Health

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…

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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…

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South African Scientists Brace for Wave Propelled by Omicron Variant

As the world grapples with the emergence of the new highly transmissible variant of COVID-19, worried scientists in South Africa…

3 years ago

WTO DG Okonjo-Iweala Tasks Members on Reform, Improved Access to Vaccines

The Director General of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, on Thursday urged members of the global trade…

3 years ago

One-third of Women Experience Violence in Their Lifetime, Says UNWomen

One-third of the women population worldwide experience violence in their lifetime, United Nations (UN) Women has decried. The Deputy Representative,…

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US Issues ‘Do Not Travel’ Covid Warning for Germany, Denmark

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the State Department on Monday advised against travel to Germany…

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