The World Health Organisation (WHO) says it has launched the Preparedness and Resilience for Emerging Threats Initiative, (PRET) an integrated approach to pandemic planning, by focusing on groups of pathogens.Dr Tedros Ghebreyesus, WHO Director-General said this during an online...
Experts in the health sector have urged government and healthcare providers in the private sector, to take advantage of opportunities presented by technologies to boost healthcare delivery in the country.This is contained in a statement issued in Abuja on...
Pharmacists across the country have decried their exclusion from the implementation of the recent increase in the pay of federal civil servants, describing it as discriminatory and unacceptable. They argued that despite several attempts made to secure the Federal...
Some stakeholders in the health sector have urged governments to close the gaps in the health sector through monetary and non-monetary reforms incentives to encourage qualified health workers to work in rural areas. The call was made by participants...
Counterfeiting, the act of imitating, making illegal copies, or making something look like the original, usually goes with the intent to steal, destroy, deceive or even replace the original.The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development reveals that African countries...
A Coalition of Disability Organisations (CODO), has wants stakeholders in the aviation sub-secto to ensure accessible facilities for persons with disabilities within the Airports environment. The Executive Director of the Coalition, Mr David Anyaeye, made the call at a...
The Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria has called on the President-elect, Bola Tinubu, to consider exploring the vast potentials of the pharmaceutical sector and its significant contribution to the nation’s economy. The chairman of the Lagos State branch, Gbolagade Iyiola,...
The federal government says all travellers arriving Nigeria must now provide evidence of COVID vaccination. Geoffrey Okatubo, director of port health services, said this on Monday during a media briefing at the ministry of health in Abuja. In December...
The United Nations agency regulating the global aviation industry-the International Civil Aviation Organisation-has issued new recommendations for countries on COVID-19-related requirements for air travel. ICAO, in a new bulletin from its Collaborative Arrangement for the Prevention and Management of...
Want to maintain a healthy heart and brain? Keep a close eye on your cholesterol numbers. LDL (low-density lipoprotein) cholesterol builds up in the arteries and forms plaque, which blocks blood flow to the brain. HDL (high-density lipoprotein) cholesterol...
