The World Health Organisation (WHO), has requested that developing countries avoid politicising the COVID-19 pandemic. This request was made by the WHO DG, Ghebreyesus while speaking at the last session of the 2021 International Monetary Fund (IMF) spring meetings on Friday. The WHO boss said politicising the pandemic will do more harm to the world. […]
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Members of the Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors, NARD, have commenced it’s proposed nationwide strike despite the Federal Government’s efforts to stop the action. NARD gave the explanation on Thursday in a message posted on the association’s Twitter account, @nard_nigeria. It reads, “Nigerians must understand that we love them and the strike is not intended […]
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Nigerian Federal Government has signed a Memorandum of Action (MOA) with the National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) to avert the union’s planned nationwide strike. NAN reports that the Minister of Labour and Employment, Sen. Chris Ngige, disclosed this while addressing newsmen at the end of a meeting with NARD on Thursday in Abuja. NARD […]
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Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has said he doesn’t have any reason to travel abroad for a medical check-up because the State Government House Clinic is equipped with everything he needs for medical examination. Wike said this on Wednesday, March 31, 2021, when a delegation of the Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria paid […]
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As the 2021 International Women’s Day (IWD21) calls on people and organisations to #choosetochallenge for a better world for women, Guaranty Trust Bank plc (GTBank) has launched an initiative, tagged #GiveHerBetaHealth, to draw attention to the need for universal essential healthcare coverage, especially for women in the informal sector. Through the initiative, the leading African […]
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The Federal Government has said Nigerians will not be mandated to take the Coronavirus vaccination. Minister of State for Health, Olorunnimbe Mamora made this disclosure yesterday during a chat on Arise Tv. ”Nothing will be made mandatory. It’s optional. The choice is yours. Nobody will be forced to take any vaccine,” he said. Asked if […]
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The National Association of Nigeria Nurses and Midwives (NANNM), the Ondo State Chapter has directed its members to embark on a three-day warning strike from 1st March over the percentage payment of their salaries by the state government. NANNM gave the directive in a letter dated Feb. 26 signed by its State Secretary, Mr Aina […]
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Poorer countries will most likely “bear the brunt of hundreds of thousands of needless deaths” from inequalities in access to Covid-19 vaccines. This dire warning was given by the Commonwealth Secretary-General Patricia Scotland in a video address to the High-Level Segment at the 46th session of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva on 23 […]
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The United Kingdom has reported new cases of a likely vaccine-resistant variant of the coronavirus, said to have emerged from Nigeria. Described as the B1525, a report by researchers at the University of Edinburg, traces the earliest discovery of the variant to December 29, 2020. At least 29 sequences of the B1525 reported in the […]
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Dr. Osagie Ehanire, Nigeria’s minister of health, says all COVID-19 vaccines carry a certain amount of risk. Recall that Nigeria is expected to receive its first batch of allocated doses by the end of February. On February 11, the World Health Organisation (WHO) released a document detailing the use and risks associated with the AstraZeneca […]
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