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The World Health Organisation (WHO), on Friday, warned countries against rushing to impose a travel restrictions on other countries linked to the recent resurgence of a new COVID-19 variant, B.1.1.529. The caution is coming amid the travel restrictions issued by the United Kingdom, European Union, Israel, Singapore, among others. On 25 November 2021, the National…
November 26, 2021
Nations that are home to the largest tobacco corporations need to contribute more if countries are to recoup the US$47 billion lost to the illicit tobacco trade each year. That is the message that rang out of talks around the Protocol to Eliminate Illicit Trade in Tobacco Products which ended yesterday. The message from anti-tobacco…
November 19, 2021
Geneva (dpa) - US pharmaceutical firm Pfizer - which co-created one of the most widely used vaccines against the coronavirus - has agreed to license companies to create generic versions of a drug designed to minimize the effect of the disease, a UN agency announced on Tuesday. A group called the Medicines Patent Pool will…
November 16, 2021
..Carbon Markets' Comments African climate activists have knocked Rwandan Minister of Environment, Jeanne d’Arc Mujawamariya over attack on Swedish youth climate activist, Greta Thunberg and for his comments on carbon markets which have continued to accelerate climate crisis globally. The activists said what will fix carbon emission is for the African delegation attending COP26 in…
November 9, 2021
A former Minister of Health, Prof. Adenike Grange, has called for political will and commitment towards improving healthcare delivery system in Nigeria. Grange made the call at the 11th Annual Virtual Conference of the Society for Quality in Healthcare in Nigeria (SQHN), in Lagos themed: “The Future of Healthcare in Nigeria." The 2021 SQHN conference…
November 3, 2021
The Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA) has advised the Nigerian government to de-normalize so-called socially responsible activities of the tobacco industry and prohibit unnecessary interactions between public officials and the industry to avoid a conflict of interest. These demands formed part of recommendations by the organisation at the media presentation of the Nigeria…
October 28, 2021
The United Nations (UN) has urged Nigeria to channel its Coronavirus (COVID-19) recovery plans towards not only economic recovery but mitigating climate change as well as it posed a greater threat than the pandemic. Dr Walter Mulombo, acting Resident Coordinator of the UN in Nigeria, said this at a hybrid event held in Abuja on…
October 26, 2021
Colin Powell, the former United States Secretary of State and the first Black person in the country’s history to fill the position, has died due to complications from COVID-19, his family has said. Prior to his death at 84, he has been fully vaccinated against the Covid-19 infection, according to his family. Powell, a four…
October 18, 2021
Nigeria's former president, Dr Goodluck Jonathan, has described health workers' achievements as legendary and daring in Nigeria's battle for survival and economic stability as the covid pandemic threatens healthcare systems around the world. Dr Jonathan who spoke as the keynote speaker at the Nigerian Medical Association's (NMA) Physician's Week opening event in Uyo on Tuesday…
October 13, 2021
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The World Health Organisation (WHO), on Friday, warned countries against rushing to impose a travel restrictions on other countries linked to the recent resurgence of a new COVID-19 variant, B.1.1.529. The caution is coming amid the travel restrictions issued by the United Kingdom, European Union, Israel, Singapore, among others. On 25 November 2021, the National…
November 26, 2021
Nations that are home to the largest tobacco corporations need to contribute more if countries are to recoup the US$47 billion lost to the illicit tobacco trade each year. That is the message that rang out of talks around the Protocol to Eliminate Illicit Trade in Tobacco Products which ended yesterday. The message from anti-tobacco…
November 19, 2021
Geneva (dpa) - US pharmaceutical firm Pfizer - which co-created one of the most widely used vaccines against the coronavirus - has agreed to license companies to create generic versions of a drug designed to minimize the effect of the disease, a UN agency announced on Tuesday. A group called the Medicines Patent Pool will…
November 16, 2021
..Carbon Markets' Comments African climate activists have knocked Rwandan Minister of Environment, Jeanne d’Arc Mujawamariya over attack on Swedish youth climate activist, Greta Thunberg and for his comments on carbon markets which have continued to accelerate climate crisis globally. The activists said what will fix carbon emission is for the African delegation attending COP26 in…
November 9, 2021
A former Minister of Health, Prof. Adenike Grange, has called for political will and commitment towards improving healthcare delivery system in Nigeria. Grange made the call at the 11th Annual Virtual Conference of the Society for Quality in Healthcare in Nigeria (SQHN), in Lagos themed: “The Future of Healthcare in Nigeria." The 2021 SQHN conference…
November 3, 2021
The Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA) has advised the Nigerian government to de-normalize so-called socially responsible activities of the tobacco industry and prohibit unnecessary interactions between public officials and the industry to avoid a conflict of interest. These demands formed part of recommendations by the organisation at the media presentation of the Nigeria…
October 28, 2021
The United Nations (UN) has urged Nigeria to channel its Coronavirus (COVID-19) recovery plans towards not only economic recovery but mitigating climate change as well as it posed a greater threat than the pandemic. Dr Walter Mulombo, acting Resident Coordinator of the UN in Nigeria, said this at a hybrid event held in Abuja on…
October 26, 2021
Colin Powell, the former United States Secretary of State and the first Black person in the country’s history to fill the position, has died due to complications from COVID-19, his family has said. Prior to his death at 84, he has been fully vaccinated against the Covid-19 infection, according to his family. Powell, a four…
October 18, 2021
Nigeria's former president, Dr Goodluck Jonathan, has described health workers' achievements as legendary and daring in Nigeria's battle for survival and economic stability as the covid pandemic threatens healthcare systems around the world. Dr Jonathan who spoke as the keynote speaker at the Nigerian Medical Association's (NMA) Physician's Week opening event in Uyo on Tuesday…
October 13, 2021
