Tag: HEALTH
HMPV: Nigeria at Moderate Risk, FG Monitoring Closely – NCDC
A file photo of an NCDC official and two others on duty. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) says the country is at [more…]
11,200 Doses of Mpox Vaccine to Arrive in Nigeria Friday, Says Gavi
Mpox vaccine Nigeria will today receive its first dose of Mpox vaccines, 11, 200 donated by the United States of America and facilitated by [more…]
Brazil’s President Undergoes Brain Surgery
Former Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva gestures during a meeting with members of the Rede Party in Brasilia, on April 28, 2022, to [more…]
Toll In Rwanda Marburg Outbreak Rises To 11
Five more people in Rwanda have died of the deadly Ebola-like Marburg disease, bringing the number of fatalities to 11, the health ministry said [more…]
JAPA; FG Approves National Policy To Address Health Workforce Migration
The Federal Government has approved a new National Policy on Health Workforce Migration. Disclosing this on Monday through a post on X, the Minister [more…]
Olympics Records 40-plus Covid Cases As Global Figures Rise: WHO
The Olympic rings are illuminated on the Eiffel Tower on June 7, 2024, ahead the upcoming Paris 2024 Olympic Games. (Photo by Ludovic MARIN / [more…]
Decade Since Ebola, Sierra Leone Fights Another Deadly Fever
Decade Since Ebola, Sierra Leone Fights Another Deadly Fever Rummaging in the darkness of a tiny mud and thatch home in eastern Sierra Leone, [more…]
Eight Die In Morocco After Drinking Bootleg Alcohol
Eight people in Morocco have died and dozens of others were hospitalised after drinking homemade liquor, the health ministry said on Wednesday. “Serious complications from [more…]
Cape Verde Becomes Third African Country To Eliminate Malaria
Cape Verde has become the third African nation to be declared malaria free, even as the disease continues to kill hundreds of thousands of people [more…]
Akeredolu begins another medical leave
Ondo state governor, Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, has commenced another medical absence. The medical leave would begin Wednesday, December 13, as a follow-up to a previous medical [more…]