News about the incident, which started in Nnewi, Oba and Awada, a suburb of Onitsha, filtered into Enugu at about 11.30 a.m. yesterday leading to parents running to schools, especially those owned by the
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) yesterday announced that fresh cases of Monkeypox disease had been recorded in the country. A statement by the NCDC Chief Executive Officer, Dr. Chikwe Ihekweazu,
Those attending to patients & sanitation staff who are at risk to get priority The Health Department has made available immunisation vaccines against swine flu to high-risk employees who generally attend
Seasonal flu vaccination is not part of India's national vaccination policy So far this year, H1N1 or swine flu has infected 18,000 people and killed 871, a nine-fold rise over the 1,786 cases and
The ICMR said, “Dengue, chikungunia and malaria are prevelent in India and combating them is a major concern.” Hyderabad: With dengue, chikungunia and malaria prevalent in India, Indian Council of Medical
India on Monday entered into an agreement with International Vaccine Institute (IVI) in South Korea under which it has committed an annual contribution of $5,00,000 for vaccine research and development.
Access to medical hubs, better staff and awareness drive must to solve issue The Centre’s committee that visited BRD stated the hospital had filled only four of 12 vacancies for senior residents and
Vaccination and clinical testing of the Russian vaccine Gam Evac Combi against the deadly Ebola virus, launched in Guinea on August 9, will continue until the end of 2018, the Russian Foreign Ministry
Plants have been "hijacked" to make polio vaccine in a breakthrough with the potential to transform vaccine manufacture, say scientists. The team at the John Innes Centre, in Norfolk, says the process
The UN World Health Organisation (WHO) said it had not recorded any case of polio disease in Somalia in the last three years, declaring the country polio free. The WHO said the country recorded the
