Health
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CPHIA23: Africa must take charge of its public health- Africa CDC
Jean Kaseya, the Director-General of the Africa-Centres for Diseases Control, said on Monday that the continent of Africa should take…
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Centre calls for proactive policy to mitigate under-reported cases of sexual violence
The Mothers And Marginalised Advocacy Centre (MAMA Centre) commemorates the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women 2023,…
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WHO Confirms First Sexual Spread of Mpox in Congo Amid Record Outbreak
As the nation endures its largest outbreak, the World Health Organisation announced that it confirmed sexual transmission of mpox in…
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EbonyLife’s Mo Abudu Makes Directorial Debut With Short Films About Nigerian Women and Mental Health
Mo Abudu, the CEO of EbonyLife Media and a Nigerian producer, has been instrumental in telling African stories on television…
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West Africa Responds to Huge Diphtheria Outbreaks by Targeting Unvaccinated Populations
Numerous West African nations are grappling with massive outbreaks of diphtheria, and Nigeria is among them. According to a senior…
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Kwara state government to tackle open defecation with N200m
The Kwara State State Government has expressed its readiness to collaborate with any donor agency to eradicate open defecation in…
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South Africa, Colombia and Others Are Fighting Drugmakers Over Access to TB and HIV Drugs
During the COVID-19 pandemic, rich countries bought most of the world’s vaccines early, leaving few shots for poor countries and creating a…
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Reps vows to improve primary healthcare through effective legislation
The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Tajudeen Abbas, has expressed concern over the state of Nigeria’s Primary Health Care…
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Lagos leads biotechnologies awareness
Prof. Akin Abayomi, Commissioner for Health, Lagos State, at the ninth African Conference on One Health and Biosecurity, alongside esteemed…
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Health should lead climate change fight – WHO
Ahead of the UN Climate Change Conference (COP-28), WHO has published its “2023 review of health in nationally determined contributions…
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