WHO unveils $518m plan to contain Ebola outbreak
The World Health Organization has launched a $518 million six-month emergency response plan aimed at containing the ongoing Ebola outbreaks in the…
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WHO, Africa CDC launch $518m Ebola response strategy
The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention and the World Health Organization have unveiled a joint continental preparedness and response plan…
PCN seals 572 pharmacies, medicine outlets in Plateau
No fewer than 572 pharmacies, patent medicine stores and illegal medicine outlets have been sealed by the Pharmacy Council of Nigeria across…
WHO raises alarm as Ebola cases multiply across DR Congo, Uganda
The Director-General of the World Health Organization, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, has raised concerns over the worsening Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic…
FG commissions new veterinary centres in Lagos, Ogun
The Federal Government has completed and handed over new Veterinary Primary Health Centres in Lagos and Ogun states as part of efforts…
Hantavirus: Our work is not over yet, says WHO chief
World Health Organization chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Tuesday “our work is not over” to contain hantavirus after evacuations from a…
Hantavirus less contagious than COVID-19 outbreak — Dutch doctor
The hantavirus that has broken out on the cruise ship MV Hondius is much less transmissible than Covid, the head of the…
WHO traces flight passengers after hantavirus death from cruise ship
The World Health Organisation said Tuesday that it was trying to trace people on a flight between the island of Saint Helena…
Dangote urges govt, private sector partnership to eliminate malaria globally
Chairman of Nigeria’s National Malaria Elimination Council and United Nations Malaria Ambassador, Aliko Dangote, has urged governments and the private sector to…
Resident doctors suspend strike as FG reverses allowance cut
The Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors has suspended its planned indefinite nationwide strike following fresh commitments by the Federal Government to address…
NAFDAC busts fake alcohol factories in Lagos, seizes ₦350m products
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control has uncovered and dismantled two illegal production outlets involved in the counterfeiting…
Stakeholders launch health insurance programme for vulnerable Nigerians
In a renewed effort to widen access to affordable healthcare services, key stakeholders in Nigeria’s health sector have launched the Inclusive Health…