CSBS News Desk According to a report from Punch, an Indian pharmaceutical firm has laid claims that it has developed the world’s first vaccine against mosquito-borne Zika virus. The Head of the Biotech International Limited, Dr. Krishna Ella, said at…
CSBS News Desk Health officials from Oyo State Ministry of Health, World Health Organisation, University College Hospital and other development partners have put plans together to curtail measles outbreak in the state. The disease has so far claimed…
CSBS News Desk The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) and its partners have called on donor nations for funds to help thousands of refugees in Nigeria and Central African Republic (CAR). The agency seeks up to the tune of $545million to…
CSBS News Desk Not less than 1,540 elderly and physically challenged in Ilaje and Eseodo Local Government areas of Ondo state have been empowered by the Ondo State Oil Producing Areas Development Commission (OSOPADEC). The financial empowerment took…
CSBS News Desk The African Leaders Malaria Alliance (ALMA) on Saturday 30th January 2016 presented Rwanda with the 2016 Award for Excellence in two categories, one for performance in malaria control from 2011 to 2015 and one for meeting the…
CSBS News Desk In the light of the recent spread of the deadly Zika virus to some countries, the Federal Government has placed restrictions on travels to Latin America until the situation improves. The restriction particularly affects pregnant women, the…
kemi Busari Just like Ebola, Lassa and other recent diseases, the word Zika is becoming as dreaded as ever. The disease which exists mostly in the American axis is transmitted through mosquito. Several responses have followed its recent outbreak…
CSBS news desk In commemoration of the World AIDS Day, an NGO based in Bauchi state, AD Rufai Foundation has conducted free HIV/AIDS test and counselling for over 350 Internally Displaced Persons(IDPs) in the state. The IDPs are taking refuge…
Kemi Busari A Nigerian human rights group; Centre for Human Rights and Social Justice, (CHRSJ) has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to conduct athorough investigation on the remote cause of the missing 2016 budget. Recall that the 2016 Appropriation…
CSBS news desk Committed to life-saving changes for mothers and babies, MamaYe Nigeria has launched the Bauchi State Accountability Mechanism for Maternal and Newborn Health (BaSAM) to improve health care facilities for nursing mothers. The program, which also make available…
