THAILAND REPORTS ASIA’S FIRST MPOX CASE
Agency Report Thailand confirmed Asia’s first known case of a more severe strain of mpox in a patient who had traveled from Africa, on Thursday....
VIDEO: NAFDAC CONFISCATES PETROL TANKERS USED FOR ‘TRANSPORTING VEGETABLE OIL’ IN LAGOS
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has confiscated three petrol tankers transporting edible vegetable oil in Lagos State. According to...
HEALTH: UK REGULATOR APPROVES NEW ALZHEIMER’S DRUG
Britain's drugs authority approved a new Alzheimer's therapy on Thursday that has been demonstrated to halt disease progression, making it the country's first legal treatment...
TWO CASES OF MPOX CONFIRMED IN RIVERS STATE
The Rivers State Government on Tuesday confirmed discovery of two cases of Mpox infections. Commissioner for Health, Dr Adaeze Oreh, who spoke in Port Harcourt,...
NIGERIA RECORDS DECLINE IN MPOX CASES – NCDC
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has reported a decline in the number of suspected and confirmed Mpox cases in the country over the...
PHOTOS: LAGOS HEALTHCARE GETS FIVE STATE-OF-THE-ART MICU AMBULANCES
The Lagos State Government has received five brand new state-of-the-art Mobile Intensive Care Unit (MICU) ambulances from the international donor organization, Global Fund, to enhance...
MONKEYPOX SPREADS: 44 CASES, ONE DEATH RECORDED IN WEST AFRICA — ECOWAS
The ECOWAS Regional Centre for Surveillance and Disease Control has reported a continuing outbreak of monkeypox in the region, with 44 confirmed cases and one...
LASG LAUNCHES ‘LAGOS SHIP’ TO REVOLUTIONIZE HEALTHCARE DELIVERY
By Aishat Momoh. O. The Lagos State Government, in collaboration with Interswitch Group, has officially launched the Lagos State Health Information Platform (Lagos SHIP), a...
EUROPEAN UNION DONATES 215,000 VACCINES FOR MPOX RESPONSE IN AFRICA
The European Union (EU), via its Health Emergency Preparedness and Response Authority (HERA), has offered to give 215,000 vaccine doses to tackle the Mpox outbreak...
HOW NEW HEALTH POLICY WILL HELP BRING BACK NIGERIAN DOCTORS FROM DIASPORA — MINISTER
According to the Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Prof. Muhammad Pate, the new National Policy on Health Workforce Migration will help bring back...