;"> </span><span style="font-size: 16px;">the flu season there is "generally lighter than usual."</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 16px;">"That doesn't mean we are going to definitely parallel Australia. But there's more of a chance than not that we will see something similar to Australia." Still, he cautioned, "their season is not completely over yet."</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 16px;">"One of the most important things about flu that we all have learned through experience is that it is generally unpredictable," Fauci said. "That's the nature of flu."</span><span style="font-size: 16px;"> </span></p><p><span style="font-size: 16px;">Because of this random nature, Fauci recommends most everyone get vaccinated against the virus.</span><span style="font-size: 16px;">"</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 16px;">"Particularly the people who fall into the high-risk categories: the elderly, young children, pregnant women, those who have chronic illnesses," he said. The </span><a href="https://www.cdc.gov/flu/about/disease/high_risk.htm" style="font-size: 16px; box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(38, 38, 38); transition: color 0.4s ease;" target="_blank">CDC website spells out who falls into the high-risk group</a><span style="font-size: 16px;">, he added.</span><span style="font-size: 16px;"> </span></p><h3 style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.25; margin: 0px; font-size: 22px;">Age, allergies and antivirals</h3><p><span style="font-size: 16px;">Kids 6 months through 8 years need two doses when it is their first time receiving a flu vaccine, but children 9 and older require only one dose, no matter their health history, according to the pediatrics group.</span><span style="font-size: 16px;"> </span></p><p><span style="font-size: 16px;">Because the flu shot is made using chicken eggs, "it used to be that egg allergy was a concern, but it's not a concern anymore," Shu said, referring to the academy recommendation that everyone, even children with egg allergies, can get the vaccine.</span><span style="font-size: 16px;"> </span></p><p><span style="font-size: 16px;">That said, parents who have concerns about allergies or possible reactions to the shot should talk with their doctors, she said.</span><span style="font-size: 16px;"> </span></p><p><span style="font-size: 16px;">Even though antiviral medications are important in the treatment of flu, they are not a substitute for vaccination, the pediatrics group also advised.</span></p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhadmvSuYRaxmYGacyY8DJmfKWnJARWBaOLB3uqmc9gAD3ETyV_61MNKajp0Hm8YlgQ0fDvJsCzeJHMD8GnneqjhR5Xy_lmOoUjCBuvM_1cno9udd1BwLg1-gn8xuE1ksaDGiB-gxnVK6E/s1600/%255BUNSET%255" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" data-original-height="" data-original-width="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhadmvSuYRaxmYGacyY8DJmfKWnJARWBaOLB3uqmc9gAD3ETyV_61MNKajp0Hm8YlgQ0fDvJsCzeJHMD8GnneqjhR5Xy_lmOoUjCBuvM_1cno9udd1BwLg1-gn8xuE1ksaDGiB-gxnVK6E/" /></a></p><p><a aria-disabled="false" aria-label="Related Article: Flu warfare may look different next year" class="_0308207a _1e227843 " href="https://edition-m.cnn.com/2018/02/14/health/new-flu-drug-and-flu-related-products/index.html" icon="" name="Related Article: Flu warfare may look different next year" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(89, 89, 89); transition: color 0.2s; text-decoration: none; font-size: 14px;" target=""><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><b>Related Article</b>:</span> Flu warfare may look different next year</span></a><br></p><p><span style="font-size: 16px;">Faucisaid that there's "a lot of effort and interest now in doing better" with both the seasonal flu vaccine and a </span><span style="font-size: 16px;"> </span><a href="http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMp1714916" style="font-size: 16px; box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(38, 38, 38); transition: color 0.4s ease;" target="_blank">universal flu vaccine</a><span style="font-size: 16px;">.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 16px;">Auniversal flu shot "is not going to come overnight. It's not going to come in a couple of years. It's likely to be an iterative process where we do better each season by getting broader coverage and more potent coverage of influenza."</span><span style="font-size: 16px;"> </span></p><p><span style="font-size: 16px;">Get <b><u>Driftxposa</u></b> Health's weekly newsletter</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 16px;"><br></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 16px;"><br></span></p></div>

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Gillum's level of exposure in the probe remains unclear,

<p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZ_LXzQWyr350qRPBY9MFSBquGeKKkLECi-R_b6kt0Ooipt803oo1Af6nTTN4wsCFVtWrQTcXlBZjD7TfwbDr19Yu5uaexCTpLlbKybLUe7jElqlkZYDohUUH_B4tmfkIy8RMHefl4iuU/s1600/%255BUNSET%255" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" data-original-height="" data-original-width="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZ_LXzQWyr350qRPBY9MFSBquGeKKkLECi-R_b6kt0Ooipt803oo1Af6nTTN4wsCFVtWrQTcXlBZjD7TfwbDr19Yu5uaexCTpLlbKybLUe7jElqlkZYDohUUH_B4tmfkIy8RMHefl4iuU/" /></a><br></p><h1 class="pg-headline" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 26px; margin-top: 8px; margin-bottom: 0px; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; font-family: "CNN Condensed", CNN, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, Utkal, sans-serif; font-weight: 500; line-height: 32px; padding: 0px; font-feature-settings: 'kern' 1; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility; letter-spacing: -0.01em; color: rgb(38, 38, 38); background-color: rgb(254, 254, 254);">FBI investigation looms over Democratic nominee for Florida governor</h1><div class="metadata " style="box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; font-family: "CNN Condensed", CNN, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, Utkal, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24px; margin: 8px 0px 0px; overflow: hidden; position: relative; font-feature-settings: 'kern' 1; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility; color: rgb(115, 115, 115); background-color: rgb(254, 254, 254);"><div class="metadata__info js-byline-images" data-bundle="byline" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; vertical-align: middle;"><p class="metadata__byline" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px;"><span class="metadata__byline__author" style="box-sizing: border-box;">By <a href="https://edition.cnn.com/profiles/dan-merica-profile" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(48, 97, 243); text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.2s;">Dan Merica</a>, CNN</span></p><p class="metadata__show" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px;"></p><p class="update-time" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0.5em auto 2em; float: left; line-height: 1;">Updated 2023 GMT (0423 HKT) September 3, 2018</p></div></div><div class="el__leafmedia el__leafmedia--sourced-paragraph" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(38, 38, 38); font-family: CNN, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, Utkal, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; background-color: rgb(254, 254, 254);"><p class="zn-body__paragraph speakable" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 15px; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; font-size: 1.2rem; line-height: 1.66667;"><cite class="el-editorial-source" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "CNN Condensed", CNN, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, Utkal, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-weight: 700; font-feature-settings: 'kern' 1; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility;">(CNN)   </cite>An ongoing federal investigation into public corruption in Tallahassee, Florida, threatens to damage the nascent campaign of Democratic gubernatorial nominee Andrew Gillum, the city's mayor.</p></div><div class="zn-body__paragraph speakable" style="box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; font-family: CNN, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, Utkal, sans-serif; font-size: 1.2rem; line-height: 1.66667; margin-bottom: 15px; color: rgb(38, 38, 38); background-color: rgb(254, 254, 254);">The FBI investigation into whether out-of-town developers were able to influence city development projects has already become fodder for political attacks against the gubernatorial candidate, who won the state's Democratic primary last week and rose to national prominence because of his historic win and gripping personal story.</div><div class="zn-body__paragraph speakable" style="box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; font-family: CNN, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, Utkal, sans-serif; font-size: 1.2rem; line-height: 1.66667; margin-bottom: 15px; color: rgb(38, 38, 38); background-color: rgb(254, 254, 254);">"He is embroiled in a lot of corruption scandals," Rep. Ron DeSantis, Gillum's Republican opponent, said on Fox News after the primary win. "This guy can't even run the city of Tallahassee. There is no way Florida voters can entrust him with our entire state."</div><div class="zn-body__paragraph speakable" style="box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; font-family: CNN, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, Utkal, sans-serif; font-size: 1.2rem; line-height: 1.66667; margin-bottom: 15px; color: rgb(38, 38, 38); background-color: rgb(254, 254, 254);"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjYfjjNJ-kweE-FmAsl8k3DrrvcSMAQM-j8sr6H_MD6B8JNuMPnGwhb7yZ2veVECR-8msUib2Enx_ULBCNxJ1N4mVplLbk1D-cV8naUutMzF_0NYQRZGAGN2Wvttzy3xnWPuLqLDXYzNA/s1600/%255BUNSET%255" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" data-original-height="" data-original-width="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjYfjjNJ-kweE-FmAsl8k3DrrvcSMAQM-j8sr6H_MD6B8JNuMPnGwhb7yZ2veVECR-8msUib2Enx_ULBCNxJ1N4mVplLbk1D-cV8naUutMzF_0NYQRZGAGN2Wvttzy3xnWPuLqLDXYzNA/" /></a><br></div><div class="zn-body__paragraph speakable" style="box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; font-family: CNN, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, Utkal, sans-serif; font-size: 1.2rem; line-height: 1.66667; margin-bottom: 15px; color: rgb(38, 38, 38); background-color: rgb(254, 254, 254);"><div class="el__embedded el__embedded--standard" style="box-sizing: border-box; position: relative; width: 300px; z-index: 0; font-size: 15px;"><div class="el__storyelement--standard el__article--embed" style="box-sizing: border-box; float: left; clear: both; cursor: default; margin-bottom: 10px; width: 300px;"><div class="media__caption el__storyelement__title" style="box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; font-size: 0.8rem; line-height: 1.5; padding: 14px 10px; margin: 0px; color: rgb(89, 89, 89); position: relative; border-width: 0px 1px 1px; border-right-style: solid; border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-style: solid; border-right-color: rgb(230, 230, 230); border-bottom-color: rgb(230, 230, 230); border-left-color: rgb(230, 230, 230); border-image: initial; border-top-style: initial; border-top-color: initial;"><span class="el__storyelement__header" style="box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; display: block; font-family: "CNN Condensed", CNN, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, Utkal, sans-serif; font-size: 1.06667rem; line-height: 1.25; font-feature-settings: 'kern' 1; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility; color: rgb(26, 26, 26);"><b>Related articles</b> <a href="https://edition.cnn.com/2018/09/02/politics/andrew-gillum-robocall-reaction-cnntv/index.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(26, 26, 26); text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.2s; font-feature-settings: 'kern' 1; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility;">Florida gubernatorial candidate Andrew Gillum calls racist robocall targeting him 'deeply regrettable'</a></span></div></div></div><div class="zn-body__paragraph" style="box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; font-size: 1.2rem; line-height: 1.66667; margin-bottom: 15px;">Gillum's level of exposure in the probe remains unclear, though the mayor has long said publicly that the FBI told him he was not a focus of the investigation. His campaign officials have said the same thing and looked to turn the attack back on DeSantis.</div><div class="zn-body__paragraph" style="box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; font-size: 1.2rem; line-height: 1.66667; margin-bottom: 15px;"><div class="zn-body__paragraph" style="box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; font-size: 1.2rem; line-height: 1.66667; margin-bottom: 15px;">"Mayor Gillum is not a subject of the FBI investigation, and he's committed to rooting out any corruption or wrongdoing in Tallahassee," said Geoff Burgan, Gillum's spokesman. "We're not going to take ethics lectures from Congressman Ron DeSantis, who is marching in lockstep with the most morally, ethically and legally challenged President in American history."</div><div class="zn-body__read-all" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 15px;"><div class="zn-body__paragraph" style="box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; font-size: 1.2rem; line-height: 1.66667; margin-bottom: 15px;">The FBI declined to comment on the investigation.</div><div class="zn-body__paragraph" style="box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; font-size: 1.2rem; line-height: 1.66667; margin-bottom: 15px;">Gillum has not been named in any of the subpoenas, but questions have been raised about his potential involvement, in part because the investigators have compelled information from Adam Corey, a lobbyist and longtime Gillum friend who volunteered as finance chair on his 2014 mayoral campaign. Hundreds of Corey's emails have been posted online, at Gillum's direction, fodder for Republican groups that will spend millions looking to stop Gillum's campaign.</div><div class="teads-inread" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 15px;"><div style="box-sizing: border-box; position: relative;"><div class="teads-player" id="teads0" style="box-sizing: border-box;"></div></div></div><div class="zn-body__paragraph" style="box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; font-size: 1.2rem; line-height: 1.66667; margin-bottom: 15px;">Gillum's ties to Corey, whom he met while he was in college, have long raised questions. The Tallahassee Democrat reported in 2015 that Gillum's 2013 decision as a city commissioner to vote to fund a multimillion-dollar project tied to Corey through the city's community redevelopment agency raised questions because of their friendship, even though city lawyers deemed Gillum did not have a conflict of interest.</div><div class="zn-body__paragraph" style="box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; font-size: 1.2rem; line-height: 1.66667; margin-bottom: 15px;">The vote made way for Corey and other partners to <a href="https://www.tallahassee.com/story/money/2015/10/16/edison-its-investors-and-political-roots/74017352/" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(48, 97, 243); text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.2s;" target="_blank">convert a turn-of-the-century electric plant</a> into an upmarket restaurant named Edison.</div><div class="zn-body__paragraph" style="box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; font-size: 1.2rem; line-height: 1.66667; margin-bottom: 15px;">Those questions grew when <a href="https://www.tallahassee.com/story/news/local/fbi/2018/06/01/andrew-gillums-costa-rica-trip-irks-ethics-watchdogs/575149002/" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(48, 97, 243); text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.2s;" target="_blank">the paper reported</a> on Gillum and Corey vacationing together in Costa Rica, where they agreed to meet with Mike Miller, a name used by one of three FBI agents posing as developers, once they were back in Florida. Gillum's chief of staff told the paper that the trip was not business related and that he was on vacation with friends. Questions have also been raised about a 2016 trip to New York, where Corey and Miller were also present. A <a href="http://www.wctv.tv/content/news/Gillum-speaks-out-on-photo-showing-alleged-FBI-agent--440830893.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(48, 97, 243); text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.2s;" target="_blank">local television station</a> published a photo in August of 2017 that showed Corey, Gillum and an FBI agent sitting in the back of a boat in New York harbor with the Statue of Liberty in the background.</div><div class="zn-body__paragraph" style="box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; font-size: 1.2rem; line-height: 1.66667; margin-bottom: 15px;">According to public documents, the undercover agents posing as developers got close to city officials and lobbyists in an attempt to snuff out public corruption. FBI agents subpoenaed thousands of records in June 2017 and Gillum's office then <a href="http://www.talgov.com/transparency/public-records.aspx" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(48, 97, 243); text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.2s;" target="_blank">posted those records online</a>. Reporting from the Tallahassee Democrat found that a cadre of city officials and power brokers have been named in the subpoenas, but Gillum's campaign has denied any connection to the probe and pledged to work with the FBI.</div><div class="zn-body__paragraph" style="box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; font-size: 1.2rem; line-height: 1.66667; margin-bottom: 15px;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxLGajrCHcrPE7oOrueFi8jUvEt5zBR_7SdRvQM9yFe_P81n6kZXdDu-CoyovzmR4GPH5nB_OuFs1oPP7h0TjqZjRcArX__OeBqUVFMAiNpra4aPdpYKgQ904sZhIh7hB3vM84RfUwug0/s1600/%255BUNSET%255" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" data-original-height="" data-original-width="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxLGajrCHcrPE7oOrueFi8jUvEt5zBR_7SdRvQM9yFe_P81n6kZXdDu-CoyovzmR4GPH5nB_OuFs1oPP7h0TjqZjRcArX__OeBqUVFMAiNpra4aPdpYKgQ904sZhIh7hB3vM84RfUwug0/" /></a><br></div><div class="zn-body__paragraph" style="box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; font-size: 1.2rem; line-height: 1.66667; margin-bottom: 15px;"><div class="el__embedded el__embedded--standard" style="box-sizing: border-box; position: relative; width: 300px; z-index: 0; font-size: 15px;"><div class="el__storyelement--standard el__article--embed" style="box-sizing: border-box; float: left; clear: both; cursor: default; margin-bottom: 10px; width: 300px;"><div class="media__caption el__storyelement__title" style="box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; font-size: 0.8rem; line-height: 1.5; padding: 14px 10px; margin: 0px; color: rgb(89, 89, 89); position: relative; border-width: 0px 1px 1px; border-right-style: solid; border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-style: solid; border-right-color: rgb(230, 230, 230); border-bottom-color: rgb(230, 230, 230); border-left-color: rgb(230, 230, 230); border-image: initial; border-top-style: initial; border-top-color: initial;"><span class="el__storyelement__header" style="box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; display: block; font-family: "CNN Condensed", CNN, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, Utkal, sans-serif; font-size: 1.06667rem; line-height: 1.25; font-feature-settings: 'kern' 1; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility; color: rgb(26, 26, 26);"><b>Related articles: </b><a href="https://edition.cnn.com/2018/08/28/politics/andrew-gillum-ron-desantis-florida-governor-race/index.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(26, 26, 26); text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.2s; font-feature-settings: 'kern' 1; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility;">Bernie-backed progressive Andrew Gillum will face a Trump-styled Republican Ron DeSantis in Florida's governor's race</a></span></div></div></div><div class="zn-body__paragraph" style="box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; font-size: 1.2rem; line-height: 1.66667; margin-bottom: 15px;">Even so, Republicans will seek to use the investigation to bludgeon Gillum's campaign. The Republican Governors Association has already put out a digital ad on the probe and Jon Thompson, a spokesman for the group, told CNN that is likely just the beginning.</div><div class="zn-body__paragraph" style="box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; font-size: 1.2rem; line-height: 1.66667; margin-bottom: 15px;">"This FBI investigation will haunt Andrew Gillum's gubernatorial campaign and will be a very lethal attack," he said.</div><div class="zn-body__paragraph" style="box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; font-size: 1.2rem; line-height: 1.66667; margin-bottom: 15px;">Jared Leopold, spokesman for the Democratic Governors Association, responded, "Ron DeSantis has spent his political career pandering to far-right fringe elements, by voting to raise the retirement age and jack up health care costs on Floridians with pre-existing conditions. The RGA is desperate to rewrite history now that they're saddled with a candidate who is more extreme than Trump."</div><div class="zn-body__paragraph" style="box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; font-size: 1.2rem; line-height: 1.66667; margin-bottom: 15px;">The Gillum-DeSantis race is likely to be one of the most expensive gubernatorial contests in the country, with both campaigns and outside groups spending millions to control Florida's executive branch.</div><div class="zn-body__paragraph" style="box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; font-size: 1.2rem; line-height: 1.66667; margin-bottom: 15px;">Gillum has sought to fight back on the attacks by distancing himself from Corey and pledging to be helpful, while also using his approach to the investigation to attack President Donald Trump, a vocal DeSantis backer.</div><div class="zn-body__paragraph" style="box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; font-size: 1.2rem; line-height: 1.66667; margin-bottom: 15px;">"We want to make sure that any individual that participated in that is held fully accountable. The good news is, is that it doesn't involve my government or myself. We have all been fully cooperating," Gillum told CNN on Sunday.</div><div class="zn-body__paragraph" style="box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; font-size: 1.2rem; line-height: 1.66667; margin-bottom: 15px;">Despite their longtime friendship, Gillum also distanced himself from Corey by referring to him as just a campaign volunteer.</div><div class="zn-body__paragraph" style="box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; font-size: 1.2rem; line-height: 1.66667; margin-bottom: 15px;">Referring to Trump's constant attacks against the FBI for the ongoing investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election, Gillum added, "The difference between how we have addressed this and how Ron DeSantis and Donald Trump have addressed the FBI is that we have welcomed them and have tried to aid in their work."</div><div class="zn-body__paragraph" style="box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; font-size: 1.2rem; line-height: 1.66667; margin-bottom: 15px;">No charges have been filed to date as a result of the Tallahassee probe</div></div><div class="zn-body__paragraph" style="box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; font-size: 1.2rem; line-height: 1.66667; margin-bottom: 15px;"><br></div></div></div></div>

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Would you classify these Nigerian richest politicians among the top billionaires in Nigeria like Dangote, Mike Adenuga, Femi Otedola

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It will shock you to know that Nigeria was currently listed first among the <a href="https://www.nigerianinfopedia.com/top-10-corrupt-countries-world-2016/" style="color: rgb(8, 140, 17); text-decoration: none;" target="_top">top 10 corrupt countries in the world 2018</a>. One wonders where these Nigerian rich politicians got their wealth from.<amp-img class="wp-image-5053 aligncenter amp-wp-enforced-sizes i-amphtml-layout-responsive i-amphtml-layout-size-defined i-amphtml-element i-amphtml-layout" height="270" i-amphtml-layout="responsive" sizes="(min-width: 367px) 367px, 100vw" src="https://www-nigerianinfopedia-com.cdn.ampproject.org/i/s/www.nigerianinfopedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/Richest-Politicians-From-Nigeria-FBI-300x221.jpg" srcset="https://www-nigerianinfopedia-com.cdn.ampproject.org/i/s/www.nigerianinfopedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/Richest-Politicians-From-Nigeria-FBI-300x221.jpg 300w, https://www-nigerianinfopedia-com.cdn.ampproject.org/i/s/www.nigerianinfopedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/Richest-Politicians-From-Nigeria-FBI-20x15.jpg 20w, https://www-nigerianinfopedia-com.cdn.ampproject.org/i/s/www.nigerianinfopedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/Richest-Politicians-From-Nigeria-FBI.jpg 548w" width="367" style="display: block; position: relative; overflow: hidden !important; text-align: center; margin: 0px auto; max-width: 100%; width: 100vw;"><i-amphtml-sizer style="display: block; padding-top: 205.984px;"></i-amphtml-sizer><img class="i-amphtml-fill-content i-amphtml-replaced-content" decoding="async" sizes="(min-width: 367px) 367px, 100vw" src="https://www-nigerianinfopedia-com.cdn.ampproject.org/i/s/www.nigerianinfopedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/Richest-Politicians-From-Nigeria-FBI-300x221.jpg" srcset="https://www-nigerianinfopedia-com.cdn.ampproject.org/i/s/www.nigerianinfopedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/Richest-Politicians-From-Nigeria-FBI-300x221.jpg 300w, https://www-nigerianinfopedia-com.cdn.ampproject.org/i/s/www.nigerianinfopedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/Richest-Politicians-From-Nigeria-FBI-20x15.jpg 20w, https://www-nigerianinfopedia-com.cdn.ampproject.org/i/s/www.nigerianinfopedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/Richest-Politicians-From-Nigeria-FBI.jpg 548w" style="display: block; height: 0px; max-height: 100%; max-width: 100%; min-height: 100%; min-width: 100%; width: 0px; margin: auto; position: absolute; top: 0px; left: 0px; bottom: 0px; right: 0px; padding: 0px !important; border-width: initial !important; border-color: initial !important; border-image: initial !important;"></amp-img></p><p class="_e4b" style="margin-top: 5px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size: 15px; line-height: 26px; margin-bottom: 15px; word-break: break-word;">Would you classify these Nigerian richest politicians among the top billionaires in Nigeria like Dangote, Mike Adenuga, Femi Otedola e.t.c who we know are got their wealth through business and investments or rate them among the corrupt leaders in Nigeria who continually drain the economy of Nigeria at the expense of the suffering masses just to be wealthy.</p><p class="_e4b" style="margin-top: 5px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size: 15px; line-height: 26px; margin-bottom: 15px; word-break: break-word;"><strong>ALSO READ: <a href="https://www.nigerianinfopedia.com/who-is-the-richest-governor-in-nigeria/" style="color: rgb(8, 140, 17); text-decoration: none;" target="_top">THE RICHEST GOVERNOR IN NIGERIA</a></strong></p><div class="eCE85ZUS amp-wp-inline-21998716d663c265faade591b419ac5a" style="clear: both; float: left; margin: 0px 0px 20px; max-width: 100%;"><center><ins class="adsbygoogle" data-ad-client="ca-pub-7058350529164357" data-ad-format="auto" data-ad-slot="9197127502" data-full-width-responsive="true"></ins></center></div><p class="_e4b" style="margin-top: 5px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size: 15px; line-height: 26px; margin-bottom: 15px; word-break: break-word;">Without much ado, below are the list of <strong>Richest Politicians in Nigeria 2018 and their Net Worth </strong>as revealed by the FBI</p><div class="baKOq8dC amp-wp-inline-21998716d663c265faade591b419ac5a" style="clear: both; float: left; margin: 0px 0px 20px; max-width: 100%;"><center><ins class="adsbygoogle" data-ad-client="ca-pub-7058350529164357" data-ad-format="link" data-ad-slot="9446318217"></ins></center></div><p class="_e4b" style="margin-top: 5px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size: 15px; line-height: 26px; margin-bottom: 15px; word-break: break-word;">1. Rochas Okorocha – $1.4 billion</p><div class="NMRWW2st amp-wp-inline-21998716d663c265faade591b419ac5a" style="clear: both; float: left; margin: 0px 0px 20px; max-width: 100%;"><center><ins class="adsbygoogle amp-wp-inline-2f0158eb062d1ac553a7edcb8a744628" data-ad-client="ca-pub-7058350529164357" data-ad-format="fluid" data-ad-layout="in-article" data-ad-slot="7802631699"></ins></center></div><p class="_e4b" style="margin-top: 5px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size: 15px; line-height: 26px; margin-bottom: 15px; word-break: break-word;">2. Kwankwaso – $1.15 billion</p><div class="CO30345L amp-wp-inline-21998716d663c265faade591b419ac5a" style="clear: both; float: left; margin: 0px 0px 20px; max-width: 100%;"><center><ins class="adsbygoogle" data-ad-client="ca-pub-7058350529164357" data-ad-format="auto" data-ad-slot="3574509000" data-full-width-responsive="true"></ins></center></div><p class="_e4b" style="margin-top: 5px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size: 15px; line-height: 26px; margin-bottom: 15px; word-break: break-word;">3. Shettima – $1.1 billion</p><p class="_e4b" style="margin-top: 5px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size: 15px; line-height: 26px; margin-bottom: 15px; word-break: break-word;">4. Nyako – 805 million</p><p class="_e4b" style="margin-top: 5px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size: 15px; line-height: 26px; margin-bottom: 15px; word-break: break-word;">5. Ibrahim – $798 million</p><p class="_e4b" style="margin-top: 5px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size: 15px; line-height: 26px; margin-bottom: 15px; word-break: break-word;">6. Amaechi – $757 million</p><p class="_e4b" style="margin-top: 5px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size: 15px; line-height: 26px; margin-bottom: 15px; word-break: break-word;">8. Abdulaziz – $626 million</p><p class="_e4b" style="margin-top: 5px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size: 15px; line-height: 26px; margin-bottom: 15px; word-break: break-word;">9. Oshiomole – $625 million</p><p class="_e4b" style="margin-top: 5px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size: 15px; line-height: 26px; margin-bottom: 15px; word-break: break-word;">10. Aregbesola – $513 million</p><p class="_e4b" style="margin-top: 5px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size: 15px; line-height: 26px; margin-bottom: 15px; word-break: break-word;">11. Almakura – $510 million</p><p class="_e4b" style="margin-top: 5px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size: 15px; line-height: 26px; margin-bottom: 15px; word-break: break-word;">12. Wamako – $476 million</p><p class="_e4b" style="margin-top: 5px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size: 15px; line-height: 26px; margin-bottom: 15px; word-break: break-word;">13. Fashola – $448 million</p><p class="_e4b" style="margin-top: 5px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size: 15px; line-height: 26px; margin-bottom: 15px; word-break: break-word;">14. Amosun – $442 million</p><p class="_e4b" style="margin-top: 5px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size: 15px; line-height: 26px; margin-bottom: 15px; word-break: break-word;">15. Ahmed- $437 million</p><p class="_e4b" style="margin-top: 5px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size: 15px; line-height: 26px; margin-bottom: 15px; word-break: break-word;">16. Ajimobi – $422 million</p><h2><strong>Who is the richest politician in Nigeria? Facts<br></strong></h2><p style="margin-top: 5px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size: 15px; line-height: 26px; margin-bottom: 15px; word-break: break-word;">Rochas Okorocha is the wealthiest politician in Nigeria and he hails from Imo State. Some might argue that Bola Ahmed <a href="https://www.nigerianinfopedia.com/bola-ahmed-tinubu-biography-net-worth/" rel="noopener" style="color: rgb(8, 140, 17); text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Tinubu</a> should be the richest or even first on the list, but the assets and wealth of Rochas when compared with Tinubu speaks other wise. Rochas Okorocha’s net worth is $1.4 billion.</p><p style="margin-top: 5px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size: 15px; line-height: 26px; margin-bottom: 15px; word-break: break-word;"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">The current party of Nigeria’s richest politician is the All Progressive Congress (APC). Rochas Okorocha ventured into the business of selling used equipment at an early stage. It was doing this business that he claimed he made his very first million US dollars that made him very rich.</span><br></p><p style="margin-top: 5px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size: 15px; line-height: 26px; margin-bottom: 15px; word-break: break-word;"><center style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;"><ins class="adsbygoogle" data-ad-client="ca-pub-7058350529164357" data-ad-format="autorelaxed" data-ad-slot="5331388359"></ins></center><div class="swp_social_panel swp_flatFresh swp_default_full_color swp_individual_full_color swp_other_full_color scale-100 scale-fullWidth" data-count="0" data-float="bottom" data-float-color="#ffffff " data-float-mobile="bottom" data-min-width="1100" data-panel-position="both" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;"></div></p><div class="brs_col" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;"><p style="margin-top: 5px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size: 15px; line-height: 26px; margin-bottom: 15px; word-break: break-word;">From the above list, you can see that Rochas Okorocha is the richest politician in Nigeria. Well, those are the list of richest politicians in Nigeria as released by the American FBI. What do you think about the list?</p></div></div></header>

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Anybody who patronises or obtains any certificate from any of these illegal institutions does so at his or her own risk

<h1 class="entry-title" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 32px; margin-top: 3px; margin-bottom: 9px; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; color: rgb(17, 17, 17); font-weight: 400; line-height: 36px; word-wrap: break-word; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Full List of Illegal Universities in Nigeria 2018/2019 by NUC.</h1><p>Courtesy: <b><i>Driftxposa</i></b></p><p><b><u>www.publicnotice.ng</u></b><br></p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheXHEIgeAKKOtrYamYoFU89eUG7nMHvkQUyfud892WnxS9VjXQ-6FPCJlaMIarRoG1khyphenhyphenzbp_sUF0LeVU3XTFDgoMlefRw2ZLFIauIAEjg7VhnjUQzm87u2RqCXGw9RJjrNCGU2enlhKU/s1600/%255BUNSET%255" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" data-original-height="" data-original-width="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheXHEIgeAKKOtrYamYoFU89eUG7nMHvkQUyfud892WnxS9VjXQ-6FPCJlaMIarRoG1khyphenhyphenzbp_sUF0LeVU3XTFDgoMlefRw2ZLFIauIAEjg7VhnjUQzm87u2RqCXGw9RJjrNCGU2enlhKU/"></a></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Trebuchet, Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 26px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 26px; word-wrap: break-word; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><b><u>The National Universities Commission</u></b></span><strong style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold;">  </strong><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">released a list of illegal degree awarding institutions operating in Nigeria. The list of these illegal universities in Nigeria was made available to the public in a NUC’s weekly bulletin</span>. </p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Trebuchet, Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 26px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 26px; word-wrap: break-word; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style="font-size: 15px;">The National Universities Commission (NUC) wishes to announce to  the general public, especially parents and prospective undergraduates, that the under-listed “Degree Mills” have not been licensed by the Federal Government and have, therefore, been closed down  for violating the Education (National Minimum Standards etc.) Act CAP E3 Law of the Federation of Nigeria 2004. The “Universities” are:</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Trebuchet, Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 26px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 26px; word-wrap: break-word; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">1) University of Accountancy and Management Studies, operating anywhere in Nigeria<br style="box-sizing: border-box;">2) Christians of Charity American University of Science & Technology, Nkpor, Anambra State or any of its other campuses<br style="box-sizing: border-box;">3) University of Industry, Yaba, Lagos or any of its other campuses<br style="box-sizing: border-box;">4) University of Applied Sciences & Management, Port Novo, Lagos – Ibadan Expressway and its Annex at 41, Ikorodu Road, Republic of Benin or any of its other campuses in Nigeria.<br style="box-sizing: border-box;">5) Blacksmith University, Awka or any of its other campuses<br style="box-sizing: border-box;">6) Volta University College, Ho, Volta Region, Ghana or any of its other campuses in Nigeria.<br style="box-sizing: border-box;">7) Royal University Izhia, P.O. Box 800, Abakaliki, Ebonyi State or any of its other campuses<br style="box-sizing: border-box;">8) Atlanta University, Anyigba, Kogi State or any of its other campuses<br style="box-sizing: border-box;">9) United Christian University, Macotis Campus, Imo State or any of  its other campuses<br style="box-sizing: border-box;">10) United Nigeria University College, Okija, Anambra State or any of  its other campuses  </p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Trebuchet, Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 26px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 26px; word-wrap: break-word; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style="font-size: 15px;">11) Samuel Ahmadu University, Makurdi, Benue State or any of its other campuses</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Trebuchet, Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 26px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 26px; word-wrap: break-word; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">12) UNESCO University, Ndoni, Rivers State or any of its other campuses<br style="box-sizing: border-box;">13) Saint Augustine’s University of Technology, Jos, Plateau State or any of  its other campuses<br style="box-sizing: border-box;">14) The International University, Missouri, USA, Kano and Lagos International Professional College of Administration, Science and Study Centres, or any of its campuses in Nigeria.<br style="box-sizing: border-box;">15) Collumbus University, UK operating anywhere in Nigeria<br style="box-sizing: border-box;">16) Tiu International University, UK operating anywhere in Nigeria<br style="box-sizing: border-box;">17) Pebbles University, UK operating anywhere in Nigeria`<br style="box-sizing: border-box;">18) London External Studies UK operating anywhere in Nigeria.<br style="box-sizing: border-box;">19) Pilgrims University operating anywhere in Nigeria.<br style="box-sizing: border-box;">20) Lobi Business School Makurdi, Benue State or any of its of campuses in Nigeria.<br style="box-sizing: border-box;">21) West African Christian University operating anywhere in Nigeria.<br style="box-sizing: border-box;">22) Bolta University College Aba or any of its campuses in Nigeria.<br style="box-sizing: border-box;">23) JBC Seminary Inc. (Wukari Jubilee University) Kaduna Illegal campus.<br style="box-sizing: border-box;">24) Westlan University, Esie, Kwara State or any of its campuses in Nigeria.<br style="box-sizing: border-box;">25) St. Andrews University College, Abuja or any of its campuses in Nigeria.<br style="box-sizing: border-box;">26) EC-Council University, USA, Ikeja Lagos Study Centre.<br style="box-sizing: border-box;">27) Atlas University, Ikot Udoso Uko, Uyo Akwa Ibom State or any of its campuses in Nigeria.<br style="box-sizing: border-box;">28) Concept College/Universities (London) Ilorin or any of its campuses in Nigeria<br style="box-sizing: border-box;">29) Halifax Gateway University, Ikeja or any of its campuses in purposes of NYSC, employment, and further studies. Nigeria<br style="box-sizing: border-box;">30) Kingdom of Christ University, Abuja or any of its campuses in Nigeria<br style="box-sizing: border-box;">31) Acada University, Akinlalu, Oyo State or any of its campuses in Nigeria.<br style="box-sizing: border-box;">32) Fifom University, Mbaise, Imo State or any of its campuses in Nigeria</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Trebuchet, Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 26px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 26px; word-wrap: break-word; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">33) Houdegbe North American University campuses in Nigeria.<br style="box-sizing: border-box;">34) Atlantic Intercontinental University, Okija, Anambra State<br style="box-sizing: border-box;">35) Open International University, Akure</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Trebuchet, Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 26px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 26px; word-wrap: break-word; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">36) Middle Belt University (North Central University), Otukpo</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Trebuchet, Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 26px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 26px; word-wrap: break-word; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">37) Leadway University, Ughelli, Delta State</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Trebuchet, Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 26px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 26px; word-wrap: break-word; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">38) Metro University, Dutse/Bwari, Abuja</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Trebuchet, Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 26px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 26px; word-wrap: break-word; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">39) Southend University, Ngwuro Egeru (Afam) Ndoki, Rivers State</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Trebuchet, Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 26px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 26px; word-wrap: break-word; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">40) Olympic University, Nsukka, Enugu State</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Trebuchet, Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 26px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 26px; word-wrap: break-word; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">41) Federal College of Complementary and Alternative Medicine,<br style="box-sizing: border-box;">Abuja.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Trebuchet, Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 26px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 26px; word-wrap: break-word; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">42) Temple University, Abuja</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Trebuchet, Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 26px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 26px; word-wrap: break-word; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">43) Irish University Business School London, operating anywhere in Nigeria </p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Trebuchet, Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 26px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 26px; word-wrap: break-word; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style="font-size: 15px;">44) National University of Technology, Lafia, Nasarawa State.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Trebuchet, Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 26px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 26px; word-wrap: break-word; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">45) University of Accountancy and Management Studies, Mowe,</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Trebuchet, Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 26px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 26px; word-wrap: break-word; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">46) University of Education, Winneba Ghana, operating anywhere in Nigeria</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Trebuchet, Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 26px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 26px; word-wrap: break-word; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">47) Cape Coast University, Ghana, operating anywhere in Nigeria.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Trebuchet, Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 26px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 26px; word-wrap: break-word; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">48) African University Cooperative Development (AUCD), Cotonou, any of its other campuses Benin Republic, operating anywhere in Nigeria.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Trebuchet, Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 26px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 26px; word-wrap: break-word; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">49) Pacific Western University, Denver, Colorado, Owerri Study campuses Centre.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Trebuchet, Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 26px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 26px; word-wrap: break-word; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">50) Evangel University of America & Chudick Management its other campuses.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Trebuchet, Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 26px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 26px; word-wrap: break-word; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">51) Enugu State University of Science and Technology (Gboko of its other campuses. Campus)</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Trebuchet, Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 26px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 26px; word-wrap: break-word; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">52) Career Light Resources Centre, Jos<br style="box-sizing: border-box;">53) University of West Africa, Kwali-Abuja, FCT</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Trebuchet, Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 26px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 26px; word-wrap: break-word; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">54) Coastal University, Iba-Oku, Akwa-Ibom State.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Trebuchet, Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 26px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 26px; word-wrap: break-word; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">55) Kaduna Business School, Kaduna.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Trebuchet, Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 26px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 26px; word-wrap: break-word; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">56) Royal University of Theology, Minna, Niger State.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Trebuchet, Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 26px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 26px; word-wrap: break-word; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">57) West African Union University, in Collaboration with International Professional College of Administration, Science and Technology Nigeria, operating anywhere in Nigeria.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Trebuchet, Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 26px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 26px; word-wrap: break-word; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">58) Gospel Missionary Foundation (GMF), Theological University. 165 Iselo road, Cele bus stop, Egbe-Ikotun, Lagos</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Trebuchet, Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 26px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 26px; word-wrap: break-word; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">In addition to the closure, the following Degree Mills are currently undergoing further investigations and/or ongoing court actions. The purpose of these actions is to prosecute the proprietors and recover illegal fees and <span style="font-size: 15px;">charges on subscribers.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Trebuchet, Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 26px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 26px; word-wrap: break-word; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">1) National University of Nigeria, Keffi, Nasarawa State</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Trebuchet, Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 26px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 26px; word-wrap: break-word; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">2) North Central University, Otukpo, Benue State Campus</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Trebuchet, Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 26px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 26px; word-wrap: break-word; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">3) Christ Alive Christian Seminary and University, Enugu</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Trebuchet, Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 26px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 26px; word-wrap: break-word; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">4) Richmond Open University, Arochukwu, Abia State. Nigeria.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Trebuchet, Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 26px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 26px; word-wrap: break-word; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">5) West Coast University, Umuahia.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Trebuchet, Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 26px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 26px; word-wrap: break-word; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">6) Saint Clements University, Iyin Ekiti, Ekiti State Nigeria.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Trebuchet, Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 26px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 26px; word-wrap: break-word; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">7) Volta University College, Aba, Abia State.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Trebuchet, Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 26px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 26px; word-wrap: break-word; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">8) Illegal Satellite Campuses of Ambrose Alli University. </p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Trebuchet, Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 26px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 26px; word-wrap: break-word; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style="font-size: 15px;">For the avoidance of doubt, Anybody who patronises or obtains any certificate from any of these illegal institutions does so at his or her own risk. Certificates obtained from these sources will not be recognised for the purposes of NYSC, employment, and further studies.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Trebuchet, Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 26px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 26px; word-wrap: break-word; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">The relevant Law enforcement agencies have also been informed for their further necessary action.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Trebuchet, Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 26px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 26px; word-wrap: break-word; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Notice Board. 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What's the secret to living to 100?

<h1 style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.25; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 16px; font-size: 26px; color: rgb(38, 38, 38); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, Utkal, sans-serif;">Study, work, retire? How to prepare for a 100-year life</h1><div style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(38, 38, 38); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, Utkal, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><p class="cnnds_txt_grey_small" data-type="byline-area" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px 0px 8px; color: rgb(115, 115, 115);">Courtesy: <b><i>Driftxposa Health</i></b></p><p class="cnnds_txt_grey_small" data-type="byline-area" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px 0px 8px; color: rgb(115, 115, 115);">By Eoghan Macguire, CNN </p><p class="cnnds_txt_grey_small" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px; color: rgb(115, 115, 115);"><span class="timingText" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Posted at</span> 0408 GMT (1208 HKT) August 24, 2018</p><p class="cnnds_txt_grey_small" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px; color: rgb(115, 115, 115);"><br></p><p class="cnnds_txt_grey_small" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px; color: rgb(115, 115, 115);"><b>CNN HEALTH</b></p><p class="cnnds_txt_grey_small" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px; color: rgb(115, 115, 115);"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwiwDvQL0d2p1ONv4PAAUj8Eo9CJRr_TKlTVUpTXxmmCebpvR1E2oCmt9ig0f5ef36SBURpoTwrKVrgdZr07kW9va4EDrJbM56ZK96WQRetOgTLnkXv6evMRa2rZicuYbM1FcIkkEiWoU/s1600/%255BUNSET%255" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" data-original-height="" data-original-width="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwiwDvQL0d2p1ONv4PAAUj8Eo9CJRr_TKlTVUpTXxmmCebpvR1E2oCmt9ig0f5ef36SBURpoTwrKVrgdZr07kW9va4EDrJbM56ZK96WQRetOgTLnkXv6evMRa2rZicuYbM1FcIkkEiWoU/" /></a></p><p class="cnnds_txt_grey_small" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px; color: rgb(115, 115, 115);"><br></p><p class="cnnds_txt_grey_small" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px; color: rgb(115, 115, 115);">STORY<span style="font-size: 12px; letter-spacing: 1px; text-transform: uppercase; color: rgb(38, 38, 38);"> HIGHLIGHTS,</span></p><p class="cnnds_txt_grey_small" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px; color: rgb(115, 115, 115);"><span style="font-size: 12px; letter-spacing: 1px; text-transform: uppercase; color: rgb(38, 38, 38);"><br></span></p><p class="cnnds_txt_grey_small" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px; color: rgb(115, 115, 115);"><span style="font-size: 12px; letter-spacing: 1px; text-transform: uppercase; color: rgb(38, 38, 38);">JAPAN</span><span style="font-size: 12px; letter-spacing: 1px; text-transform: uppercase; color: rgb(38, 38, 38);"> with highest percentage of centenarians, is preparing for the 100-year life</span></p></div><div class="_53039000 storyHighlightsGlobal styles_storyHighlights__1IpdF _2df25e03" style="box-sizing: border-box; padding: 16px; border-width: 2px 1px 1px; border-style: solid; border-color: rgb(204, 0, 0) rgb(230, 230, 230) rgb(230, 230, 230); border-image: initial; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; margin-bottom: 20px; color: rgb(38, 38, 38); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, Utkal, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><ul class="styles_list__1_Bwk" style="box-sizing: border-box; list-style: none; padding: 0px; margin: 0px;"><li class="styles_highlight__1bpMD cnnds_txt_small" data-area="normal-highlight" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 4px; padding: 0px; border-bottom: 0px; font-size: 14px;">Experts say the world should prepare for larger aging populations</li></ul></div><div class="styles_BodyText__195s6 _9db439e9 speakable" style="box-sizing: border-box; padding-left: 16px; padding-right: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 16px; color: rgb(38, 38, 38); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, Utkal, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><span data-type="sourceText" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">(CNN) — </span><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">What's the secret to living to 100? Some say it's ensuring plenty of <a href="https://www.forbes.com/2009/04/06/centenarians-exercise-diet-personal-finance-retirement-live-to-100.html#6fc67212cbe7" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(38, 38, 38); transition: color 0.4s ease;" target="_blank">exercise</a>; others point to the benefits of a <a href="http://english.china.com/news/china/54/20151023/488922.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(38, 38, 38); transition: color 0.4s ease;" target="_blank">mild climate</a>. There are even some who suggest that a<a href="https://edition.cnn.com/2016/09/21/health/how-to-live-to-100-acciaroli-centenarians/index.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(38, 38, 38); transition: color 0.4s ease;">healthy sex life</a> has plenty do with it.</span></div><div class="styles_BodyText__195s6 _9db439e9 speakable" style="box-sizing: border-box; padding-left: 16px; padding-right: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 16px; color: rgb(38, 38, 38); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, Utkal, sans-serif;">The number of people<span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;"> </span>who live to 100 may be relatively small, but it's becoming more common -- particularly in countries like Japan, which has the <a href="http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2016/04/21/worlds-centenarian-population-projected-to-grow-eightfold-by-2050/" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(38, 38, 38); transition: color 0.4s ease;" target="_blank">highest proportion of centenarians</a> in the world.</div><div class="_53039000" style="box-sizing: border-box; padding-left: 16px; padding-right: 16px; margin-bottom: 20px; color: rgb(38, 38, 38); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, Utkal, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"></div><div class="styles_BodyText__195s6 _9db439e9 speakable" style="box-sizing: border-box; padding-left: 16px; padding-right: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 16px; color: rgb(38, 38, 38); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, Utkal, sans-serif;">Data from Japan's Ministry of Health estimate that there <a href="http://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/AJ201709150056.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(38, 38, 38); transition: color 0.4s ease;" target="_blank">were</a> 67,824 Japanese people 100 or older as of 2017. In 1965, when the country began recording statistics on its senior citizens, there were just <a href="https://www.mhlw.go.jp/file/04-Houdouhappyou-12304250-Roukenkyoku-Koureishashienka/0000097112.pdf" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(38, 38, 38); transition: color 0.4s ease;" target="_blank">153 centenarians</a>.</div><div class="styles_BodyText__195s6 _9db439e9 speakable" style="box-sizing: border-box; padding-left: 16px; padding-right: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 16px; color: rgb(38, 38, 38); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, Utkal, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 17.6px;">As a result, policymakers in Japan have begun to look at how to cater to those who make it to the 100 club -- and what they find could be of use to the rest of the world in the years to come.</span><br></div><div class="styles_BodyText__195s6 _9db439e9 speakable" style="box-sizing: border-box; padding-left: 16px; padding-right: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 16px; color: rgb(38, 38, 38); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, Utkal, sans-serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGpeS6wVwGUidrM_ebiOY_Oal_6Gn2ikhwUP-YIc0RQroMYeg13OESa2bSEpDZ6f4OJzIJPs6gNkSlm1j4jsrOYRKnUdMz3lXGHysB0M1WXHNVduMvKAvkMyx9LB2anmkDg3Gef74wf4A/s1600/%255BUNSET%255" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" data-original-height="" data-original-width="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGpeS6wVwGUidrM_ebiOY_Oal_6Gn2ikhwUP-YIc0RQroMYeg13OESa2bSEpDZ6f4OJzIJPs6gNkSlm1j4jsrOYRKnUdMz3lXGHysB0M1WXHNVduMvKAvkMyx9LB2anmkDg3Gef74wf4A/" /></a>Related<a aria-disabled="false" aria-label="Related Article: Dr. Sanjay Gupta: Forget science (for now); living longer is in your hands" class="_0308207a _1e227843 " href="https://edition-m.cnn.com/2018/07/27/health/living-longer-sanjay-gupta/index.html" icon="" name="Related Article: Dr. Sanjay Gupta: Forget science (for now); living longer is in your hands" style="font-size: 14px; box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(89, 89, 89); transition: color 0.2s; text-decoration: none;" target=""><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"> Article:</span> Dr. Sanjay Gupta: Forget science (for now); living longer is in your hands</a></div><div class="styles_BodyText__195s6 _9db439e9 speakable" style="box-sizing: border-box; padding-left: 16px; padding-right: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 16px; color: rgb(38, 38, 38); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, Utkal, sans-serif;">Over the past year, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has led a series of meetings at the <a href="http://japan.kantei.go.jp/ongoingtopics/pdf/2017/09/11/AimsAndThemes.pdf" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(38, 38, 38); transition: color 0.4s ease;" target="_blank">Council for Designing 100-year Life Society</a>, an expert group set up to prepare for a rise in the number of centenarians.</div><div class="styles_BodyText__195s6 _9db439e9 speakable" style="box-sizing: border-box; padding-left: 16px; padding-right: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 16px; color: rgb(38, 38, 38); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, Utkal, sans-serif;">The committee has analyzed <a href="http://japan.kantei.go.jp/ongoingtopics/pdf/2017/09/11/AimsAndThemes.pdf" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(38, 38, 38); transition: color 0.4s ease;" target="_blank">issues</a> as diverse as reforming social security policy, reappraising what it <a href="https://japan.kantei.go.jp/98_abe/actions/201805/_00023.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(38, 38, 38); transition: color 0.4s ease;" target="_blank">means</a> to be elderly and diversifying corporate hiring practices.</div><div class="styles_BodyText__195s6 _9db439e9 speakable" style="box-sizing: border-box; padding-left: 16px; padding-right: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 16px; color: rgb(38, 38, 38); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, Utkal, sans-serif;">But it's not just more centenarians the country is having to prepare <span style="font-size: 17.6px;">for.</span></div><div class="styles_BodyText__195s6 _9db439e9 speakable" style="box-sizing: border-box; padding-left: 16px; padding-right: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 16px; color: rgb(38, 38, 38); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, Utkal, sans-serif;"><h3 style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.25; margin: 0px; font-size: 22px;">Challenges of an aging population</h3></div><div class="styles_BodyText__195s6 _9db439e9 speakable" style="box-sizing: border-box; padding-left: 16px; padding-right: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 16px; color: rgb(38, 38, 38); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, Utkal, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 17.6px;">Twenty-seven</span> percent of Japan's population is 65 or older, according to World Bank <a href="https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.POP.65UP.TO.ZS?end=2017&locations=JP&start=1960&view=chart" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(38, 38, 38); transition: color 0.4s ease;" target="_blank">data</a>. In 1990, that figure was as low as 11%.</div><div class="styles_BodyText__195s6 _9db439e9 speakable" style="box-sizing: border-box; padding-left: 16px; padding-right: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 16px; color: rgb(38, 38, 38); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, Utkal, sans-serif;">While living longer is usually a positive, it inevitably creates a number of practical challenges, such as the burden on the state to provide services, pensions and care for an increased number of elderly people. In Japan, this is compounded by a low birth rate, which means there are fewer people of working age to pay for services for the elderly through taxes or work for Japanese companies.</div><div class="styles_BodyText__195s6 _9db439e9 speakable" style="box-sizing: border-box; padding-left: 16px; padding-right: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 16px; color: rgb(38, 38, 38); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, Utkal, sans-serif;">The number of newborns has fallen for 37 consecutive years in Japan, and the Ministry of Health <a href="https://edition.cnn.com/2018/05/07/health/japan-child-population-record-low-intl/index.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(38, 38, 38); transition: color 0.4s ease;">projects</a> that the population will plummet from its current 126.26 million to 86.74 million by 2060.</div><div class="styles_BodyText__195s6 _9db439e9 speakable" style="box-sizing: border-box; padding-left: 16px; padding-right: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 16px; color: rgb(38, 38, 38); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, Utkal, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 22px;">  A 'multistage' life</span><br></div><div class="styles_BodyText__195s6 _9db439e9 speakable" style="box-sizing: border-box; padding-left: 16px; padding-right: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 16px; color: rgb(38, 38, 38); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, Utkal, sans-serif;"> those to attend early meetings of Abe's council was Lynda Gratton, professor of management practice at London Business School and co-author of the book "<a href="http://www.lyndagratton.com/" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(38, 38, 38); transition: color 0.4s ease;" target="_blank">The 100-Year Life: Living and Working in an Age of Longevity</a>."</div><div class="styles_BodyText__195s6 _9db439e9 speakable" style="box-sizing: border-box; padding-left: 16px; padding-right: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 16px; color: rgb(38, 38, 38); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, Utkal, sans-serif;">When addressing this issue of aging populations, she says, it's important that governments and businesses "tell a story" about how people can begin to live "multistage lives" in which they are able to take career breaks and work longer and across numerous fields. This "narrative" will help signal the challenges ahead and encourage the conversation on what life in aging societies will look like, Gratton adds.</div><div class="styles_BodyText__195s6 _9db439e9 speakable" style="box-sizing: border-box; padding-left: 16px; padding-right: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 16px; color: rgb(38, 38, 38); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, Utkal, sans-serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOgMAhwupYNdcuNLHmRM3YKllo54weBbE586kD9W84hFbmDW8-HVCuSX-hgMQe10Fo0Hfrh_32o_Llf5tXgaqO2B0zNs1GLwXI44HR0UmzaxOmVWZ0GE53XHXS3lONzal5i3lqf9xu45w/s1600/%255BUNSET%255" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" data-original-height="" data-original-width="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOgMAhwupYNdcuNLHmRM3YKllo54weBbE586kD9W84hFbmDW8-HVCuSX-hgMQe10Fo0Hfrh_32o_Llf5tXgaqO2B0zNs1GLwXI44HR0UmzaxOmVWZ0GE53XHXS3lONzal5i3lqf9xu45w/" /></a></div><div class="styles_BodyText__195s6 _9db439e9 speakable" style="box-sizing: border-box; padding-left: 16px; padding-right: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 16px; color: rgb(38, 38, 38); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, Utkal, sans-serif;">Related<a aria-disabled="false" aria-label="Related Article: A philosopher asks: Is a longer life a happier one?" class="_0308207a _1e227843 " href="https://edition-m.cnn.com/2018/07/23/health/living-longer-philosophy-partner/index.html" icon="" name="Related Article: A philosopher asks: Is a longer life a happier one?" style="font-size: 14px; box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(89, 89, 89); transition: color 0.2s; text-decoration: none;" target=""><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"> Article:</span> A philosopher asks: Is a longer life a happier one?</a></div><div class="styles_BodyText__195s6 _9db439e9 speakable" style="box-sizing: border-box; padding-left: 16px; padding-right: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 16px; color: rgb(38, 38, 38); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, Utkal, sans-serif;">The Japanese government has <a href="https://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/08/17/editorials/extending-retirement-age-civil-servants/#.W3wWZc5KiUk" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(38, 38, 38); transition: color 0.4s ease;" target="_blank">proposed</a> extending the mandatory retirement age for civil servants from 60 to 65. It has also <a href="http://www5.cao.go.jp/keizai-shimon/kaigi/cabinet/2018/2018_basicpolicies_en.pdf" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(38, 38, 38); transition: color 0.4s ease;" target="_blank">spoken</a> of encouraging "recurrent education," helping people retrain throughout their careers, as well as enabling those who want to work into the later years to do so.</div><div class="styles_BodyText__195s6 _9db439e9 speakable" style="box-sizing: border-box; padding-left: 16px; padding-right: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 16px; color: rgb(38, 38, 38); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, Utkal, sans-serif;">Professor Hiroko Akiyama of the University of Tokyo's Institute of Gerontology believes these are welcome developments but says the pace of change needs to be faster. "Our labor force is shrinking, so we have to take drastic measures now," she said.</div><div class="styles_BodyText__195s6 _9db439e9 speakable" style="box-sizing: border-box; padding-left: 16px; padding-right: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 16px; color: rgb(38, 38, 38); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, Utkal, sans-serif;">Akiyama points to how job-sharing, flexible working patterns and telecommuting can all play a part in helping more people stay in the workplace longer. The likes of artificial intelligence and robotics, far from reducing job opportunities, can also help seniors work longer by compensating for qualities that people may lose as they get older, such as strength or flexibility, she adds.</div><div class="styles_BodyText__195s6 _9db439e9 speakable" style="box-sizing: border-box; padding-left: 16px; padding-right: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 16px; color: rgb(38, 38, 38); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, Utkal, sans-serif;">Beyond the world of work, health care systems will probably be affected by aging populations and be forced to adapt accordingly. <a href="https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2015/06/how-will-ageing-populations-affect-politics/" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(38, 38, 38); transition: color 0.4s ease;" target="_blank">Politics and values</a> could also be begin to change, with elderly people more commonly thought of as more conservative voters.</div><div class="styles_BodyText__195s6 _9db439e9 speakable" style="box-sizing: border-box; padding-left: 16px; padding-right: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 16px; color: rgb(38, 38, 38); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, Utkal, sans-serif;"><h3 style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.25; margin: 0px; font-size: 22px;">Managing an aging world</h3></div><div class="styles_BodyText__195s6 _9db439e9 speakable" style="box-sizing: border-box; padding-left: 16px; padding-right: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 16px; color: rgb(38, 38, 38); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, Utkal, sans-serif;">Japan has been one of the most visible nations in addressing these challenges but is far from alone in being affected by them.</div><div class="styles_BodyText__195s6 _9db439e9 speakable" style="box-sizing: border-box; padding-left: 16px; padding-right: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 16px; color: rgb(38, 38, 38); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, Utkal, sans-serif;">The global population of older persons (those 60 or older) numbered 962 million in 2017, according to the UN World Population Ageing <a href="http://www.un.org/en/development/desa/population/publications/pdf/ageing/WPA2017_Highlights.pdf" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(38, 38, 38); transition: color 0.4s ease;" target="_blank">report</a>. That's more than twice as many as in 1980, when there were 382 million older persons world wide, and the number is expected to double again by 2050, to nearly 2.1 billion.</div><div class="styles_BodyText__195s6 _9db439e9 speakable" style="box-sizing: border-box; padding-left: 16px; padding-right: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 16px; color: rgb(38, 38, 38); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, Utkal, sans-serif;">Aging populations are most pronounced in Europe and North America, according to the report. The US Census Bureau projects that the number of centenarians there will balloon from <a href="https://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/PEP/2017/PEPSYASEXN" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(38, 38, 38); transition: color 0.4s ease;" target="_blank">86,248</a> in 2017 to <a href="https://www.census.gov/data/tables/2014/demo/popproj/2014-summary-tables.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(38, 38, 38); transition: color 0.4s ease;" target="_blank">600,000</a> by 2060. Yet these issues are also weighing on the likes of <a href="https://edition.cnn.com/2018/03/02/health/hong-kong-world-longest-life-expectancy-longevity-intl/index.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(38, 38, 38); transition: color 0.4s ease;">Hong Kong</a>, <a href="http://www.oecd.org/employment/emp/33906935.pdf" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(38, 38, 38); transition: color 0.4s ease;" target="_blank">South Korea</a>, <a href="https://www.gov.sg/news/content/singapore-feeling-impact-of-rapidly-ageing-population" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(38, 38, 38); transition: color 0.4s ease;" target="_blank">Singapore</a>, <a href="https://www.aihw.gov.au/reports/older-people/older-australia-at-a-glance/contents/demographics-of-older-australians/australia-s-changing-age-and-gender-profile" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(38, 38, 38); transition: color 0.4s ease;" target="_blank">Australia</a> and <a href="https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11955333" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(38, 38, 38); transition: color 0.4s ease;" target="_blank">New Zealand</a>.</div><div class="styles_BodyText__195s6 _9db439e9 speakable" style="box-sizing: border-box; padding-left: 16px; padding-right: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 16px; color: rgb(38, 38, 38); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, Utkal, sans-serif;">By 2050, older persons are expected to make up 35% of populations in Europe, 28% in North America, 25% in Latin America and the Caribbean, 24% in Asia, 23% in Oceania and 9% in Africa, the UN report estimates.</div><div class="styles_BodyText__195s6 _9db439e9 speakable" style="box-sizing: border-box; padding-left: 16px; padding-right: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 16px; color: rgb(38, 38, 38); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, Utkal, sans-serif;">Gratton points to positive developments in Denmark, which has looked at <a href="https://www.health-rehab.dk/skjulte-artikler/danish-health-and-elderly-care-2030-a-future-study-scenario/" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(38, 38, 38); transition: color 0.4s ease;" target="_blank">scenarios</a> for future elderly care, and Singapore, which she says has gone through its policies and removed any suggestions that older people may be less able to perform certain tasks or roles than younger people</div><div class="styles_BodyText__195s6 _9db439e9 speakable" style="box-sizing: border-box; padding-left: 16px; padding-right: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 16px; color: rgb(38, 38, 38); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, Utkal, sans-serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVh_ntVSgs7KAVT4DizYJw5fC7Nj_rokLjuENeB9fj1C7z3cXLhSxhdMeuLZAZl_BILiYUvfr42gwyklkAJGWNErZ_j-m76baGipwItlkvb_DAMc-lrOQr13zKzgmcAO7CPjIUdI_UYY4/s1600/%255BUNSET%255" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" data-original-height="" data-original-width="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVh_ntVSgs7KAVT4DizYJw5fC7Nj_rokLjuENeB9fj1C7z3cXLhSxhdMeuLZAZl_BILiYUvfr42gwyklkAJGWNErZ_j-m76baGipwItlkvb_DAMc-lrOQr13zKzgmcAO7CPjIUdI_UYY4/" /></a></div><div class="styles_BodyText__195s6 _9db439e9 speakable" style="box-sizing: border-box; padding-left: 16px; padding-right: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 16px; color: rgb(38, 38, 38); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, Utkal, sans-serif;">Related<a aria-disabled="false" aria-label="Related Article: In the 'land of the immortals': Japan's centenarian pop band" class="_0308207a _1e227843 " href="https://edition-m.cnn.com/2018/06/08/health/japan-longevity-centenarians-aging-population/index.html" icon="" name="Related Article: In the 'land of the immortals': Japan's centenarian pop band" style="font-size: 14px; box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(89, 89, 89); transition: color 0.2s; text-decoration: none;" target=""><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"> Article:</span> In the 'land of the immortals': Japan's centenarian pop band</a></div><div class="styles_BodyText__195s6 _9db439e9 speakable" style="box-sizing: border-box; padding-left: 16px; padding-right: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 16px; color: rgb(38, 38, 38); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, Utkal, sans-serif;">Akiyama, meanwhile, says Japan has been forced to look at the issue earlier than most nations, given the pace at which its population is aging. The country's politicians also seem less eager than others to attract young foreign workers</div><div class="styles_BodyText__195s6 _9db439e9 speakable" style="box-sizing: border-box; padding-left: 16px; padding-right: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 16px; color: rgb(38, 38, 38); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, Utkal, sans-serif;"><h3 style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.25; margin: 0px; font-size: 22px;">Age of opportunity?</h3></div><div class="styles_BodyText__195s6 _9db439e9 speakable" style="box-sizing: border-box; padding-left: 16px; padding-right: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 16px; color: rgb(38, 38, 38); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, Utkal, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 17.6px;">Yet there could also be opportunity within the challenges of an aging society.</span><br></div><div class="styles_BodyText__195s6 _9db439e9 speakable" style="box-sizing: border-box; padding-left: 16px; padding-right: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 16px; color: rgb(38, 38, 38); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, Utkal, sans-serif;">Businesses in Japan have begun to open <a href="https://asia.nikkei.com/Business/Japan-s-Aeon-goes-gray-with-gyms-for-seniors" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(38, 38, 38); transition: color 0.4s ease;" target="_blank">fitness clubs</a> that cater to the elderly while robot carers have been <a href="https://www.reuters.com/article/us-japan-ageing-robots-widerimage/aging-japan-robots-may-have-role-in-future-of-elder-care-idUSKBN1H33AB" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(38, 38, 38); transition: color 0.4s ease;" target="_blank">introduced to nursing homes</a>, high-value devices that could become lucrative exports.</div><div class="styles_BodyText__195s6 _9db439e9 speakable" style="box-sizing: border-box; padding-left: 16px; padding-right: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 16px; color: rgb(38, 38, 38); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, Utkal, sans-serif;">Gratton says Japan is at the forefront of developing robotics and machines that assist the elderly while "over-55s are spending more than anybody else" in the country.</div><div class="styles_BodyText__195s6 _9db439e9 speakable" style="box-sizing: border-box; padding-left: 16px; padding-right: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 16px; color: rgb(38, 38, 38); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, Utkal, sans-serif;">However, she adds that countries globally must also begin to plan for a future in which the traditional three-stage life of study, work and retirement no longer applies.</div><div class="styles_BodyText__195s6 _9db439e9 speakable" style="box-sizing: border-box; padding-left: 16px; padding-right: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 16px; color: rgb(38, 38, 38); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, Utkal, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 16px;">Get CNN Health's weekly newsletter</span></div><div class="styles_BodyText__195s6 _9db439e9 speakable" style="box-sizing: border-box; padding-left: 16px; padding-right: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 16px; color: rgb(38, 38, 38); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, Utkal, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 16px;">Sign</span><a href="https://cnn.us11.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=47c9040f6ff957a59bd88396e&id=ddc799ed25" style="font-size: 14px; box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(38, 38, 38); transition: color 0.4s ease;" target="_blank"> up here to get <span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">The Results Are In with Dr. Sanjay Gupta</span></a><span style="font-size: 14px;"> </span><span style="font-size: 14px;">every Tuesday from the CNN Health team.</span></div><div class="styles_BodyText__195s6 _9db439e9 speakable" style="box-sizing: border-box; padding-left: 16px; padding-right: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 16px; color: rgb(38, 38, 38); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, Utkal, sans-serif;">"People have got to be much more proactive," she says. As well as planning, saving and staying healthy, they must be "more savvy about what the future is going to be like."</div><div class="styles_BodyText__195s6 _9db439e9 speakable" style="box-sizing: border-box; padding-left: 16px; padding-right: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 16px; color: rgb(38, 38, 38); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, Utkal, sans-serif;">Rather than thinking about growing ever older, she adds, people should think about being younger for longer.</div>

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