Health
Vaccines, panacea for ending COVID-19, says expert
Dr Chizoba Wonodi , a Public Health Physician and Researcher, says the coronavirus vaccine is the panacea to end the pandemic. Wonodi, who is also the Nigeria Country Director for
Covid Vaccines :We Have to Work with the Country We Have, Not the One We Wish We Had, Nigeria’s Disease Control Boss, Ihekweazu Says
Director General of the NCDC, Dr. Chikwe Ihekweazu As Nigeria prepares to receive its first batch of the Covid-19 vaccines, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has said there
Nigeria’s health sector will emerge stronger from COVID-19 — Gbajabiamila
Speaker of House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila says Nigeria’s health sector will emerge stronger at the end of the COVID-19 pandemic, going by efforts aimed at repositioning the sector. Gbajabiamila
NAFDAC to intensify awareness campaign on breast milk substitutes marketing code
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), says it is intensifying an awareness campaign to ensure compliance with the International Code of Marketing of Breast Milk
Logout COVID-19: NCDC activates Ondo State Public Health Laboratory to its network
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) says it has activated the inclusion of the Ondo State Public Health Laboratory to its Molecular Laboratory Network in the country. Dr Chikwe
Anambra striving to cope with COVID-19 spread, says Commissioner
The Anambra Commisioner for Health, Dr Vincent Okpala, said on Thursday that the government through its Ministry of Health had introduced more aggressive measures toward reducing the COVID -19 spread
Mozambique Receives First Batch of Sinopharm Covid-19 Vaccine Doses
Mozambique has received 200,000 doses of vaccines by Sinopharm from China, but the country is yet to disclose its vaccination plan. The vaccines were received by Prime Minister Carlos Agostinho
AU approves emergency use of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine
The AU has authorised the AstraZeneca/Oxford coronavirus vaccine for emergency use, the chief of the bloc’s health agency said on Thursday. The Director, Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention,
Moderna Set to Test Coronavirus Booster Shot For South African Strain
Drugmaker, Moderna says it has shipped doses of its variant-specific booster shot to the National Institutes of Health for clinical trials, a development that is part of Moderna’s efforts to
Mozambique receives its first batch of COVID-19 vaccines from China
A batch of COVID-19 vaccines donated by China arrived in Maputo on Wednesday to help Mozambique fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. It was the first batch of COVID-19 vaccines received
