Health

South Africa Wants More Men to Take Covid Jabs

South Africa has urged more men in the country to come out in larger numbers and take Covid jabs as…

3 years ago

South Africa Secures Deal to Manufacture Covid Vaccines

South Africa has become the first African country ahead of Nigeria and others to broker a business deal to manufacture…

3 years ago

Nigeria Spends $300m on Johnson & Johnson Vaccines

Nigeria’s federal government on Thursday gave an update on its fight against the spread of COVID-19 pandemic in the country,…

3 years ago

Popular Mozambican Actress Dies Giving Birth

Popular Mozambican actress, producer and director, Hermelinda Simela, has died while giving birth in hospital. The 38-year-old was being treated…

3 years ago

WHO to Trial Malaria, Arthritis Drugs as Covid Treatments

The World Health Organization (WHO) will test three new drugs as potential treatments for people in hospital with severe COVID-19…

3 years ago

US Urges Pregnant Women to Vaccinate as Delta Surges

  The Uinted States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention urged all pregnant women Wednesday to get the COVID-19 vaccine…

3 years ago

Nigeria Explains Reasons For Relatively High Covid Cases in NYSC Camps

Nigeria's Minister of Information and Culture Lai Mohammed says consistent testing and non-compliance to non-pharmaceutical interventions are responsible for high…

3 years ago

Nigeria to Start Manufacturing Covid Vaccines By 2022, Herbal Drugs Undergoing Clinical Trials

Nigeria’s federal government says it’s planning to commence local manufacturing of COVID-19 vaccines in the next 12 months. This is…

3 years ago

UNICEF: Over 50% of Nigerian Children under Five Unregistered

United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has decried low birth registration in the country, stating that more than 50% of the…

3 years ago

Guinea Confirms West Africa’s First Highly Infectious Marburg Virus Case

Health authorities in Guinea have confirmed West Africa’s first case of the Marburg virus, a highly infectious disease that’s in the same…

3 years ago