Health

Chikwe Ihekweazu, a former chief of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), has been appointed as the acting regional director of the World Health Organisation (WHO) Africa and will hold the position until May. His...

By Enyichukwu Enemanna The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) of the United States has cleared biotech companies to carry out clinical trials of their gene-edited pig kidneys for human transplants, two companies said on Tuesday. United...

By Ebi Kesiena The National President of the Albinism Association of Nigeria (AAN), Dr Bisi Bamishe, has raised grave concerns over the escalating health crisis faced by persons with albinism (PWAs) in Nigeria, particularly the devastating...

By Ebi Kesiena HIV clinics across South Africa are facing unprecedented challenges following a 90-day freeze on US foreign aid, leaving thousands without essential HIV prevention and treatment services. In Johannesburg, the OUT LGBTQ clinic has...

Uganda has begun testing a vaccine designed to combat the Sudan strain of the Ebola virus, following an outbreak that has resulted in one fatality and two confirmed infections. The first recorded case was a 32-year-old...

By Ebi Kesiena Amid reports of an outbreak of the Sudan strain of Ebola in Uganda, the Federal Government of Nigeria has urged its citizens and residents to avoid all non-essential travel to countries with confirmed...