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…As African Union Reacts Europe’s digital “green pass” does not recognise the vaccine donated to many African countries through the COVAX initiative. The African Union (AU) and Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) have kicked against this. ...

After months of waiting, President Muhammadu Buhari, yesterday, sent a request to the National Assembly seeking the approval of N895, 842, 465, 917 2021 Supplementary Appropriation Bill. The supplementary budget, LEADERSHIP gathered, will help in providing arms and ammunition to ...

…Pledges to Use Award Grant to Vaccinate Children Njideka Udochi M.D., M.P.H., F.A.A.F.P., a Nigerian-born medical doctor practicing in the US and younger sister to the current WTO DG, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has received a major award for Covid-19 Community ...

In its drive to further curtail the menace of banditry occasioned by the marauding activities of unknown gunmen often speculatively associated with Fulani nomads, the Sokoto state government is mulling the modernisation of animal health centers across the state. Governor ...

As part of its efforts to cushion the effect of COVID-19 on the health sector, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has disbursed over N83.9 billion to pharmaceutical companies, healthcare practitioners and health projects across the country. Governor of the ...

By Isa Sanusi Last year and this year can best be described as the years of the “plague” — the years of a pandemic; devastating loss of lives. The pandemic taking away (and it is still taking away) many precious ...

The National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA) said a total of 8,439 mild adverse events following immunisation (AEFI) had been reported since vaccination began in March. Dr. Faisal Shuaib, the executive director and CEO, NPHCDA, said this at a ...

Founder of Afe Babalola University Ado-Ekiti (ABUAD), Aare Afe Babalola (SAN), has claimed the university has the manpower to bring about drugs and vaccines that would help in drastically curtailing the ravaging pandemic in the country. He called on the ...

The Federal Government on Thursday said Nigeria would continue to administer the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine despite its suspension by eight European countries over the fear of its possible deadly side effects. The Minister of State for Health, Dr Olorunnimbe Mamora, ...

16 out of the 36 states of the federation yesterday received a total of 1,871,050 doses of the Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine from the federal government. LEADERSHIP findings showed that the states got doses of the vaccine as follows: Benue State ...