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Just over two months since COVID-19 was first detected in Africa, the disease has now spread to nearly every country, resulting in nearly 18,333 confirmed cases and around 961 deaths across the continent as at Friday April 22. While…

UNODC  has launched DrugHelpNet, a network of Nigerian Doctors, Psychologists, Nurses and Counsellors to provide over-the-phone assistance to drug users or families who need such services during the COVID-19 pandemic. A statement from…

ADDIS ABABA — Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed on Wednesday declared a state of emergency in the country to help curb the spread of the new coronavirus. "Considering the gravity of the COVID19, the government of Ethiopia has enacted a…

The first case of Coronavirus in Nigeria, an Italian who flew into the country via Istanbul, has been cured and discharged. Goovernor Sanwo-Olu, who is the incident commander for COVID-19 in Lagos State, said in a statement signed…

Kenya, Mozambique, Niger successfully halt outbreak The World Health Organisation (WHO) has listed Nigeria among twelve countries that are still recording vaccine-derived poliovirus in Africa, Other countries are: Angola, Benin,…

The number of cholera cases decreased globally by 60% in 2018, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced in a report that points to an encouraging trend in cholera prevention and control in the world’s major cholera hotspots, including…

The African Union (AU) Commission and the World Health Organization (WHO) have signed an historic Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) cementing their mutual commitment to accelerate vital health goals. The document was signed at WHO…

NAFDAC, pharmaceutical groups applaud Nigeria's  National Agency for Food & Drug Administration & Control (NAFDAC) has expressed strong support for the efforts by Sanofi, a multinational healthcare company, to…

Commission diabetes, hypertension clinic Screen thousands of community members In what could be the biggest commemoration of the World Diabetes Day event in Nigeria, thousands of people in Udo kingdom, Ovia West Local…

In the Ebola epidemiological zones in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, health care workers must stay alert, vigilant and careful. An Ebola infection could find them before they realize it is circulating within a patient who just came…