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Health

Govt dismisses COVID-19 variant claims, reassures Nigerians

The Federal Ministry of Health and Social Welfare has dismissed reports of the presence of the COVID-19 variant known as XEC in Nigeria, urging...
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Health

Kenya, Ethiopia childhood immunisation win in COVID-19 offer insights amid global Mpox threat – Study

A recent study published in the BMJ, a leading health journal, lauds the proactive measures taken by the governments of Kenya and Ethiopia to...
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Health

AFIDEP to Kenya: Future-proof healthcare system against disease outbreaks

The Kenya Government has been advised to ensure health systems are disease outbreak-resilient and to future-proof against poor service delivery likely to dent poor...
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Health

Tomori calls for assessment, maintenance of COVID-19 infrastructure

Nigerian Virologist, Prof. Oyewale Tomori, has called for the assessment and maintenance of COVID-19 infrastructures across the country. Tomori, who is also the Chairman of...
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Health

BioNTech adapts new demand, developing advanced COVID-19 vaccine

The vaccine manufacturer, BioNTech, says that it is preparing a new, more advanced COVID-19 vaccine for the coming autumn, the company’s chief executive, Ugur...
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Health

Coronavirus pandemic no longer international health emergency, says WHO

The global Coronavirus pandemic is no longer considered an international health emergency, the World Health Organisation (WHO) decided. WHO head, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, announced in...
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Health

WHO launches initiative to address COVID-19 cases

The World Health Organisation (WHO) says it has launched the Preparedness and Resilience for Emerging Threats Initiative (PRET), an integrated approach to pandemic planning,...
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Sustainable Devpt

Youth leaders gather for ECOSOC forum to accelerate COVID-19 recovery, SDG implementation

Returning in-person for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic, over 1,000 young leaders from around the world will be in New York from...
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A third of animal habitats could experience multiple extreme events by 2085 – Study

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Leaders call for Africa-led solutions following landmark court ruling on climate obligations

African leaders, policymakers, legal experts, scientists and practitioners have called for African-led solutions to climate change, as its impacts...
Human Welfare

Two-thirds of global hunger concentrated in 10 countries – Report 

The 2026 Global Report on Food Crises on Friday, April 24, revealed that two-thirds of all people facing high...

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