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Nigeria declares National Emergency Response against Lassa Fever
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has activated its national multi-sectoral and multi-disciplinary Lassa fever Emergency Operations Centre (EOC) in response to the…
COVID-19 hits life-saving health services in Africa
WHO analysis finds sharp decline services between January and September 2020 compared with the two previous years.
The COVID-19 pandemic has dealt a heavy blow to key health services in Africa, raising worries that some of the…
Over 10,000 health workers in Africa infected with COVID-19, WHO says
The World Health Organization (WHO) today warned of the threat posed by COVID-19 to health workers across Africa. More than 10 000 health workers in the 40 countries which have reported on such infections have been infected with COVID-19 so…
Nigeria to continue Chloroquine trial despite WHO suspension
Nigeria will continue with the solidarity trial of chloroquine for COVID-19 treatment, the National Agency for Food and Drugs Administration and Control (NAFDAC) said on Tuesday.
This is contrary to the suspension of trial announced on…
Coronavirus update: WHO changes name to COVID-19
Develops treatment master plan
Africa records first case
WORLD Health Organisation (WHO) has re-named the new coronavirus, Covid-19.
WHO announced the new name in its tweeter handle at @WHO saying “we now have…
World Health Assembly ends
The 72nd annual World Health Assembly ended today in Geneva with Member States adopting a new global strategy on health, environment and climate change and committed to invest in safe water, sanitation and hygiene services in health…
Cyclone Idai: Cholera vaccination campaign begins in Mozambique
An oral cholera vaccination campaign to protect survivors of Cyclone Idai commenced yesterday (April 3) in Beira, Mozambique.
Funded by Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, the campaign will be carried out by the Mozambique Ministry of…
Buhari commissions cancer centre in Lagos
Promises to establish more across Nigeria
President Muhammadu Buhari today (Saturday, February 9) inaugurated the Nigeria Sovereign Investment Authority (NSIA) and Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH) advanced…
UNODC, EU open treatment centre for female drug users
Concerned by increasing level of drug usage in Nigeria, a drop-in treatment centre has been opened for women by the United Nations Office on Drug and Crime (UNODC), the European Union (EU) in collaboration with the Centre for…