Tag: COVID-19
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HIV: Moderna launches clinical trial for breakthrough vaccine
Moderna breakthrough HIV vaccine
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AHBN urges FG to implement RMNCAEH+N COVID-19 Response Plan
Africa Health Budget Network (AHBN) has urged Federal Government to implement the Reproductive, Maternal, Newborn, Child, Adolescent and Elderly Health Plus Nutrition (RMNCAEH+N) COVID-19 Response Continuity Plan. The Coordinator of the network, Dr Aminu Magashi, made the call while responding to questions from newsmen in Abuja on Friday. The AHBN boss, which is a regional…
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COVID-19 Recovery: 1,628 poor, vulnerable households to benefit in Delta
No fewer than 1,628 poor and vulnerable households have been targeted to benefit from the COVID-19 action recovery social transfer in Delta. Mrs Kevwe Agas, Permanent Secretary, Delta State Ministry of Women Affairs, Community and Social Development, said that the social transfer was a World Banks sponsored programme Agas explained that the scheme aimed at…
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Cases drop for 1st time as Africa’s fourth COVID-19 wave drops — WHO
The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Thursday said for the first time in Africa since the peak of the Omicron wave, weekly COVID-19 cases dropped significantly and deaths dipped. Newly reported cases fell by 20 per cent in the week that ended on January 16, while deaths dropped by eight per cent. South Africa, where…
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Covid-19: Africa calls for donated vaccines with shelf life of 3 to 6 months
Africa’s top public health bodies on Thursday called for donated Coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccines to come with a shelf life of three to six months so countries could plan their rollouts and avoid a situation where doses expire. John Nkengasong, director of the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), said 2.8 million doses of…
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WHO recommends lifting COVID-19 travel restrictions
The World Health Organization (WHO) has urged nations to lift or ease COVID-19 travel restrictions, saying they have proven to be of little public health value but detrimental for economic growth. On Jan. 13, WHO Emergency Committee on International Health Regulations met via video conference to evaluate latest developments in the pandemic situation across the…
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Messi missing in Argentina squad for upcoming World Cup qualifiers
Messi missing in Argentina squad for upcoming World Cup qualifiers