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The Health Policy Research Group (HPRG), University of Nigeria Nsukka (UNN), has lauded the Federal Government’s effort in preventing and eradicating malaria in the country. A member of the research group Dr Chinyere Okeke,  gave the…

Greenlife Pharmaceutical Ltd. has said that a world without malaria is possible with collective efforts. The company made the assertion in Lagos in a statement signed by its Marketing Manager, Dr Wilfred Okolie, to mark the 2023 World…

Fantswam Foundation, a non-governmental organisation in Jema’a Local Government Area of Kaduna State, has urged governments at various levels to prioritise the welfare of aging citizens. Chief Executive Officer of the Foundation, Comfort…

Global partners and NGO’s has announced a new effort: “The Big Catch-up”, to vaccinate millions of children and restore immunisation progress lost during the COVID-19 pandemic. The pandemic saw essential immunisation levels decrease in…

Stakeholders in the health sector have urged governments to close the gaps in the health sector through monetary and non-monetary reforms incentives to encourage qualified health workers to work in rural areas. The call was made by…

The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (US CDC) has reviewed the  President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) programme  performance over the last six months. It also evaluated the plan for government-led programme…

African countries are lining up to approve a new vaccine for malaria, with 20 million doses available for them to buy this year,manufacturer said. This week, Nigeria's pharmaceutical regulatory authority has joined Ghana in supporting…

Drugmaker BeiGene Ltd (6160.HK)said on the experimental drug it is developing with Swiss firm Novartis AG (NOVN.S) helped extend survival for patients with types of gastric cancer in a late-stage trial. With the data, BeiGene is hoping…

Vaccine manufacturer Serum Institute of India is holding talks on fill-finishing Oxford University's R21 malaria vaccine in Ghana, which approved the shot this month, a Ghanaian vaccine expert said. Fill-finishing is one of the final…

Rather than fixating on the impact of the world's soaring population, the world should look at women's reproductive rights to shore up "demographic resilience," the UN said. The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) -the UN's sexual and…