Public Health

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...

Today, the World Health Organization (WHO) and partners launched the first ever global strategy to defeat meningitis - a debilitating...

As the COVAX Facility is forced to slash planned COVID-19 vaccine deliveries to Africa by around 150 million this year,...

On World Sexual Health Day, WHO celebrates every person’s right to sexual wellbeing How does the World Health Organization (WHO)...

The Federal Government has launched the second phase of the COVID-19 vaccination on 16 August 2021 in Abuja; A continuous...