Health

Health officials in Africa say the rollout of rapid diagnostic tests for COVID-19 could be a “game changer” for their fight against the coronavirus but also warned Thursday that increased testing could drive up confirmed cases on a continent that has seen them decline or plateauing as case numbers soar in the …

Despite significant progress made over the years, maternal, neonatal, and under-five mortality is still a problem, especially in Nigeria where maternal mortality stands at 512 per 100,000 live births. According to the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), 808 women die from pregnancy or childbirth-related causes daily around the world. Sadly, …

The World Health Organization (W.H.O.) called on African countries to exercise caution regarding the coronavirus pandemic despite registering a downward trend in its curve during the past 90 days. Africa continues to see contrasting statistics in different parts as some countries report declining tallies while others see a resurgence in …

Lagos, the commercial capital of Nigeria, has continued to bear the brunt of Nigeria’s COVID-19 epidemic going by latest figures released by the NCDC. Out of the new 133 infections, Lagos reported 90 cases, that is 67.7 percent of the total, taking its tally to 20,645. Rivers State reported 13 …

The World Health Organisation has backed a proposal by India and South Africa to waive international property rights on health advances against Covid-19, amid fears that countries’ competing efforts on this front could give rise to “vaccine nationalism”. The proposal, first tabled by the two nations at the World Trade Organisation, has met …

Nigeria sees increasing COVID-19 cases on Friday with Lagos and Oyo States recording more than half of the infections. The Nigerian Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, releases 212 new cases of Coronavirus in the country, with Lagos raking in 85 cases while Oyo posted 72 new cases. So far, Nigeria has …

The Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA) has announced the call for applications for a journalism fellowship aimed at investigating trans fat consumption in Nigeria. die Effiong, programme manager of Trans Free Fat Nigeria campaign, in a statement, said the fellowship will focus on ways of eliminating trans fat …

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control reported another fall in COVID-19 cases for Thursday 15 October, with just 148 new cases logged. Lagos reported the highest incidents with 66 cases, followed by the usual suspects, Oyo , the FCT and Plateau. While the FCT recorded 25 new cases, Oyo has …

“Despite the outstanding challenges, and the pandemic is not least amongst them, the peoples and countries of the Great Lakes Region continue to show great resilience and determination to move forward”, he said, briefing ambassadors via videoconference from Nairobi. .@UN Special Envoy Huang Xia’s briefing to the Security Council has just …

In the early months of COVID-19 this past spring, NGOs and news outlets predicted dire outcomes in Africa. The disease would kill millions. Governments and health systems would be unprepared. But this is not what happened. As of September 2020, the African continent as a whole has reported 1,460,084 COVID-19 …