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Africa accounts for less than two percent of the 690 million COVID-19 vaccines administered globally so far. “Although progress is being made, many African countries have barely moved beyond the starting line,’’ Matshidiso Moeti, WHO…

ABUJA (Reuters) - President Muhammadu Buhari and VP Yemi Osinbajo had their first COVID-19 vaccine shot on Saturday, part of a bid to boost public confidence as Nigeria attempts to inoculate 80 million people this year. Vaccinating…

Nigeria has officially rolled out the Covid-19 vaccination with four frontline health workers receiving jabs of the AstraZeneca-Oxford vaccine at the National Hospital, Abuja. The vaccines were administered after undergoing final…

Nigeria has received nearly 4 million doses of the COVID-19 vaccine, shipped via the COVAX Facility, a partnership between CEPI, Gavi, UNICEF and WHO. The vaccines arrived at the Nnamdi Azikiwe international Airport, Abuja around noon on…

As Nigeria prepares to receive COVID-19 vaccines, the Federal Government has created a self e-registration link that would enable Nigerians to personally register themselves, obtain their pre-vaccination numbers and schedule their preferred…

Ghana has received a historic first shipment of 600,000 doses of AstraZeneca-Oxford COVID-19 vaccines from the COVAX Facility. Ghana is the first country to receive the COVID-19 vaccines from the COVAX Facility, an arrangement by the…

The World Health Organisation (WHO) says breast cancer has now overtaken lung cancer as the world’s mostly commonly diagnosed cancer. This is according to statistics released by the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) in…

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South Africa Health Minister Zweli Mkhize said the country  would switch to the Johnson & Johnson vaccine and, at least for now, not use Oxford-AstraZeneca’s — which has been heralded as one of the most promising for…

COVAX has notified countries in Africa of the estimated dose allocation for the first phase of COVID-19 vaccine delivery. The global initiative led by the World Health Organization (WHO), Gavi the Vaccine Alliance and The Coalition for…

The African Development Bank (AfDB) and WHO are to build the second phase of the Public Health Emergency Operations Centre (PHEOC) in Juba, South Sudan. The groundbreaking ceremony was presided over by Honorable Hon. Elizabeth Acuei Yol,…