Admonishes Gilead pharmaceutical to stop evergreening patents on Truvada, others   By Kazeem Akolawole    The AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) has demanded open license for the generic production of HIV and hepatitis C drugs to all low- and middle-income countries, without any exception for adequate control of those diseases It also admonished Gilead…

    By Gom Mirian   The World Health Organization (WHO) in a bid to celebrate its 75th anniversary has called on governments and leaders to take action to protect and invest in health and care workers who are at the forefront of the response to health and climate emergencies. Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, WHO…

    By Kazeem Akolawole   The World Health Organisation (WHO) has urged countries to take urgent action to protect, support and expand the health workforce as a strategic priority. In a statement to commemorate its 75th Anniversary, WHO advocated that investments in education, skills and decent jobs for health need to be prioritized to…

    By Kazeem Akolawole    The Federal Government has inaugurated a 40-man committee which will develop the National Water and Hygiene Sanitation (WASH) Policy for Nigeria. The Minister of Environment, Mohammed Abdullahi, revealed this while inaugurating the committee said the government has continued to take several critical steps towards changing the poor situation of…

  By Gom Mirian    The Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TET Fund) has initiated partnership with the Forum for Agricultural Research in Africa (FARA) to establish and launch the Agricultural Research and Innovation Fellowship For Africa (ARIFA) Innovation platform in Nigeria. ARIFA targets producing a new generation of fit-for-purpose workforce to re-engineer the African agri-food…

    By Kazeem Akolawole    The Chief of Army Staff, COAS, Lieutenant General Faruk Yahaya, has disclosed Nigeria achieved its highest rating in the fight against terrorism in 2022, since 2011 up till 2023 and still counting. The COAS disclosed this at the opening of the Chief of Army Staff First Quarter Conference 2023…

    By Kazeem Akolawole    As the World Health Organization (WHO) commemorates 75 years of active service in promoting public health, keeping the world safe and in serving the vulnerable, with a view to attain the highest level of health and wellbeing, the Cross River State Office of the National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA)…

  By Kazeem Akolawole   Despite being the agricultural engine room of Nigeria, the Northwestern states of Sokoto, Zamfara, Kebbi, Kaduna, Kano, Katsina and Jigawa recorded highest in the most nutritionally deprived households with 49.4 percentage according to 2022 Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI). Africa Health Report, AHR, writes that agriculture is the main source of…

    By Kazeem Akolawole    The Minister, Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, Dr. Mohammad Mahmood Abubakar, has pledged to support Imo State University of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences, Umuagwo, with farm equipment, accessories, grants to enhance economic growth, food and nutrition Security amongst others. The Minister made the pledge during a courtesy…

    By Juliet Jacob   UN Volunteers are engaging governments, business leaders and community-based organizations to expand partnerships with the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) for climate action. They take part in the COVID-19 pandemic recovery by encouraging partners’ support for conservation and circularity – the movement addressing climate change and safeguarding economic growth….