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Apr 05
Apr 05

Rotavirus vaccination: ‘160,000 children risk death annually’

  By Dayo Johnson, Akure A Professor of Microbial Pathology/Infectious Disease, Michael Odimayo, has said that incorporating rotavirus vaccination into the National Programme on Immunization this year, will prevent about 160,000 childhood deaths annually in the country. Odimayo said this while delivering the first inaugural lecture themed: Turning the tides... read more →
Apr 05

Lassa fever deaths in Nigeria rise to 185

By Chioma Obinna Amidst the outbreak of Coronavirus disease, Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, yesterday said deaths from the Lassa fever the outbreak in the country has hits 185. The Centre in its Weekly 13 situation report noted that Nigeria has been battling a Lassa fever outbreak since the... read more →
Apr 05

Health workers demand N.1m coronavirus allowance

Olufemi Atoyebi, Abuja The Nigerian Union of Allied Health Professionals on Tuesday told  the Federal Government  to pay  health workers fighting the spread of coronavirus  N100,000 special  hazard allowance. The union also demanded  life insurance cover for health workers.  In a statement jointly signed by the National President of the... read more →
Apr 02
Apr 02
Mar 25

Stronger UN Leadership Needed to Cope with Coronavirus Threat

SYDNEY and KUALA LUMPUR, Mar 24 2020 (IPS) - The economic impact of the coronavirus pandemic is hard to predict as events are still unfolding, and estimates vary dramatically. UNCTAD estimates lost output in the order of US$1 trillion, just over a third of Bloomberg’s expectation of US$2.7 trillion in losses. The OECD expects global economic... read more →
Mar 25

Africa not on track for 2030 SDG targets on TB – WHO

The African continent is not on track to achieve the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) targets related to tuberculosis , the World Health Organisation, has said. WHO Regional Director for Africa, Dr Matshidiso Moeti, in a statement yesterday to mark this year’s World Tuberculosis Day, said: “Only one in two... read more →
Mar 25
Mar 25