Health

Omicron: Nigeria to Push for Mass Vaccination, Not Travel Ban

As countries around the world try to figure out ways to deal with the Omicron variant of the COVID-19 pandemic,…

3 years ago

Nigeria Begins Vaccine Enforcement

The Nigerian Government has commenced the enforcement of mandatory vaccination against COVID-19 at the Federal Secretariat. Security officials barricaded the…

3 years ago

BBC Secures Major Deal with Streaming Service ARISEPlay

Preventing the transmission of HIV from mother to baby is a major challenge in Nigeria. To mark World Aids Day…

3 years ago

Nigeria Confirms Two Cases of Omicron

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control on Wednesday morning confirmed the first case of the Omicron coronavirus variant in the…

3 years ago

NAFDAC Targets 70% Reduction of Nigeria’s Pharmaceutical Imports by 2025

As part of efforts to achieve drug security in Nigeria, the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control…

3 years ago

300,000 Children Infected with HIV in 2020

UNICEF has revealed that at least 300,000 children were newly infected with HIV in 2020, which translates to one child…

3 years ago

WHO Warns That New Virus Variant Poses ‘Very High’ Risk

The World Health Organization warned Monday that the global risk from the omicron variant is “very high” based on the…

3 years ago

Pharmacists Commend RxAll for Introducing RxScanner in Nigeria

Members of the Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria (PSN) have commended RxAll, a health tech company, for introducing RxScanner into the…

3 years ago

Banning Flights From Africa Over the Omicron Variant is Not Racist – Professor Oyewale

The speed with which the U.S., UK and the EU have imposed travel bans on flights arriving from southern Africa…

3 years ago

Nigeria: NAFDAC Cautions against Abuse of Antibiotics

Set featured image The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, NAFDAC has expressed concerns over the increasing…

3 years ago