Sam EFERARO

The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and its nine neighbouring countries have endorsed a joint framework to strengthen cross-border collaboration on preparedness and response to Ebola virus and other disease outbreaks.…

Organises scientific conference in 6 centres across Nigeria Launches new therapy for VTE management In an unprecedented move to combat the growing incidence of death due to venous thromboembolism (VTE) in Nigeria,…

Targets 800 000 girls aged 10 years for vaccination against cervical cancer With President Uhuru Kenyatta leading the way, Kenya yesterday (October 18)  joined an increasing number of African countries taking a vital step against…

Reported in 3 of the country's 46 states Lagos State issues public alert  The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has confirmed five news cases of Monkeypox in three of the country's 26 states - Lagos, Rivers and…

Targets 18 million children below 15 years Uganda today begins a 5-day immunization campaign against measles and rubella, targeting 18 million children –  which amounts to 43% of the country’s population. Among them, 8.2…

WHO launches first World report on vision shows 1 billion cases could have been prevented or have yet to be addressed More than 1 billion people worldwide are living with vision impairment  because they do not get the care they…

When she was offered a ticket to Oman to start work as a house help, 28 years old Nigerian woman Adaora already pictured a bright future abroad. But once in Oman, her dreams turned into nightmares. Confronted with a slave-like condition of…

Two Americans and a British scientist have been named winners of  the 2019 Nobel Prize for physiology or medicine for discovering how the body's cells sense and react to oxygen levels. Announcing the prize at the Karolinska Institute in…

Says government should give adolescent girls access to health Nigeria will move closer to achieving major targets of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by assuring adolescent girls access to health and critical social services, the…