Sam EFERARO

A month of lockdown across Africa cost the continent about 2.5 percent of its annual GDP, equivalent to about 65.7 billion U.S. dollars per month, a newly published United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) report revealed on…

World Asthma Day 2020 Special Interview:  Part 2 In this second part of the special interview to mark the 2020 World Asthma Day, Professor Gregory Erhabor,  a professor of Medicine and Consultant Chest Physician at the…

Eighty-three thousand to 190,000 people in Africa could die of COVID-19 and 29 million to 44 million could get infected in the first year of the pandemic if containment measures fail, a new study by the World Health Organization (WHO)…

World Asthma Day 2020 Special Interview:  Part 1 As Nigeria joined the rest of the world to mark the 2020 World Asthma Day on Tuesday May 5, renowned Professor of…

The Roll Back Malaria (RBM), a partnership towards ending malaria, has called on countries to act and save almost 400,000 additional lives from malaria, even as the world was grappled with the COVID-19 pandemic. RBM, a global platform…

President Muhammadu Buhari has been appointed the ‘Champion of the COVID-19 response’ by the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Authority of Heads of State and Government. The appointment took place Thursday at the…

As countries battle to bring COVID-19 pandemic under control, WHO today urged African countries to ensure that other heath emergencies are not neglected while progress made on existing diseases such as malaria and polio are maintained.…

Nigeria has taken delivery of the various medical equipment donated by the UN to aid its efforts at combating coronavirus scourge in the country. The country's  Minister of Aviation, Sen. Hadi Sirika took delivery of the equipment on…

Nigerian President, Muhammadu Buhari has extended the ongoing lockdown in Lagos, Abuja and Ogun State by an additional 14 days to curb the raging COVID-19 pandemic. In a presidential broadcast on Monday April 13, the President announced…

Brazzaville, 9 April 2020 – As the number of COVID-19 cases in Africa continues to grow, more countries in the continent are seeing the virus spread to regions beyond the capital cities. Among 47 countries in the World Health Organization…