Author: Abdoulaye Kay

“So, my own was to get to my destination which I have gotten to today. The way and manner I did my journey is between me and God. I can’t castigate anybody who tried to be smart but if you want to be smart and I outsmarted you, to God be the glory. But the point is that my mission was to deliver the South-West for Presidency which we are today.”

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World Health Organisation (WHO) has released a strategic framework for the prevention and control of Mpox. This is contained in a statement issued by the organisation on Friday. According to the statement, Mpox has continued to affect people around the world. It added that the new framework would guide health authourities, communities and other stakeholders in preventing and controlling any outbreaks. ALSO READ: COVID-19 wiped out progress in global level of life expectancy – WHO “It will also eliminate human-to-human transmission of the disease and reduce spillover of the virus from animals to humans.” The world body defined Mpox as…

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The enrolment quota for medical, nursing and other health schools has been increased from 28,000 to 64,000 in the last one year, Prof. Ali Pate, Minister of Health and Social Welfare, has disclosed. Pate disclosed this on Friday in Abuja at a Ministerial Sectoral Briefing ahead of President Bola Tinubu’s first anniversary on May 29. The health workers in Nigeria have continued to move abroad, citing inadequate equipment, insecurity, poor working conditions and low salaries. Between 2019 and 2023, more than 1,000 medical consultants left the country. Further statistics show that more than 900 resident doctors moved to Europe in…

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