Getting ahead of the next pandemic: is the world ready?
"Outbreaks can be contained and pandemics prevented when countries have core capabilities in place" When a deadly mystery illness was...
By 2050, 1 of every 13 births globally will occur in Nigeria
According to UNICEF, Nigeria currently accounts for 20 per cent of all of Africa’s births UNICEF says Nigeria currently accounts for 20...
It will take over 100 years to end child marriage in West and Central Africa
UNICEF says doubling rate of current decline not enough to reduce child marriage in West Africa Unless progress is seriously accelerated, it...
WHO announces Marburg virus disease outbreak in Uganda
There is another Ebola-like disease outbreak plaguing Africa, it is Marburg virus disease in eastern Uganda The World Health Organization...
Nigeria’s Monkeypox outbreak expands to 11 states
Nigerian government has announced it is investigating a total of 94 suspected cases of Monkeypox in 11 states In a...
Measles kills 90,000 annually
For the first time, global measles deaths have fallen below 100 000 per year. In 2016, an estimated 90 000 people...
