Ebola
11 Nov 2016
Guinea launched a new infectious disease centre Friday designed to safeguard the west African nation against a new resurgence in the Ebola virus ...
8 Nov 2016
A researcher at Canada's National Centre for Foreign Animal Disease in Winnipeg was "potentially exposed" to the Ebola virus, authorities announced Tuesday.
17 Oct 2016
As part of events to mark this year’s International Day for Disaster Reduction, the United Nations has recognised Nigeria and four other outstanding examples of successful efforts to reduce disaster mortality.
13 Oct 2016
ZMapp, once touted as a miraculous "secret serum" against the deadly Ebola virus, has shown some success but fell short of the bar for effectiveness in a clinical trial, researchers said Wednesday.
11 Oct 2016
We looked around in Nigeria to see which nongovernmental organisation that we could partner with and DRASA (Dr Ameyo Stella Adadevoh) came to our mind; she helped to curtail the spread of Ebola.
1 Oct 2016
The National Agency for the Control of AIDS (NACA) has charged all Nigerians to use the occasion of the Independence Day celebration for sober reflection and make a conscious ...
22 Sep 2016
World leaders attending the 71st United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in New York, United States, have pledged to curb the spread of infections that are resistant to antimicrobial medicines.
17 Sep 2016
Three members of House on the Rock Cathedral inspired this piece on the fiery actress, Bimbo Abiola Bukola Aina Onoyigbe Mary-Ann Akintola.
17 Sep 2016
Though the idea to shoot a movie on Ebola was initially greeted with controversies, that decision seems to have paid off, as 93 Days, a movie on how Nigeria, through strong collaborations, defeated the dreaded virus, has continued to...
15 Sep 2016
How to effectively tackle the global threat of growing antimicrobial resistance is top on the agenda as world leaders meet at the 71st session of the United Nations General Assembly ...
14 Sep 2016
A British nurse who recovered after contracting Ebola in Sierra Leone in 2014 was Wednesday cleared by a disciplinary panel of misleading doctors about her health when returning to Britain.
13 Sep 2016
A British nurse who recovered after contracting Ebola in Sierra Leone in 2014 faced a disciplinary panel on Tuesday over accusations she misled doctors about her health when returning to Britain.
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