Health
Bayelsa begins 3 days health summit
…Jonathan, Minister of Health Dr Enahire as special guests By Emem Idio AS part of strategies for health system strengthening and to deepen international support for government-initiated programmes, the Bayelsa
Vaccine apathy threatens COVID-19 response
As experts blame trust deficit By Chioma Obinna For decades now, vaccination programmes in Nigeria have been making progress. But the advent of COVID-19 vaccines may be bringing back ugly
1,081,548 Nigerians Receive Astrazeneca Vaccine Jabs
As the vaccination of Nigerians against Covid-19 enters its sixth week, the federal government says 1,081,548 people have received their first jab of the AstraZeneca vaccines, as at Saturday. According
Nigeria’s active COVID-19 cases increase by 39 — NCDC
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has said that the country’s COVID-19 active cases increased by 39, bringing the total number to 7,821. The NCDC disclosed this on its
Vaccine apathy threatens COVID-19 response
…as experts blame trust deficit By Chioma Obinna For decades now, vaccination programmes in Nigeria have been making progress. But the advent of COVID-19 vaccines may be bringing back ugly years
Uganda to import more AstraZeneca vaccines amidst new variants
Uganda will import five million doses of AstraZeneca vaccines next month after the discovery of new COVID-19 variants in the country, President Yoweri Museveni has said. In a televised address
COVID-19 vaccine: 8,439 mild adverse events recorded in Nigeria –NPHCDC
The National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA) said a total of 8,439 mild adverse events following immunisation (AEFI) had been reported since vaccination began in March. Dr. Faisal Shuaib,
Nigeria vaccinates 1.05m persons with 1st dose
An update released by the National Primary Health Care Development Agency, NPHCDA, on Thursday revealed that 1,051,096 eligible Nigerians have so far been vaccinated with the first dose of the
Benefits of J&J, AstraZeneca shots outweigh risks — WHO
IN the wake of the reports of severe incidents of deadly blood clots and other adverse events trailing the AstraZeneca and Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccines, the World Health Organisation,
NMA seeks standard treatment centres for Hemophilia patients
By Chioma Obinna On this year’s World Hemophilia Day, the Lagos State branch of the Nigerian Medical Association, NMA, on Friday appealed to the Federal government to set up a
