Our reporter/ The Chairman of Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote, has expressed the need for Nigerians to stop medical tourism and for the country to also start producing drugs locally. He…
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The World Health Organisation on Friday issued recommendations for two new immunisation tools to protect infants from Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV). They included a maternal vaccine, administered to pregnant women…
Read More WHO approves two new vaccines to protect infants from respiratory syncytial virus Global leaders have pledged at least an additional $170 million to the World Health Organization (WHO) amid rising global health challenges. The pledges were made at a high-level pledging event…
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World Health Organisation member states have approved a 20 per cent increase in assessed contributions as they endorsed the organisation’s 2026 to 2027 budget of $4.2 billion. In a statement,…
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Former US president Joe Biden has been diagnosed with prostate cancer, his office says. Biden was seen last week by doctors after urinary symptoms and a prostate nodule was found.…
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