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BRAZZAVILLE, Congo Republic – The 69th session of the World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Committee for Africa kicked off yesterday (August 19) in Brazzaville, with Congolese President Denis Sassou-Nguesso calling for stronger…

Based on new evidence assessing benefits and risks, the WHO recommends the use of the HIV drug dolutegravir (DTG) as the preferred first-line and second-line treatment for all populations, including pregnant women and those of…

Stakeholders in the health sector in Nigeria have commended the efforts of Star Deepwater Petroleum Limited (a Chevron Company) and its parties in the Agbami field - Famfa Oil Limited, Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC),…

ABUJA – Although, Nigeria appears to be edging closer to controlling the HIV epidemic, inmates of Nigerian prisons are twice more likely to be living with HIV than people in the community, a National HIV Assessment has revealed. The…

The World Health Organisation (WHO) today declared the Ebola virus disease (EVD) outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC). The declaration followed a meeting of the…

Wife of Nigeria’s President, Mrs Aisha Buhari, joined local and international health experts in Abuja, Nigeria, on Wednesday July 17, to strengthen fight against tuberculosis. Mrs Buhari was at the second National Tuberculosis…

To commence implementation next academic year in October Sierra Leone is on track to become a model in Africa to meet the challenge of health emergency response by preparing its health workforce to detect, prevent, control…

ABUJA –  Some 464,000 people across the world were killed in homicides in 2017, surpassing by far the 89,000 killed in armed conflicts in the same period, according to the Global Study on Homicide 2019 published recently by the United…

Nigeria government has said only a quarter of cases of tuberculosis that should be identified in the country are reported. This is even as Lagos state tops the list of states with high cases of tuberculosis in the nation.…

NIAMEY, NIGER – Ministers of Health from the Sahel region have agreed to collaborate more closely to end malaria in the region by 2030. At their meeting in Niamey, Republic of Niger,  they also proposed the creation of a Sahel…