Nigeria has recorded its first death from monkeypox disease since the beginning of the year 2022, the nation’s disease outbreak management agency has said. In the last five months, Nigeria…
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By our reporter| President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday signed the National Health Insurance Authority Bill 2022 into law. The new legislation repeals the National Health Insurance Scheme Act 2004. According…
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The Covid-19 pandemic killed 13.3 to 16.6 million people in 2020 and 2021, the WHO estimated Thursday — up to triple the number of deaths attributed directly to the disease.…
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China on Tuesday said it has recorded its first human case of the H3N8 strain of bird flu. China’s National Health Commission (NHC) made the disclosure via a public statement.…
Read More ‘First human case’ of H3N8 bird flu reported in China No fewer than 602,000 people died of malaria across Africa last year, an official of the World Health Organisation (WHO) has said. Dr. Matshidiso Moeti, WHO’s Regional Director for Africa,…
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