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Coronavirus: Banknotes can spread disease – WHO warns

As the coronavirus assumes pandemic proportion globally, the World Health Organisation has warned that…

Ignore quarantine reports, I am in self isolation – NCDC boss

Director-General of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), Chikwe Ihekweazu, contrary to reports…

NGO advocates for more emergency healthcare practices in Nigeria

A non-profit organization, WeBelieve Health, in partnership with the Society of Emergency Medicine Practitioners…

WHO confirm second case of Coronavirus, urges Africa to prepare

The World Health Organisation's (WHO) Regional Director for Africa, Dr Matshidiso Moeti, has urged…

Nigerians urged to start tobacco regulations implementation

Based on the official gazette of the National Tobacco Control (NTC) Regulations 2019, anti-tobacco…

Coronavirus: Africa free as Egyptian suspect tests negative

In Egypt, a patient who was suspected to have coronavirus has tested negative. The…

Coronavirus: Nigeria, South Africa, 11 others as top risk African countries

The World Health Organisation have listed Nigeria and twelve other nations as high-risk African…

Lassa Fever: 29 deaths, 195 confirmed cases reported in 11 states

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control has disclosed that 29 deaths and 195 confirmed…

China identifies new virus causing pneumonia-like illness

A certain virus, 'mysterious form of pneumonia', has spread through China's central metropolis of…

Lassa Fever: Ministry of Health confirms outbreak in Abia

The Outbreak of Lassa Fever has been confirmed by the Ministry of Health in…

Researchers deploy spray drone in bid to fight malaria

Researchers have used a drone to drown mosquito larvae on the Tanzanian island of…

Fire razes WHO storage facility in Osun

The World Health Organisation (WHO) vaccination storage facility at the Ayegbaju Market in Osogbo,…

WHO announces plan to declare Nigeria polio-free

The World Health Organisation  (WHO) has said that in a few months time, it…

WHO to tackle mental health disorders in Nigeria

Worried by the surge in mental health disorders, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has…

WHO research states over 1m new curable sexually transmitted infections recorded daily

Every day, over one million new cases of curable Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs) are…