Health

The Nigeria Tobacco Control Alliance (NTCA) and the Environmental Rights Action/Friends of the Earth Nigeria (ERA/FoEN) have hailed the Federal Government for the gazette of the...

The World Health Organisation (WHO), says the international community has launched the $675 million preparedness and response plan to fight further spread of the novel Coronavirus...

Experts will meet in Geneva from Feb 11-12, 2020 to set research and development priorities for coronavirus drugs, diagnostics and vaccines to combat the outbreak, the...

The World Health Organisation (WHO) says the coronavirus outbreak is not yet a pandemic but a global public health emergency. Coronavirus has claimed 425 lives, with more than...

Scientists and disease experts say the Wuhan coronavirus outbreak could soon be declared a pandemic. The World Health Organisation (WHO) designated the coronavirus, whose scientific name is 2019-nCoV, a " public-health emergency...

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has spelt out the need to step up cancer services in low and middle-income countries. The UN body warned on the...

The Lagos State Government has set up an Incident Command System to ensure quick and effective response in case the Coronavirus is imported into the state. Lagos...

Russia on Monday, February 3, 2020 said it may deport foreigners who test positive for coronavirus as Russian military planes flew in to evacuate its citizens...