UN Rolls Out Game-changer HIV Injection In South Africa, Brazil
Zimbabwe’s AIDS-related deaths down by 63 per cent
United Nations health agency, UNITAID has announced the roll out of the first injection that offers...
Exercise Program Could Improve Cancer Treatment Outcomes
Results from a new study have shown that a moderate exercise programme could improve the success of chemotherapy treatment in oesophageal cancer patients, according...
Researchers Say They Are One Step Closer TO HIV Cure
Researchers at University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) in United states have announced that they have inched closer to finding a cure for human...
2.6Billion People Lack Access To Clean Cooking– WHO
One third of the global population or 2.6 billion people worldwide still remain without access to clean cooking, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has...
Six Nigerian States Pilot ‘Game-changing’ Paediatric HIV Treatment
By Onche Odeh
Six states in Nigeria have commenced the use of the paediatric version of Dolutegravir (DTG), the World Health Organisation’s (WHO) recommended first-line...
WHO Unveils New Panel To Investigate Current, Future Pandemics
The World Health Organization (WHO) has announced the proposed members of new scientific panel that will advise it on the development of a global...
Renowned Nigerian Virologist, Prof Tomori Gets WHO Appointment
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has announced the appointment of renowned Nigerian Professor of Virology, Professor Oyewale Tomori as a member of its Technical...
Concerns Over Emergence Of Artemisinin-resistant Malaria Parasite In Africa
Scientists have discovered the emergence of artemisinin-resistant malaria in Africa, raising concerns over treatment failures associated with the medicine that turned around malaria treatment.
Artemisinin,...
Covid-19 Spurred Innovation In Fight Against TB, HIV, Malaria – Global Fund
Says Nigeria, others took advantage of opportunities in the Pandemic
Despite the resultant setbacks, Covid-19 has spurred innovation in the fight against Tuberculosis, HIV...
Mosquito Being Modified To Fight Dengue Fever
Researchers with the World Mosquito Programme are currently working on a breakthrough research that will transform Aedes aegypti, the mosquito that causes dengue fever...