by admin | Oct 30, 2020 | Health
Niamey — Ibrahima Guimba Saidou, Nigerian Minister and Special Advisor to the president, and CEO of the National Agency of Information Society, is spearheading the country’s digital transformation. He speaks about the efforts being made to drive innovation in...
by admin | Oct 30, 2020 | Health
Lagos — Red-gloved hands gently dip cotton swabs down nostrils and mouths of people taking turns to stand in front of a tall booth, masks lowered and head tilted backwards. Inside the booth to which the gloves are attached is a COVID-19 sample collector. Set up by...
by admin | Oct 30, 2020 | Health
Harare — At the main bus terminus in Harare, Zimbabwe’s capital, travellers heading to neighbouring Zambia can be tempted by offers of counterfeit travel vaccination certificates. A thriving black market there sells a fake proof of immunization for between US$...
by admin | Oct 30, 2020 | Health
Kampala, 30 October 2020: – Lawrence Ahumuza (26), his pregnant wife Magdalene Kembabazi 24 (not real names) and their five-year-old son Prosper are a typical young Ugandan rural family. They are tea-pickers at Kayonza Tea Producers in Kanungu district...
by admin | Oct 30, 2020 | Health
A Covid-19 vaccine is not yet licensed. However, all indications from experts suggest that the licensing of one of the three leading Covid-19 vaccine candidates is imminent. It is expected that by the end of 2020, or at the latest by early 2021, an approved licensed...
by admin | Oct 30, 2020 | Health
Maiduguri, 30 October, 2020 – The 9th Joint Operations Review of WHO health emergency operations in the north-east Nigeria has resolved to maintain the grading of the humanitarian health emergency declared in 2016. WHO graded the emergency at grade 3 owing to...
