The Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI), says studies are underway to conduct clinical trials to develop a vaccine for Lassa fever in West Africa. Dr Elsie Ilori, the coalition’s National Project Coordinator for Enable 1.5 in Nigeria disclosed this on Monday in Abuja at the linauguration of the project. The News Agency of Nigeria…
Rwanda’s Ministry of Health has announced new guidelines to curb the spread of the Marburg virus disease (MVD) following an alarming rise in fatalities. The ministry said in a statement that the death toll from the MVD has reached eight, with 26 confirmed cases and 18 individuals currently in isolation and receiving treatment. In response…
The World Bank has pledged to support the Federal Government in turning Nigerian forests to economic hubs. Malam Balarabe Lawal, Minister of Environment, disclosed this on Monday in Abuja when he hosted a World Bank team. The team was led by Ndiame Diop, World Bank Country Director for Nigeria, and Chakib Jenane, Regional Director for…
The UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has distributed 163 motorcycles to health workers for effective converge of routine immunisation against child killer diseases in the state. The UNICEF Chief of Kano Field Office, Mr Rahama Mohammed-Farah, said this at the launch of Coordination Centre for Routine Immunisation, an incinerator and distribution of the motorcycles on Monday…
Following the death of Hezbollah leader, Hassan Nasrallah, in an Israeli airstrike in Beirut pressure has been mounting on the regime in Tehran, the biggest ally of the Lebanese militia. While the government hails Nasrallah as a martyr and has ordered five days of national mourning, some Iranians have different concerns. “I don’t like Hezbollah,…
Experts, government officials, and civil society organizations (CSOs) gathered at the Peer Learning and Capacity Building Workshop in Abuja on Monday to strategise on enhancing childhood immunisation programmes in Guinea and South Sudan. The workshop, organised by the Vaccine Network for Disease Control (VNDC), focused on the Promoting Rotavirus Vaccine and Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine (PCV)…
Afghan security forces have captured those related to attacks on government employees in capital Kabul and foreign tourists in central Bamiyan province, Zabihullah Mujahid, spokesman of the Afghan caretaker government. The captives, including a Tajikistan national who was planning a suicide bombing, were arrested during military operations conducted by security personnel on Monday. The arrest…
Chinese President Xi Jinping and other Party and state leaders on Monday attended a ceremony at Tian’anmen Square in central Beijing to present flower baskets to fallen heroes. The event was held to mark Martyrs’ Day, observed one day prior to National Day. This year, the country celebrates the 75th founding anniversary of the People’s…
Since the beginning of Israel’s massive aerial campaign on Lebanon which was launched last week, some 1,000 people have fled the country to neighbouring Syria. The UN refugee agency (UNHCR) said on Monday. Some 60 per cent of them are believed to be Syrian refugees that previously fled to Lebanon amid the civil war that…
The former director general of the UK’s Border Force said that illegal immigrants need to be deported swiftly as Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s decision to scrap the Rwanda Plan. The decision to scrap the Rwanda Plan was criticised by Conservative Party members. Tony Smith, who led the UK’s border force operation until 2013 after starting…
