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Jul
26
2021
By The African Mirror
Monkeypox in Nigeria: why the disease needs intense management

Monkeypox in Nigeria: why the disease needs intense management

HEALTH
MONKEYPOX is back in the news. The publicity this time derives from a case brought into the US by someone from Nigeria in June 2021. In this interview with Adejuwon Soyinka, The Conversation’s West Africa regional editor, virologist Oyewale Tomori explains that the US case was not the only export from Nigeria this year. He provides insights into why this is happening and what needs to be done. OYEWALE TOMORI, Fellow, Nigerian Academy of Science Is it right to describe the latest development as a resurgence of Monkeypox in Nigeria? Not really. Monkeypox is endemic and always with us in…
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Feb
27
2021
By The African Mirror
Nigeria expects first 4 million vaccine doses

Nigeria expects first 4 million vaccine doses

COVID-19
NIGERIA is expecting its first 4 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines next week from the global COVAX vaccine programme for poor and middle-income countries, the head of the World Health Organization mission in Nigeria said yesterday. Chikwe Ihekweazu Walter Kazadi Mulombo, WHO representative in Nigeria, told a briefing by video link that Nigeria was expecting 14 million doses in total. Chikwe Ihekweazu, Director General of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, said the situation in Nigeria was so far much better than had been widely predicted early in the outbreak. Nigeria, Africa's most populous country with some 200 million people,…
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Aug
21
2020
By The African Mirror
Nigeria considers using private firms for coronavirus tests after foreign flights resume

Nigeria considers using private firms for coronavirus tests after foreign flights resume

COVID-19
ALEXIS AKWAGYIRAM NIGERIA is considering partnerships between state governments and private firms to ramp up testing and tracing of coronavirus cases after international flights resume this month, the head of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) said. Nigeria will reopen its airports for international flights from August 29. They have been closed since March 23 to all but essential overseas flights to help combat the COVID-19 pandemic in Africa's most populous country. State governments are responsible for testing and tracing but the influx of travellers will increase the pressure on already stretched authorities in Nigeria, which has had 50,488…
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