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Millions to be vaccinated as Africa marks Vaccination Week
The third African Vaccination Week (AVW), an initiative led by the World Health Organization (WHO) and implemented by countries in the region, will hold 22-28 April, with millions of African children...
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Africa collaborate with China on health challenges
By Staff Writer, China is collaborating with African nations and other stakeholders to identify sustainable solutions to various health challenges. Under the agreement, China will assist African...
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Obsolete pesticide stockpiles: An unwanted legacy of the African landscape
Many developing countries import pesticides to increase agricultural production and control vector-borne diseases such as malaria. Over time, unused pesticides become obsolete and unsafe for use....
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New vaccine to reduce malaria by 75 per cent by 2030
The world should aim to have vaccines which reduce malaria cases by 75 per cent, and are capable of eliminating malaria, licensed by 2030, according to the updated 2013 Malaria Vaccine Technology...
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Scientists suggest new treatment for uncomplicated malaria
By Alex Abutu, Scientists from South Africa, Kenya and other institutions have found in a new review that ‘Dihydroartemisinin-piperaquine one of five artemisinin-based combination therapies currently...
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Nigeria faces renewed risk of under-5 deaths
By Abah Anthony John The Nigerian Academy of science has raised alarm that the country faces a renewed risk of losing many children between the ages of zero to five years this year due to vaccine...
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West African nations in emergency talks on Ebola
Health ministers from across western Africa are currently meeting in Accra, Ghana to plan “drastic action” against the deadliest ever Ebola epidemic as dozens of new cases continue to emerge. There...
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West African ministers agree on action to end Ebola
The Emergency Ministerial meeting on Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) has ended with Health Ministers agreeing on a range of priority actions to end the Ebola outbreak in West Africa. The scale of the ongoing...
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Analysis of the Ebola virus disease in West Africa
By Alex Abutu The World Health Organization (WHO) continues to closely monitor the evolving Ebola virus disease (EVD) outbreak in Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone. The current epidemic trend in Sierra...
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Breaking: Nigeria free of Ebola
After six weeks of no new case, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has declared Nigeria officially free of the Ebola virus disease. WHO representative Rui Gama Vaz, said in Abuja, that it was a...
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WHO removes Nigeria from Polio-endemic list
By Staff Writer, The World Health Organization said that polio is no longer endemic in Nigeria. This is the first time that Nigeria has interrupted transmission of wild poliovirus, bringing the country...
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WHO removes Nigeria from Polio-endemic countries
By Staff Writer The World Health Organization (WHO) has formally removes Nigeria from the list of polio-endemic countries. The announcement comes after the historic achievement of the country in...
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Paucity of funds denies health assistance to millions in Lake Chad Basin
By Staff Writer, Violence continues to devastate the lives and health of the millions of people in the Lake Chad Basin – an area covering north-east Nigeria and parts of Cameroon, Chad and Niger. The...
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High Blood Pressure on the rise – WHO
By Staff Reporter A new research published in the Lancet has said that the number of people in the world with high blood pressure reached 1.13 billion, nearly doubling since 1975. The largest ever...
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