Oni of Ife Unveils New Hospital, Offers Free Emergency Services
The Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, has unveiled a new state-of-the-art hospital in Ile-Ife, Osun State. The hospital, named the Ojaja II Palace Hospital,...
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17,774 People In Ghana Tested Positive For HIV In 2023, Majority Between 15 And 24 Years
17,774 tested positive for HIV in 2023 many of which were persons aged between 15 and 24 The population also included 6,457 males and 11,317...
Zimbabwe Has 8,000 Doses of Cabotegravir Anti-HIV Drug
Zimbabwe has 8,000 doses of injectable pre-exposure prophylaxis drug, cabotegravir, for use in the ongoing pilot programme to establish its efficacy in preventing HIV as...
South Africa Says Yes to Cannabis: Will the Rest of Africa Catch On?
On the eve of the May 27 general elections, which saw the ruling African National Congress lose its majority for the first time in 30 years...
COVID-19 Relief Push, Diversity Efforts Before Congress
The U.S. Capitol dome, in Washington, on Jan. 15, 2020. TOM BRENNER/REUTERS Wall Street bank chiefs will tout the role their institutions have played in...
United States Renews Longstanding Commitment to UNICEF with $300 Million Pledge For Improving the Lives of Mothers and Children
The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) today announced the renewal of their longstanding partnership with UNICEF to improve the health and well-being of...
Factors blocking African Medicines
By Francis Aboagye-Nyame African nations’ reliance on drug manufacturers in India and China leaves the continent vulnerable to drug stock-outs, it has emerged. The African...
Continuing the Fight: WHO Donors and Partners Support COVID-19 Response Around the World
COVID-19 vaccination campaigns have officially been rolled out in over 100 countries and are providing hope. But the pandemic continues and much essential work remains...
New York to immediately resume use of Johnson & Johnson vaccine after federal go-ahead: Cuomo
NEW YORK — The one-and-done Johnson & Johnson coronavirus vaccine is back in New York state. Gov. Andrew...
Mauritius: Covid-19 – Total of 34 Positive Patients Admitted in Icu Since March 2020 to Date
Since March 2020, the number of COVID-19 patients tested positive and admitted to New Souillac Hospital is 14, out of which seven required intubation and...
NHS Workers Demand a Green Recovery to Save Lives and Help the Country get Back on its Feet
NHS workers protest for a pay rise for health workers outside 10 Downing Street NHS workers are demanding a green recovery to help get the...
How Did Africa Escape the Calamity of a Pandemic Covid -19
OPINION One year after the World Health Organization declared the coronavirus a pandemic in March of 2020, the spread of the virus remains unabated. In...
Pfizer and Moderna COVID-19 Vaccines are 90% Effective in ‘Real-World’ Study
The study included nearly 4,000 U.S. health care and frontline workers. A nurse administers a dose of the Moderna Covid-19 vaccine at a clinic at...
Covid third Wave May Overrun Africa’s Healthcare, Warns WHO
Rising cases of coronavirus in Africa threaten to overrun fragile healthcare systems and test the continent’s much-touted resilience to the disease, according to the World Health...
MTN’s 300,000 Doses Of COVID-19 Vaccines Arrive Nigeria
The Nigerian government has taken delivery of the first set of 300,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccines out of a total of 1.4 million doses designated...
African Union says Benefits Outweigh Risks of AstraZeneca COVID shot
The African Union said on Thursday that it considers that the benefits of AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine outweigh the risks and recommended that vaccinations continue across...
High Vitamin D Levels May Protect Against COVID-19, Especially for Black People, study suggests
A new research study at the University of Chicago Medicine has found that when it comes to COVID-19, having vitamin D levels above those traditionally...
Egypt Government aims to Vaccinate 250,000 in One Week
The Egyptian government has begun to prepare for a third wave of COVID-19. (Reuters) Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly has warned that the number of deaths...
South Africa: Immigrants Must Be Given Health Care Even If Undocumented, Health Department Confirms
Loyiso Dyongman/GroundUp Several immigrants in Makhanda say they have been turned away from local clinics when their permits to be in the country have expired....
UN Urges Countries to Strive for Gender-equal Future Post-COVID-19
Image: SABC News Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka says a lot of work has been done but our best is not good enough. The world finds itself at...