Health

WTO Chief Okonjo-Iweala Says Patent Waiver Not Enough to Close Vaccine Gap

World Trade Organisation (WTO) Director-General, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has said that intellectual property waiver alone will not be enough to…

3 years ago

WTO Chief Okonjo-Iweala Calls for Diversification of Vaccine Production

The head of the World Trade Organisation is calling for the diversification of vaccine manufacturing and to have more production…

3 years ago

Malawi Burns 20,000 Expired AstraZeneca Doses Despite Pleas

Malawi has burned nearly 20,000 doses of expired AstraZeneca vaccines, defying calls not to do so from the World Health…

3 years ago

Family of Lagos Chef Ugboma Who Died from Alleged Negligence Begin Legal Action Against Hospital

The family of Peju Ugboma, who died in what a lawyer called suspicious circumstances, following an elective fibroid operation in…

3 years ago

WHO Asks Countries to Destroy Out-of-date Vaccines

The World Health Organization (WHO) has issued new guidance saying that expired Covid-19 vaccines should now be destroyed. This contradicts…

3 years ago

Long Working Hours Killing 745,000 People a Year, Study Finds

Long working hours are killing hundreds of thousands of people a year, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). The…

3 years ago

Covid-19: Madagascar Begins Inoculations to Suppress Second Wave

Madagascar has started vaccinating its population against COVID-19. The first phase of the campaign is focusing on frontline staff such…

3 years ago

Worry More About Super Spreader Events Rather Than Indian Variant, Ihekweazu Tells Nigerians

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3 years ago

Mixing Covid Vaccines Increases Reports of Mild Side-effects

Adults are more likely to report mild and moderate side-effects after mixing doses of the AstraZeneca and Pfizer Covid vaccines,…

3 years ago

Russia and China Come Together on Covid

When Russia's Sputnik V vaccine is unloaded in countries around the world, hundreds of millions of doses will come with…

3 years ago