More than half a billion people pushed or pushed further into extreme poverty due to health care costs
Dec. 12, 2021 New evidence compiled by the World Health Organization and the World Bank has shown that the COVID-19 pandemic is likely to halt two decades of global progress…
WHO and Global Fund warn inequalities block progress towards ending AIDS, TB, malaria
Dec. 10, 2021 Inequities have been widely acknowledged as barriers to achieving global and national goals and targets in HIV, TB and malaria programs. However, the magnitude and extent of…
Cholera outbreak: Bayelsa confirms 22 cases, 5 dead in communityÂ
Dec. 9, 2021 The Bayelsa Government has confirmed the outbreak of cholera in Ofoni, a coastline settlement in Sagbama Local Government Area (LGA) of the state. Dr Pabara Igwele, the…
Omicron reported in 57 countries, hospitalisations set to rise – WHO
Dec 8, 2021 The Omicron variant has been reported in 57 nations and the number of patients needing hospitalisation is likely to rise as it spreads, the World Health Organization…
WHO recommends against the use of convalescent plasma to treat COVID-19
Dec. 8, 2021 …Trials for severe and critical patients should continue The World Health Organisation (WHO) has updated its living guideline on COVID-19 therapeutics to include convalescent plasma. According to…
Up to 1 million COVID vaccines expired in Nigeria last month
Dec. 8, 2021 Up to one million COVID-19 vaccines are estimated to have expired in Nigeria last month without being used, two sources told Reuters, one of the biggest single…
WHO advisory group looking at ‘mix and match’ COVID-19 vaccines
Dec 7, 2021 … Vaccines mandate an “absolute last resort” The World Health Organization’s group of advisory experts is considering evidence this week on COVID-19 heterologous vaccines, or mix and…
WHO lauds historic decision by Gavi to fund the first malaria vaccine
Dec. 7, 2021 The World Health Organisation (WHO) has welcomed the historic decision by the Gavi Alliance Board to invest in the first malaria vaccine programme. According to who in…
Vaccine makers should plan to adjust COVID-19 jabs – WHO
Dec 3, 2021 Makers of COVID-19 vaccines should gear up for the “likelihood” of needing to adjust their products to protect against the Omicron variant, the World Health Organization’s (WHO)…
Impose special tax on alcohol, cigarettes, sugar-sweetened beverages to improve primary healthcare – WBG urges FG
Dec. 3, 2021 The World Bank Group (WBG) has called on the Federal Government to impose special taxes on alcohol, cigarettes and sugar-sweetened beverages to improve primary healthcare. “If we…