Health

By John Ikani  The World Health Organization (WHO) on Thursday announced that Botswana had become the first high-burden country to be certified for achieving an important milestone on the path to eliminating mother-to-child transmission of HIV....

By John Ikani  As countries around the world try to figure out ways to deal with the Omicron variant of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has said it will not join...

By John Ikani The Omicron variant has propelled a sharp rise in coronavirus cases in South Africa in recent weeks, health officials told Parliament Wednesday, calling the situation "worrying". Dr Michelle Groome of South Africa’s National...

By Emmanuel Nduka Civil Servants in Nigeria’s capital, Abuja, who have no proof of COVID-19 vaccination and negative PCR tests were denied access into the Federal Secretariat on Wednesday morning. The Nigerian Government had earlier in...

By John Ikani  A recent report from the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) revealed that one child globally was infected with Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) every two minutes in 2020. The report, which was released to...

By John Ikani  The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Wednesday morning confirmed the first case of the Omicron variant in the country. The centre in a statement issued by Director-General, Dr Ifedayo Adetifa said...