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Be prepared for next pandemic after COVID 19 – West African lab scientists alert countries
Considering the short period it took for the world to move from one pandemic to the other in modern times, compared to such occurrences earlier in history, the West African
COVID-19 deaths in African region to fall by nearly 94% in 2022 – WHO analysis
COVID-19 deaths in the African region are expected to decline by almost 94% in 2022, compared with 2021 which was the pandemic’s most lethal year, a new modelling by World
Monkeypox reported in 7 African countries
Facts you should know Preliminary report by the World Health Organisation (WHO) has revealed that no fewer than 1400 monkeypox cases (1392 suspected, 44 confirmed) have been cumulatively reported this
It’s World No Tobacco Day!
WHO calls on African countries to impose more tax levies Highlights danger to health, economy and environment The World Health Organisation (WHO) has called on African countries to impose environmental
American healthcare provides clean water for 1,500 people in Benue
American healthcare, a non-profit, United Vessels of Love Foundation (U-VOL), has built a solar-powered borehole in Ojegbe community of Obi Local Government Area (LGA) of Benue State for 1,500 people.
African health ministers seek ways to bolster polio outbreak response
African health ministers gathered today to seek ways of ramping up measures to halt the outbreak of Wild Poliovirus Type 1 in southern Africa, where the virus has been detected
World Health Assembly re-elects Tedros Ghebreyesus as WHO DG
The World Health Organisation (WHO) member states have re-elected Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus to serve a second five-year term as Director-General of the organisation. Dr Tedros was first elected in
It’s International Day to End Obstetric Fistula
May 23 is marked globally as the International Day to end Obstetric Fistula – a hole in the birth canal caused by protracted, obstructed labour in the absence of timely
Over 70% of Nigerians with Hypertension unaware of it – Chairman NHF
Says HBP is major heart disease affecting 38% of adult Nigerian The Chairman of the Nigerian Heart Foundation, Prof. Basden Onwubere, has raised alarm over the low level of awareness
Buhari signs National Health Insurance Bill into law
President Muhammadu Buhari has signed into law, the National Health Insurance Authority Bill 2022, thus repealing the National Health Insurance Scheme Act, Cap N42, Laws of the Federation of Nigeria
I’ll improve Nigeria’s healthcare, Bakare pledges as he declares for president
Renown cleric, lawyer and business man, Pastor Tunde Bakare today formerly joined the race to contest for the office of Nigeria’s president with a pledge to address Nigeria’s fallen standard
UNAIDS partners ABCHealth to end HIV/AIDS epidemic in Nigeria
To ensure an end to HIV/AIDS epidemic in Nigeria, the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS, UNAIDS, and a corporate group, the African Business Coalition for Health, ABCHealth, Thursday, signed
World Immunization: Vaccine-preventable disease outbreaks on the rise in Africa – WHO
As the World Immunization Week 2022 ends today, the World Health Organization (WHO) says the continent is witnessing a surge in outbreaks of vaccine-preventable diseases over the past year. According
NHIS launches initiative to subsidize cancer drugs
develops 10-year strategic plan to achieve mandate The National Health Insurance Scheme has launched a “Roche Cost Sharing Initiative” aimed at subsidizing cancer drugs in the country. The Executive Secretary
Nigeria To receive 9 million doses of cholera Vaccine
Over 1.7 million persons already vaccinated in four states Nigeria is expected to receive about nine million doses of Oral cholera vaccines, OCV, to tackle the spate of cholera outbreak
Lagos to deploy new tool to combat malaria
partners firm to implement rollback malaria strategies Lagos State Government has pledged to scale up innovation and deploy new tools to combat Malaria, just as it restated its commitment
World Malaria Day: Stakeholders call for more efforts to eliminate disease
As the world marks the 2022 World Malaria Day (WMD), some stakeholders have called for conscious efforts to end malaria disease in the country. The stakeholders made the call in
West African scientists in Ghana for CelebrateLAB conference
Local vaccine manufacturing tops agenda Medical Laboratory and research scientists from across West Africa will this week converge in the Ghanaian capital Accra to deliberate on how West Africa can
NMA decries aggression against government health workers
says personnel are overstretched because of brain drain The Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) has urged members of the public to stop venting their anger or inflicting injuries on medical practitioners
PCN seals 378 pharmacies, drug stores in Taraba
The Pharmacists Council of Nigeria (PCN) says it has sealed some 378 out of the 546 pharmaceutical premises it visited in Taraba State. PCN said it sealed off the facilities
Italy donates 3m COVID-19 doses donated to Nigeria
The National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA) on Monday in Abuja, Nigeria’s capital, received over 3 million single-shot COVID-19 vaccines donated by Italy. The country had earlier received 17
Deaths from non-communicable diseases on the rise in Africa
Non-communicable diseases such as cancer, cardiovascular diseases and diabetes are increasingly becoming the main cause of mortality in sub-Saharan Africa, where the diseases were responsible for 37% of deaths in
Support waiver for intellectual property rules on COVID-19 vaccine production – NGO coalition tell FG
In a bid to have equitable access to COVID-19 vaccine in Nigeria and other African countries, the Nigeria Network of NGOs in collaboration with the Global Call to Action Against
International Women’s Day: Climate change damaging women’s health – WHO Regional Director for Africa
As the world marks the International women’s Day today, the WHO Regional Director for Africa Dr. Matshidiso Moeti said the increasing incidence of extreme weather conditions is impacting negatively on
More than half of parents, pregnant women exposed to aggressive formula milk marketing – WHO, UNICEF
New report details exploitative practices employed by $55 billion formula industry, compromising child nutrition, violating international commitments More than half of parents and pregnant women (51%) surveyed for a new