Cholera outbreak: NCDC urges state govts to strengthen WASH
Aug. 10, 2021 The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), says there is urgent need for states to strengthen Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) following the outbreak of cholera in…
Guinea records West Africa’s first Marburg virus death – WHO
Aug 10, 2021 Health authorities in Guinea have confirmed one death from Marburg virus, a highly infectious hemorrhagic fever similar to Ebola, the World Health Organization said on Monday. It…
COVID-19: Nigeria to begin administering 2nd batch of vaccines Aug. 10
Aug 7, 2021 The Presidential Steering Committee on COVID-19 (PSC), says the country will start administering the second batch of COVID-19 vaccines from Aug. 10. The vaccines were donated by…
COVID-19: Africa’s vaccine project takes a step forward with bottling agreement – Document
Aug 6, 2021 Senegal’s Institut Pasteur of Dakar (IPD) has reached a deal with U.S. company MedInstill for the bottling of COVID-19 shots, an EU document shows, marking a step…
145 girls, women of reproduction age die daily from pregnancy-related complications in Nigeria – Health Ministry
Aug. 5, 2021 The Federal Ministry of Health has said that in Nigeria some 145 girls and women of reproductive age die daily from pregnancy-related complications. The Director of Reproductive…
COVID-19 infections rise for 4 consecutive weeks globally- WHO
Aug. 5, 2021 COVID-19 infections have continued to rise globally for more than a month now, with over four million cases reported in the past week alone, the World Health…
Keep Prices of COVID-19 Vaccines Down – WHO Urges Manufacturers
August 5, 2021 The World Health Organization on Wednesday urged COVID-19 vaccine manufacturers to keep their prices low and affordable, after reports that two producers will raise the cost they…
COVID-19: NPHCDA inspects 4m Moderna vaccines donated by U.S. govt, says vaccine awaits efficacy test evaluation by NAFDAC
Aug. 2, 2021 The National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA) on Monday inspected the four million and eighty (4,000,080) Moderna vaccines doses donated by the U.S. of America, to…
China rejects WHO’s plan for 2nd study of COVID-19 origin
July 22, 2021 China rejected on Thursday a World Health Organization (WHO) plan for a second phase of an investigation into the origin of the coronavirus, which includes the hypothesis…
SANWO-OLU FROWNS AT MISINFORMATION, CONSPIRACY THEORIES AGAINST COVID VACCINATION UPTAKE
July 16, 2021 Governor of Lagos State, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has said that persisting rumours and conspiracy theories about the COVID vaccine have affected the uptake of vaccination in Nigeria….