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Non-pharmaceutical interventions (NPIs) are among the measures adopted to check and contain pandemics like COVID-19. Experts agree that preventing the spread of new diseases, with no known vaccine to check …
Deploying non-pharmaceutical measures against COVID-19 Read More
Nigeria’s healthcare delivery system is deep in distress. The federal, state and local governments are now groping for a way out of the distress. That explains why Nigeria now musters …
Fighting high infant, maternal mortality rates with TBAs Read More
The Director-General, National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye, has said that the agency has not approved any COVID-19 vaccines. She made this known …
We ‘ve not endorsed any COVID-19 vaccine – NAFDAC Read More
The Minister of Health, Dr. Osagie Ehanire, has said that Nigeria would receive 10 million doses of coronavirus vaccine in March, Health Minister Osagie Ehanire, in a statement in Abuja, …
Nigeria to receive 10m Covid-19 vaccine doses in March – Health Minister Read More
It is unfortunate that all this time students spent at home while their education was brought to standstill, the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) and federal government are insensitive …
Nigeria is unserious about education Read More
The World Bank has warned that policy makers must act to stop global debt pile-up occasioned by Covid-19 pandemic. In its January 2021 Global Economic Prospects report, the global lender …
W/Bank cautions policy makers against ‘pandemic’ induced debt pile-up Read More
The outbreak of Covid-19 infections in Nigeria has resulted in many deaths, especially among medical doctors and other health workers. In this report SAMSON BENJAMIN examines casualties of the second …
Covid-19: Are health workers endangered species? Read More
At least 20 Nigerian doctors have died from complications arising from coronavirus in the last one week, the chairman of the Nigeria Medical Association (NMA), FCT, chapter Enema Amodu, has …
COVID-19: 20 Nigerian doctors died in last one week — NMA Read More
The Anambra state government has organised a training programme for religious leaders on preventive measures for the second wave of COVID-19 pandemic. The training was aimed at equipping them with …
COVID-19: Anambra trains religious leaders on preventive measures Read More
Maternal mortality remains a challenge in developing countries including Nigeria. In this piece ENE OSHABA writes on high maternal mortality rate among deaf women and examines how far the newly …
Maternal mortality: Language glossary for deaf women to the rescue? Read More
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the reopening of four land borders with immediate effect while others would be reopened in due course. Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Mrs …
Updated: FG orders reopening of 4 land borders Read More
The disclosure last week by the Managing Director of the Nigeria Export Processing Zone (NEPZA), Prof. Adesoji Adesugba, that the proposed world class medical enclave in Nigerian is aimed at …
NEPZA’s proposed medical zone Read More
A rather strange illness that has taken several lives in the country has been identified as yellow fever despite campaigns against the scourge in the past. ELEOJO IDACHABA, in this …
Strange killer disease and NCDC’s challenge Read More
Dr Andrew Alalade Dr Adetunji Oremakinde Dr Biodun Ogungbo They tried to make me go to rehab But I said, "No, no, no" Lyrics by Amy Winehouse Prevention of medical …
We need to go to REHAB (part 2) Read More
A Consultant, Anatomic Pathology Dr Abidemi Omonisi has praised Nigeria for being one of the leading countries in cancer registration in Sub Saharan Africa. Dr Omonisi, who is with the …
Nigeria leads Sub-Saharan Africa in cancer registration – Consultant Read More
The World Health Organization (WHO) said it’s collaborating with Yobe state government, United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) among other key partners to strengthen the capacity of healthcare workers on response …
WHO partners Yobe govt, strengthens health sector response on GBV emergencies Read More
Brazil has become the second country in the world to hit one million coronavirus cases after infections soared by 54,000 in one day. The South American country recorded more than 1,200 deaths for …
Like US, Brazil hits 1m Coronavirus cases, records 54,000 in 24 hours Read More
A Policeman (names withheld) has died of coronavirus at the Federal Medical Centre (FMC), Abeokuta, Ogun state capital. With the death of the policeman, the hospital has recorded two deaths …
Breaking: Coronavirus kills Policeman in Ogun Read More
Madagascar is putting its self-proclaimed, plant-based “cure” for COVID-19 on sale and several countries in Africa have already put in orders for purchase, despite warnings from the World Health Organisation …
Covid-19: Africans countries ‘scramble’ for Madagascar ‘herbal cure’ Read More
Another 813 people have died in UK hospitals after testing positive for COVID-19, taking the total to 20,319, says the Department of Health. The majority of the coronavirus-related fatalities – 18,084 …
Breaking – Coronavirus: UK hospital deaths surpass 20,000 Read More
Former Nigeria’s Finance Minister and coordinator of economy Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has been appointed as Special Envoy for the newly inaugurated Access to COVID-19 Tools (ACT) Accelerator by the World Health …
Breaking – Covid-19: Okonjo-Iweala bags fresh Int’l appointment Read More
Ekiti state government has announced the death of the 29-year-old woman, who was the third index case of Covid 19 in Ekiti state. According to the state government, the woman died …
Breaking: First Coronavirus patient in Ekiti is dead Read MoreThe World Health Organisation (WHO) says it is working with affected countries on strategies for gradually and safely easing stay-at-home restrictions occasioned by Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. The WHO Director-General, Dr …
Coronavirus: How countries can strategically ease lockdown, restriction – WHO Read MoreThe number of Coronavirus (COVID-19) cases in Africa has increased to over 11, 900, World Health Organisation (WHO) has revealed. The UN’s health agency gave the update on its official …
WHO: Coronavirus cases in Africa near 12, 000 Read MoreTwenty four hours after the dreaded COVID-19 claimed the life of a former Nigeria National Petroleum Company (NNPC) top shot, Mr. Suleiman Achimugu, as its first victim in Nigeria, Bauchi state …
Anxiety over Kyari, Osinbajo, Bala’s COVID-19 status Read More