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The World Health Organisation (WHO) is launching a new initiative which aims to halt transmission of malaria in 25 more countries by 2025. The initiative is to be launched on World Malaria Day on April 25. Thailand, South Africa and Saudi Arabia are among the countries the WHO aimed to make malaria-free. The 25 countries…
April 22, 2021
The Health of Mother Earth Foundation (HOMEF), has raised fresh alarm over the increasing presence of Genetically Modified (GM) products in the Nigerian market. According to the group, there is urgent need for a complete overhaul of the biosafety regulations in Nigeria in order to develop the economy and enhance agricultural productivity and food safety.…
April 21, 2021
The Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA) has said the five Lagos schoolgirls smoking shisha in a recent viral video has further re-inforced the need to place a ban on the sale of tobacco products near schools as contained in the National Tobacco Control Act 2015. CAPPA said this while commending the Lagos State…
April 21, 2021
No fewer than 905 million COVID-19 shots have been administered worldwide, according to Our World in Data (OWID). The OWID is a scientific online publication that focuses on large global problems such as poverty, disease, hunger, climate change and war. OWID, disclosed this on its official website handle on Tuesday. It added there was already…
April 20, 2021
The global death toll from coronavirus has topped a staggering three million people amid repeated setbacks in the worldwide vaccination campaign and a deepening crisis in places such as Brazil, India and France. The number of lives lost, as compiled by Johns Hopkins University in the US, is about equal to the population of…
April 17, 2021
The National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA) said a total of 8,439 mild adverse events following immunisation (AEFI) had been reported since vaccination began in March. Dr. Faisal Shuaib, the executive director and CEO, NPHCDA, said this at a press conference by NPHCDA and World Health Organisation (WHO) on Friday in Abuja, on…
April 17, 2021
Sweden is currently experiencing acute shortage of sperm spurred by the global health crisis, COVID-19 pandemic. According to reports, the donation of sperm which is meant for assisted pregnancy has been abruptly stopped as donors are avoiding clinics due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The health officials in Sweden have also raised alarm on the…
April 16, 2021
President Muhammadu Buhari has said that Nigeria will soon produce local Covid-19 vaccines which will combat the spread of the pandemic in the country. The President who was represented by his Vice, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo made this known at an organised forum for the development of a local vaccine organized by the Nigerian Academy…
April 13, 2021
The republic of Cuba is set to go down in history as the world's smallest country to develop its own COVID-19 vaccine. The Cuban medical science and biotechnology (biotech) had developed five vaccine candidates, however, two are in a late-stage trial. The two vaccines candidate are named "Soberana 2", and "Abdala". However, the success of…
April 13, 2021
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The World Health Organisation (WHO) is launching a new initiative which aims to halt transmission of malaria in 25 more countries by 2025. The initiative is to be launched on World Malaria Day on April 25. Thailand, South Africa and Saudi Arabia are among the countries the WHO aimed to make malaria-free. The 25 countries…
April 22, 2021
The Health of Mother Earth Foundation (HOMEF), has raised fresh alarm over the increasing presence of Genetically Modified (GM) products in the Nigerian market. According to the group, there is urgent need for a complete overhaul of the biosafety regulations in Nigeria in order to develop the economy and enhance agricultural productivity and food safety.…
April 21, 2021
The Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA) has said the five Lagos schoolgirls smoking shisha in a recent viral video has further re-inforced the need to place a ban on the sale of tobacco products near schools as contained in the National Tobacco Control Act 2015. CAPPA said this while commending the Lagos State…
April 21, 2021
No fewer than 905 million COVID-19 shots have been administered worldwide, according to Our World in Data (OWID). The OWID is a scientific online publication that focuses on large global problems such as poverty, disease, hunger, climate change and war. OWID, disclosed this on its official website handle on Tuesday. It added there was already…
April 20, 2021
The global death toll from coronavirus has topped a staggering three million people amid repeated setbacks in the worldwide vaccination campaign and a deepening crisis in places such as Brazil, India and France. The number of lives lost, as compiled by Johns Hopkins University in the US, is about equal to the population of…
April 17, 2021
The National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA) said a total of 8,439 mild adverse events following immunisation (AEFI) had been reported since vaccination began in March. Dr. Faisal Shuaib, the executive director and CEO, NPHCDA, said this at a press conference by NPHCDA and World Health Organisation (WHO) on Friday in Abuja, on…
April 17, 2021
Sweden is currently experiencing acute shortage of sperm spurred by the global health crisis, COVID-19 pandemic. According to reports, the donation of sperm which is meant for assisted pregnancy has been abruptly stopped as donors are avoiding clinics due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The health officials in Sweden have also raised alarm on the…
April 16, 2021
President Muhammadu Buhari has said that Nigeria will soon produce local Covid-19 vaccines which will combat the spread of the pandemic in the country. The President who was represented by his Vice, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo made this known at an organised forum for the development of a local vaccine organized by the Nigerian Academy…
April 13, 2021
The republic of Cuba is set to go down in history as the world's smallest country to develop its own COVID-19 vaccine. The Cuban medical science and biotechnology (biotech) had developed five vaccine candidates, however, two are in a late-stage trial. The two vaccines candidate are named "Soberana 2", and "Abdala". However, the success of…
April 13, 2021
