Africa was once known for brain drain, but in science, it is seeing brain gain, says the editor-in-chief of Nature Africa. As a student, I planned to become a medical physiologist, but in 1990 I decided to stop my academic…
In a bid to promote the need for adequate nutrition intake among children, the Civil Society Scaling up Nutrition in Nigeria (CS-SUNN), has called on the media to have a better understanding of effective reportage on nutrition in children in…
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has warned that the current outbreak of monkeypox virus in nonnon-endemic nations is real even as cases have risen to more than one thousand. WHO chief, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus gave the warning on Wednesday. Ghebreyesus…
The World Health Organization has decried the emergence of new tobacco products in the market. WHO Regional Director for Africa, Dr. Matshidiso Moeti, while condemning the environmental impact of tobacco flayed the introduction of new products in the market noting…
In response to the upsurge of the circulating variant poliovirus type 2 (cVPVD2) transmission in Nigeria, the World Health Organization (WHO) has absorbed and strengthened the capacity of 2400 Public health officers to mitigate the transmission of the virus in…
By Mayowa Adeniran | The Family Planning Providers Network has called on stakeholders to remove the barriers to accessing family planning service in Nigeria. Secretary of The Family Planning Providers Network, FPPN, Mr. John Adewole, stated this during FPPN strategic meeting…
Health professionals in Nigeria’s care will be trained on the importance of integrating the Oral Cholera Vaccine (OCV) as an option for emergency and prevent cholera outbreaks in endemic countries by the World Health Organization (WHO). The training which will…
…The Head of State said he will engage other stakeholders to help accelerate the initiative which will also go a long way in creating jobs for Kenyan youth. President Uhuru Kenyatta has welcomed a proposed initiative to establish a centre…
A new report by the Global Initiative for Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, in partnership with the Justice & Empowerment Initiatives (JEI) and with support from Corporate Accountability & Public Participation Africa (CAPPA), has revealed that commercialisation of the healthcare…
As advanced countries in the world are working round the clock to respond to global health challenges Africa is yet to wake up to the reality due to the lack of preparedness of African scientists, according to a Professor of…
