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COVID-19: NAF trains Medical Personnel on use of GeneXpert Machine for testing
In furtherance of ongoing efforts to build capacity towards dealing with COVID-19, the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) on Thursday flagged-off a 2-day training programme for medical laboratory scientists on the use of the GeneXpert…
Mental health disorder cases have doubled in Borno, WHO laments
By Michy Abraham in Maiduguri
World Health Organisation (WHO) on Thursday lamented that the mental health disorder cases have doubled in Boko Haram ravaged Borno State.
WHO said this while handing over a renovated…
UK approves Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine ahead of US, EU
The UK became the first western country to approve a Covid-19 vaccine with its regulator clearing Pfizer Inc. and BioNTech SE’s shot ahead of decisions in the US and European Union, according to Bloomberg News.
The emergency…
US invests $6 billion on HIV/AIDS in Nigeria since 2003
By Michy Abraham
The United States Government has invested more than $6 billion dollars on HIV/AIDS in Nigeria since 2003, the North America country’s embassy in the country revealed on Monday.
In the same period of year,…
36 UCH nurses contracted COVID-19 — NANNM
The National Association of Nigerian Nurses and Midwives, University College Hospital, Ibadan, on Monday said about 36 nurses were infected with the COVID-19 virus during the peak of the pandemic in Nigeria.
Chairman, NANNM,…
Covid-19: Oxford University vaccine is highly effective
The coronavirus vaccine developed by the University of Oxford is highly effective at stopping people developing Covid-19 symptoms, a large trial shows.
Interim data suggests 70% protection, but the researchers say the figure…
Suspected gunmen kidnap medical doctor in Kogi
Suspected gunmen have kidnapped Kogi-based medical doctor, Dr Azubuike Joel Ihenacho.
Iheanacho who is also the Medical Director of Peace Hospital, Ayingba, was reportedly kidnapped on Saturday evening at his residence in…
Bauchi auto crash claims former Health Commissioner, Hassan
The gale of road traffic accidents sweeping across the country berthed in Bauchi state and in the process claimed the life of the immediate past Commissioner of Health, Dr. Zuwaira Hassan.
Hassan who until his death was the…
Boko Haram, COVID-19 trigger need for improved child protection in North-East, says UNICEF
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has lamented that both the effects of over a decade long Boko Haram crisis and the COVID-19 pandemic have triggered the need for improved child protection service in the troubled North…
Global Fund earmarks $143m to fight tuberculosis in Nigeria
Nigeria will receive a $143 million grant from the Global Fund to fight Tuberculosis (TB) over an implementation period of three years.
The senior disease coordinator at Global Fund, Eliud Wandwalo, made this known at…