Category: Health

The International Monetary Fund (IMF), says $7.6 million debt relief has been approved to aid Burundi’s economic on COVID-19. According to IMF, the relief for three months would be potentially…

About 35 medical doctors of Kwara state said to have contacted the deadly novel coronavirus. Nigeria Medical Association (NMA), Kwara state chairman Dr. Kolade Solagberu disclosed this to newsmen in…

The West Africa Health Organisation (WAHO) says the scale and nature of the COVID-19 pandemic has exposed weaknesses in the health system in the West African sub -region. Briefing newsmen…

Over 75 Civil Society Organizations from Nigeria, Africa and the world have condemned moves to open the way for the release of genetically modified mosquitoes in Nigeria. Their condemnation follows…

In a bid to curtail the deadly coronavirus, Madagascar has placed its capital, Antananarivo under a fresh lockdown following a new and increased in infections two months after the restrictions…

Institute of Human Virology Nigeria (IHVN) and the National Tuberculosis and Leprosy Control Programme (NTBLCP) launched a mobile application for screening and notification of TB cases by private health care…

The World Health Organization, WHO, has declared Congo free of the second-worst Ebola outbreak in history. The Organization announced this in a tweet via its Twitter account on Thursday stating…

President Muhammadu Buhari felicitated with fellow countrymen as the country made another historical development making Nigeria a Wild Polio Virus Free. The president expressed this in a statement released by…

Nigeria may soon be declared a polio-free country come August 2020. This is as indicated by the African Regional Commission for Certification on Polio Eradication, ARCC, an organ of the…

The Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire, has explained how Nigeria can manage in reducing the death rate as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. Ehanire addressing newsmen at the…