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Health

‘How engaging private sector helps in TB prevention, treatment’

Dr Taofeekat Ali is the programme manager, tuberculosis, of the Institute of Human Virology, Nigeria (IHVN). She also oversees the implementation of t

Scientists say Omicron spreading twice as quickly as Delta in South Africa

The omicron variant of the coronavirus is spreading twice as quickly as the delta variant and may be three times as likely to reinfect those that have

Mastercard donates 3.3m doses of vaccines to FG 

The COVID-19 vaccines purchased by the Mastercard Foundation and the Africa CDC through the Saving Lives and Livelihoods initiative have arrived in Ni

FG, stakeholders reject bill seeking to prohibit open defecation

The ministries of finance and environment and other stakeholders in the environment sector on Monday rejected a bill that seeks to prohibit open defec

FG approves COVID-19 booster shots amid Omicron variant

The federal government has approved COVID-19 booster shots as the world battles to contain the new Omicron variant of the disease. The Head of Public