Coronavirus: WHO reports record daily rise in new infections
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Reading Time: < 1 minute The World Health Organization (WHO) has recorded a record one-day rise in the number of new coronavirus infections, with 307,930 reported…
Group targets 10 million Nigerians for HIV self-testing
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Reading Time: < 1 minute In a bid to meet the UNAIDS target of ensuring that 95 percent of Nigerians know their HIV status by 2030, Read…
Gender inequality fuelling HIV infections
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Reading Time: < 1 minute THE unequal cultural, social and economic status of women in society positions them such that they are at the mercy of…
Nigeria: Hypertension, Cancer, HIV Kill 600,000 Nigerians Annually - NCD Alliance
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Reading Time: < 1 minute Worried about the growing trend of hypertension, cancer, HIV, Sickle Cell Disease, and other Non-Communicable Diseases, NCDs, among Nigerians, Read More
India reports over 94,000 new coronavirus cases, over 1,000 more deaths
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Reading Time: < 1 minute India reported 94,372 new cases of the novel coronavirus on Sunday, taking total cases past 4.7 million, Read More
Coronavirus: Disposable masks 'causing enormous plastic waste'
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Reading Time: < 1 minute The government has been urged to do more to get people to switch from disposable masks to reusable coverings. Read More
Britain will plunge back into Covid lockdown if people do not obey new rule of six says Government advisor as 'Nightingale hospitals are put on standby'
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Reading Time: < 1 minute The UK needs to act fast to stop coronavirus cases growing out of control as a ‘trickle’ of cases can turn into…
Millions of COVID-19 cases went undetected in India, research paper estimates
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Reading Time: < 1 minute Millions of coronavirus cases may have gone undetected in India earlier this year, a research paper estimates Read More
CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC So you think you can talk COVID? An A-Z glossary for understanding the pandemic
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Reading Time: < 1 minute From “flattening the curve” to “donning and doffing” at the door, “decanting” the elderly out of aged care or perhaps Read More
Stockout of crucial drug leaves HIV patients at risk of opportunistic diseases Friday, September 11, 2020
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Reading Time: < 1 minute HIV patients risk dying of diarrhoea, pneumonia and malaria because a crucial drug has been out of stock since April. Read…