The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has issued a stark warning about the escalating cholera outbreak, reporting 359 deaths nationwide in the first nine months of 2024. This alarming update was part of a press statement released today, highlighting the critical situation in Lagos and other affected regions. Dr. Ifeanyi Okafor, a public health Read More…
Increasing community trust in vaccination can help increase access to vaccines. This was revealed in a statement released on Monday in Lagos by Dr. Fejiro Chinye-Nwoko, General Manager/CEO of Nigerian Solidarity Support Fund (NSSF). According to Chinye-Nwoko, to drive this awareness, the NSSF will host a webinar on “Building Community Confidence in Vaccines” in June Read More…
IMF Boss speaks of strategic use of $650 billion SDR In the picture above: African Development Bank President Akinwumi A. Adesina, alongside IMF, Managing Director, Kristilina Georgieva, and WTO, Director General, Ngozi Okonji-Iweala, at the dialogue with international institutions and G20 #CompactwithAfrica meeting hosted by German Chancellor Angela Merkel. All is set for the rollout Read More…
Senegal could begin producing COVID-19 vaccines next year under an agreement with Belgian biotech group Univercells aimed at boosting Africa’s drug-manufacturing ambitions, a source involved in funding the project told Reuters. As wealthy countries begin to reopen after securing vaccine supplies early, African nations are still struggling to acquire shots. On a continent of 1.3 Read More…
Dubai on Tuesday launched the Vaccine Logistics Alliance to speed up distribution of COVID-19 vaccines around the world through the emirate. This was under the directives of Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai HH Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, In support of the World Health Organisation’s (WHO) COVAX Read More…
Nigeria will seek to procure vaccines that are less dependent on cooling facilities, the head of the country’s primary healthcare agency said on Tuesday, adding that talks were in progress with Russia and India to procure such vaccines. Africa’s most populous country, where officials recorded low coronavirus numbers through much of 2020, is in its Read More…
