Health

American biotechnology company, Moderna, announced, yesterday, its COVID-19 vaccine could be up to 94.5 percent effective. The news came a week after another U.S. drug maker, Pfizer, announced the development of a vaccine with 90 percent effectiveness. In a statement, Moderna said after its phase three trial, the vaccine met statistical …

The World Health Organization announced the approval of a new Polio vaccine for emergency use – to curb global outbreaks. The vaccine is manufactured by Indonesia’s Bio Farma PT. This was disclosed in a report by Bloomberg on Saturday. WHO said the approved vaccine is to prevent circulating vaccine-derived polio viruses in …

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has confirmed 112 new infections of COVID-19 in the country. The NCDC made this known via its verified website on Saturday. The health agency said that with the 112 new infections recorded in 14 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FC T) the …

156 new cases of Coronavirus were recorded in Nigeria on Friday, November 13 as confirmed by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control. A breakdown of the new cases is as follows; Lagos-70, FCT-22, Kaduna-18, Rivers-15, Plateau-11, Ogun-10, Bauchi-3, Katsina-3, Kano-2, Ekiti-1, Osun-1. There are now 64,884 confirmed cases of Coronavirus in …

The World Bank Board of Executive Directors today approved an additional credit of $130 million from the International Development Association (IDA) for the Ghana COVID-19 Emergency Preparedness and Response Project. The additional financing in the health sector will support the Government of Ghana to scale up its efforts to mitigate the …

More than 120 new health technologies were recorded this year by the World Health Organization in Africa Innovations have made a “huge difference” in Africa’s fight against the coronavirus pandemic, as entrepreneurs step in to fill gaps in health systems and keep economies moving, according to experts. Since the first infection …

President Cyril Ramaphosa has expressed concern at the lax behaviour of the South African public amid the COVID-19 pandemic that continues to grip the country and the world at large. Addressing the nation on the country’s COVID-19 status, the President announced the extension of the National State of Disaster to …

The initiative by the United Nations in collaboration with some development partners to complement Nigeria’s COVID-19 economic recovery efforts under the Nigerian Economic Sustainability Plan (ESP) is a fitting acknowledgment of the country’s effort in addressing the disruptions caused by the pandemic, according to Vice President Yemi Osinbajo. Mr Osinbajo stated this …

The World Health Organisation and UN agency Unicef fear that the world could see resurgence of measles and polio if immunisation programmes are disrupted. The World Health Organisation and UN agency Unicef have both flagged the effect of the world-wide pandemic on global immunisation programmes as an emergency. In a …

The COVID-19 pandemic has dealt a heavy blow to key health services in Africa, raising worries that some of the continent’s major health challenges could worsen. The World Health Organisation (WHO) Regional Office for Africa located in Brazzaville, Congo, stated this in a statement posted on its website. According to …