The Cinema Exhibitors Association of Nigeria (CEAN), the country’s premier Film Trade Association Body, has announced good news for cinema lovers on the occasion of the International Cinema Day. Opeyemi Ajayi, the chairman of the…
The World: China issues bubonic plague alert, forbids…
Chinese authorities have issued a warning about the bubonic plague and forbidden eating certain animals after a suspected case was reported at a Mongolian hospital. Known as the Black Death of the Middle Ages, the…
COVID-19: An opportunity for traditional medicines
COVID-19 has catapulted the issue of traditional medicines to the fore especially on the back of Madagascar’s claims that its COVID-Organics had curative and preventive potency against the virus. While some schools of thought increasingly…
The World: WHO warns ‘we cannot let our…
The World Health Organisation has said it will “read carefully” a Chinese study on a new swine flu, which researchers noted has the potential to cause another pandemic. A spokesman said the emergence of the…
DR Congo declares end to Ebola in the…
Congolese Health Minister Eteni Longondo on Thursday officially proclaimed the end of the Ebola epidemic in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, the second most serious since the discovery of the virus in 1976. Declared on…
You are not gods: Uganda’s president asks WHO…
Uganda’s president on Monday expressed his frustration with the World Health Organisation (WHO), saying they are not gods and should be modest as they set out guidelines to contain the spread of the coronavirus. Museveni,…
WHO restates harsh impact of COVID-19 on African…
The World Health Organization earlier this week (June 17) reiterated concerns over the rate at which covid-19 exposes women in Africa “to a higher risk of abuse and gender-based violence.” This comes after hundreds of…
WHO Regional Office for Africa: It is difficult…
As African countries face an increased threat from COVID-19, the Extraordinary China-Africa Summit on Solidarity against COVID-19 was held on June 17 to promote mutual support. With renewed commitment in cooperation and multilateralism, leaders are…
Health: Africa gets closer to eradication of wild…
The independent Africa Regional Certification Commission (ARCC), responsible for certifying the eradication of wild poliovirus in the World Health Organization (WHO) African Region, is set to make its final decision about the region’s wild poliovirus…
China will treat vaccine as ‘global public goods’…
China has vowed to strengthen international cooperation in future COVID-19 clinical vaccine trials. The country is expending great efforts in the global scramble to develop a vaccine for the new corona virus pandemic that began…
Three months of COVID-19 in sub-Saharan Africa
Three months ago sub-Saharan Africa confirmed its first COVID-19 case in Nigeria. Although infections have risen and continue to grow, early and swift action by many countries in the region has slowed down the spread…
WHO suspends hydroxychloroquine trials over safety concerns
The World Health Organization says it is temporarily halting its clinical trials that use hydroxychloroquine to treat COVID-19 patients over published concerns that the drug may do more harm than good. The move comes after…
Madagascar to sign confidentiality clause with WHO on…
President Andry Rajoelina says Madagascar will sign a confidentiality clause with the World Health Organization on the formulation of COVID-Organics, the purported cure for the coronavirus pandemic. He disclosed this after a teleconference with WHO…
Africa’s persona non grata diplomacy: Burundi sacks WHO…
Diplomacy is a delicate business that is duly defined as the ‘art of dealing with people in a tactful way’, and comes in handy on occasions where different countries’ interests collide. African nations play host…
COVID-19 could linger for years, African govts must…
The coronavirus pandemic has been confirmed in over 180 countries globally since it was first discovered in the Chinese city of Wuhan in late December 2019. The World Health Organisation, WHO, has since declared it…
China Refuses to helps WHO Reps Investigate Coronavirus…
China has refused requests by the World Health Organization to take part in an investigation into the origins of the coronavirus. “We know that some national investigation is happening but at this stage we have…
Trump Halting W.H.O. Funding Is ‘Dangerous’ – Bill…
Billionaire Microsoft founder Bill Gates on Wednesday criticized President Donald Trump’s decision to halt the United States’ funding of the World Health Organization for failing to properly warn the world about the Chinese coronavirus, calling…
Africa, WHO and vaccine testing
The debate was between Camille Locht from the French National Institute of Health and Medical Research (INSERM) and Jean-Paul Mira who heads the Intensive Medicine and Intensive Care Unit of Paris’ Cochin Hospital. Both men…
African leaders trump Trump for attack on WHO,…
African leaders on Wednesday rallied behind the World Health Organization, WHO, and its Director-General, Ethiopia’s Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus; following an attack on the world health body by American president Donald Trump. The W.H.O. really blew…
