Researchers develop new model to understand how stress and coping mechanisms influence alcohol dependence.
Developing countries like Nigeria lose highly trained health professionals to developed nations, highlighting global health inequities.
The collaboration will focus on boosting regional vaccine research, development, and manufacturing capabilities, fostering a faster and more equitable response to emerging infectious diseases.
Scientists warn of potential multi-species outbreaks and call for urgent international cooperation to mitigate this emerging viral threat.
The self-care policy, launched by WHO in 2019 and adopted by Nigeria, targets family planning products, non-communicable disease interventions, and over-the-counter contraceptives.
The $9.2 million is to help the country scale-up COVID-19 vaccine service delivery, particularly to the most vulnerable and unreached. Fifteen states will benefit from the grant.
A joint report by the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and the World Health Organization (WHO) have commended Nigeria’s vaccination programme after the devastating consequences of the Covid-19 pandemic between 2020 and 2022.
The report identifies the significant impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on primary healthcare and health systems, forcing the diversion of scarce resources away from routine care, including immunization.
The US CDC revealed that Nigeria currently accounts for 30 per cent of all cases of Mother-to-child-tramsmission (MTCT) of HIV globally. Says there is an urgent need to ensure that no child dies from diseases that are vaccine preventable and/or treatable.
Partnership agreement forged to bolster health responses and build resilient systems, targeting major communicable diseases and global health challenges.
The European Commission and World Health Organization (WHO) have joined forces to launch a groundbreaking digital health initiative aimed at bolstering global health security.
Nigeria has received 2 million doses of Johnson & Johnson’s COVID-19 vaccine from Finland, Greece and Slovenia, with more EU donations…
Supplies of COVID vaccines have soared in recent months and many states have trouble absorbing them.
CEO Albert Bourla says final sales for COVID-19 antiviral Paxlovid could be “way bigger” than forecasts.