Health

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…