An interview with Barrister Davidson Oturu The COVID-19 pandemic is one major global health challenge that cannot be forgotten in a hurry. When COVID-19 broke in 2019, not many could foresee the amount of disruption it will cause globally. The p ...
How ISMPH, EU-ACT project is empowering women of Kwali community to raise healthy children
According to a report by the United Nations Children's Fund, (UNICEF) at least 14.5 million Nigerians were facing acute food insecurity, which was attributed to persisting insecurity and the overbearing effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. The 2018 Niger ...
COVID-19 increased nearly 30% In past two weeks- WHO
The World Health Organisation (WHO) says the global reported cases of COVID-19 have increased by nearly 30 per cent over the past two weeks. Dr Tedros Ghebreyesus, WHO Director-General, said this on Wednesday during an online COVID-19 media briefing. ...
NIPRD DG, Dr. Obi Adigwe says NIPRD is open to Pan-African collaborations
The Director General of the National Institute for Pharmaceutical Research and Development, (NIPRD), Dr. Obi Adigwe says the Institute remains committed to ensuring that African pharmaceutical products compete effectively with products from Asia, Europe ...
47 African countries have 1.55 health workers per 1000 people, shows WHO study
A recent World Health Organisation (WHO) has shown that says a serious shortage of health workers in Africa is undermining access to and provision of health services even though countries in the region have made efforts to bolster the workforce. A sta ...
DR Congo declares 14th Ebola outbreak over
The Democratic Republic of the Congo has declared the end of the Ebola outbreak that erupted less than three months ago in Mbandaka, the capital of Equateur Province in the northwest. A statement from the World Health Organisation (WHO) Africa Regiona ...
Congo DR harbours 81% of suspected monkeypox cases in Africa says WHO
With three African countries having no previous history of human monkeypox transmission reporting cases, the World Health Organization (WHO) says it is working with national health authorities in the region to bolster surveillance and laboratory diagnosi ...
World No Tobacco Day: WHO commends Nigeria’s efforts to control usage
The World Health Organization (WHO) has commended tobacco control advocates in Niagara for the different roles they played in the global efforts to combat the adverse effects of tobacco usage https://youtu.be/2e5X6KHqZnc Speaking at the world 'N ...
RMNCAEH+N: Health minster tasks development partners on visual technology to enhance telemedicine at PHCs
The Minister of Health, Dr. Osagie Ehanire has called on state governments, traditional leaders and partners to ensure maximum visibility, prioritise adaptation and adoption, as well as advocate and promote implementation of the Revised National Maternal ...
FG set to implement new tobacco tax regime
The Federal Government of Nigeria On Tuesday announced it's implementing a new three year tobacco tax regime, beginning from June 2022, to terminate in 2014 The Minister of State for Health, Senator Oloruninmbe Mamora stated this as Nigeria marks the ...