Health

MEDIATRACNET Both tax payers and revenue collection agencies must continue to work together to sustain the new role tax and other non-oil revenue sources are playing in the Nigerian economy. Since the beginning of the dwindling of oil revenues as a result of the impact of coronavirus pandemic on the…

MEDIATRACNET The Federal Government has said it is considering the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) to complement the budgetary allocations to the health sector. Vice President Yemi Osinbajo disclosed this on Monday in Abuja when he met with Nigerian-born Michael Ugwueke, who is the Chief Executive Officer of Methodist Hospitals,…

MEDIATRACNET The African Development Bank (AfDB) Group sis to invest “heavily” in the domestic manufacturing of vaccines and the healthcare system in African, the President of the Bank, Akinwumi Adesina, has said. Adesina spoke at the closing of the 2021 Annual Meetings of the Bank on Friday. The AfDB President…

MEDIATRACNET The wife of the Ondo State governor, Betty Anyanwu-Akeredolu, has declared that her personal experience has shown that breast cancer could be overcome if people take the right steps at the right time to check it. “Having survived breast cancer for 24 years and still counting, there is no…

MEDIATRACNET Africa can resolve its intractable vaccines deficit challenge by its leaders focusing on vaccine production and access for the continent, African Development Bank Group president, Akinwumi Adesina, has said. Adesina is speaking even as the devastation of COVID-19 epidemic continues to take its toll on lives and hurt economies…

MEDIATRACNET As the meeting of the Group of 7 countries ended on Sunday, World Health Organisation (WHO) and partners, including pharmaceutical manufacturing companies hailed their resolve to share about 870 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines to expedite a quick end to the pandemic. In a landmark agreement at the just-concluded…

Ahead of the summit of the leaders of the Group of Seven nations (G7) scheduled for June 11 to 13, 2021, Africa has sent her expectations to the leaders of the G7 nations as part of the concerns of the continent about the COVID-19 pandemic crisis. The UN Under-Secretary-General and…

The UK-Nigeria Tech Hub has provided support to 10 early stage startups to build innovative solutions to tackle the challenges caused by COVID-19 pandemic across three key sectors of the economy. The support was designed to empower the SMEs in building innovative solutions through its iNOVO Accelerator Programme to resolve challenges…

The World Bank has announced the approval of $700 million credit from the International Development Association (IDA) to finance the provision of water, sanitation and hygiene services in Nigeria. The credit approved under the Nigeria Sustainable Urban and Rural Water Supply, Sanitation, and Hygiene Programme (SURWASH) would help provide six…

Nigerians must be prepared to make sacrifices necessary to rid the country of the expanding wave of violence and insecurity across the country, Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has said. The charge was contained in the goodwill message by the NLC President, Ayuba Wabba, to workers as Muslim faithfuls around the…