Health
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Covid-19: WHO panel blames poor response for spread
By Adeze Ojukwu The Independent Panel for Pandemic Preparedness and Response found critical elements to be “slow, cumbersome and indecisive”…
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COVID-19: Africa secures 300m vaccines
By Adeze Ojukwu with AP reports The African Union (AU) has secured close to 300 million COVID-19 vaccine doses in…
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Covid-19: We can’t afford to relax battle, Sanwo-Olu warns
Lagos state governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu has warned that Lagos residents must take the matter of the fight against COVID-19 serious.…
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Poor regulation, corruption, scarcity, quacks escalating fake drugs in Nigeria
By Adeze Ojukwu Fighting fake drugs is tough everywhere. In Nigeria the battle is even tougher. Systemic deficiencies and endemic…
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Covid-19: Pfizer vaccine is safe -Ogbuagu
BY ADEZE OJUKWU Nigerian-born principal investigator in Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine trials, Dr. Onyema Ogbuagu, yesterday, reaffirmed the safety of the…
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WHO unveils leading causes of death and disability globally
By Adeze Ojukwu Do you know that non-communicable diseases now make up seven percent of the world’s top 10 causes…
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Imo health crisis: Arrange to transfer patients to other states, Imo NMA tells hospitals
From Athan Agbakwuru, Owerri As the ongoing indefinite strike action by Imo State medical doctors continues, the Nigerian Medical Association,…
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Celebrating Nigeria’s medical icons, Prof Chukwu, Dr Ogbuagu
BY ADEZE OJUKWU The spotlight on two top Nigerian medical icons, over their phenomenal contributions to global health development is…
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Covid vaccine: WHO raises alarm over world’s poorest nations
The world’s poorest and most vulnerable must not be “trampled in the stampede” for Covid-19 vaccines, the head of the…
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Covid-19: Oxford University raises fresh hope over vaccine clinical trials
BY ADEZE OJUKWU University of Oxford, in collaboration with AstraZeneca plc, today announced that their candidate vaccine, ChAdOx1 nCoV-2019, is…
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