Public Health

Friday Okonofua, University of Benin The word “abortion” is used to describe two types of pregnancies that end before 20...

Global leaders led by African Heads of State have today announced the first in a series of pledges to accelerate...

While the UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26) hosted in Glasgow between 31 October – 13 November 2021...

Climate change poses serious risks to mental health and well-being, concludes a new WHO policy brief, launched at the Stockholm+50 conference. The...

Togo has eliminated trachoma, an eye disease that can cause permanent blindness, as a public health problem. The West African nation...

The World Health Organization (WHO) has updated its living guideline on COVID-19 therapeutics to include convalescent plasma. For non-severe COVID-19...

Only 27% of health workers in Africa have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19, leaving the bulk of the workforce on...

European Medicines Agency's (EMA) human medicines committee has recommended granting an extension of indication for the COVID-19 vaccine Comirnaty to include use...

Africa’s sharp increase in diabetes is clashing with the COVID-19 pandemic and poor access to vaccines. Africa’s death rates from...

Ifeoma Joy Okoye, Professor of Radiology, College of Medicine, University of Nigeria, Nsukka has stressed the need for patients who...