CHILDREN

The World Health Organisation (WHO),  says the number of reported mysterious hepatitis in children has risen to at least 650. The WHO disclosed this in its latest update on the health condition. According to the global health agency, the…

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control has warned Nigerians that severe cases of monkeypox, currently being experienced in some countries, including Nigeria, are common in children. The disease, which according to the World Health…

The Director General, Cross River State Primary Healthcare Care Agency, Dr Janet Ekpenyong, has confirmed the death of seven children from cholera in the state. Ekpenyong said, “Over 600 suspected cases were detected and we had a Rapid…

More than one million children in Ghana, Kenya and Malawi have now received at least one dose of the first malaria vaccine. Data provided by the UN's World Health Organisation suggests that the pilot programme launched in April 2019 was…

A campaign to vaccinate more than nine million children against polio was launched this week in four southern and eastern African countries after an outbreak was confirmed in Malawi. The emergency immunization campaign began in Malawi,…

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Thursday, recommended individuals 16 and 17 years of age get a booster shot of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine at least six months after completing their first two doses.…

It is a beautiful story and a breath of fresh air born from the imagination of a music teacher in the city of Natitingou, in the North-East of Benin. The idea of the multi-instrumentalist André Balaguemon was to launch a music school…

The social media platform Facebook and Instagram sets to unveil new control for kids, and teenagers under a certain age range. Introducing several features including prompting teens to take a break using its photo sharing app…

Burkina Faso authorities have rescued 374 children between January and March from being trafficked to neighbouring countries to work in agriculture or small-scale mines, government figures released. “For some time now, this phenomenon…

American actor and children’s radio show host Jane Withers, dies at 95. Withers, also known as “Josephine the Plumber” from TV commercials in the 1960s and ’70s, died Saturday, her daughter Kendall Errair said. Withers was…