Health

By John Ikani As the globe marks World Hepatitis Day, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has called for increased awareness on the viral infection. The call was contained in a message to mark the day by...

  By Hannatu Sadiq   The United States has said it will ship nearly 10 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines to Nigeria and South Africa to support the countries’ battles with the third wave of covid-19....

By John Ikani  Nigeria is witnessing significant decrease in the number of reported cases of cholera in the country. This was made known by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) in its weekly epidemiological report...

By Hannatu Sadiq  Hospitals in the capital city of Senegal is reported to be close to saturation as the west African country battles a third wave of virus infections in recent weeks, with cases rising from...

      60 persons have so far died of the Cholera outbreak which hit Nigeria’s Capital city of Abuja about two months ago. This is even as suspected cases within the Territory has risen from...

By John Ikani  At least 800 people in Uganda were given fake coronavirus vaccines -- some injected with water -- in a scam that involved "unscrupulous" doctors and health workers, government officials said Wednesday. The Drector...