Health

EU Considers Ghana as Covid Vaccine Manufacturing Hub, Removes West African Country from Money Laundering List

The European Union has announced plans to remove Ghana from the list of countries that are deficient anti-money laundering and…

4 years ago

India Orders Social Media Firms to Remove ‘India Variant’ From Content

India's government has instructed social media companies to remove any content that refers to the "Indian variant" of Covid-19. The…

4 years ago

EU to Build Vaccine Manufacturing Hubs in Africa

The European Union (EU) says it intends to invest 1 billion euros ($1.2billion) to build Covid vaccine-manufacturing hubs in Africa.…

4 years ago

‘I Was Afraid’: Prince Harry, Oprah Discuss Mental Health

For Harry, returning to London to attend Prince Philip’s funeral last month meant once more facing a place where he…

4 years ago

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…

4 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…

4 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…

4 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…

4 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WHO Asks Countries to Destroy Out-of-date Vaccines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…

4 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…

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