Agreement signed to strengthen support to countries in ending AIDS
UNAIDS and the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (Global Fund) have signed a strategic framework for cooperation...
Nigeria gets $10.2 million to eradicate polio
International organisation Rotary has announced a new donation of $10.2 million to support the eradication of polio in Nigeria. Nigeria...
3.4 billion people are one medical bill away from poverty – World Bank
The World Bank has revealed that about 3.4 billion people across the world who earn US$5.50 a day or less...
$71.2m agreement signed with the Global Fund to scale up TB treatment in Nigeria
The new deal will help in the control of tuberculosis in Nigeria till 2029. The Nigerian government has signed a...
The opportunity to increase Nigeria’s health sector funding is low – Awosusi
Even though the low proposed budgetary allocation for health in the Nigerian government's 2019 proposed budget that was recently presented...
Pfizer boosts family planning in Benin, Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi and Uganda with $5m grant
In addition to family planning, the grant also supports routine immunization in children... Th e Pfizer Foundation this week announced...
Money lost to malaria can pay salaries of 2.2 million Nigerians – SFH
SFH Managing Director draws attention to the cost burden of malaria Sir Bright Ekweremadu, Managing Director of Nigeria's Society for...
New science, tech and £3 billion pledged to end malaria
Gates Foundation, others pledge new funding to end malaria New funding, science and tech that would prevent 350 million cases...
Gates Foundation announces Africa-focused grant opportunities
Over 1300 grants have been awarded to researchers in 65 countries including Africa. The foundation now wants to award more...
African countries can now introduce new typhoid conjugate vaccine
There is a brand new typhoid fever vaccine and Gavi is set to fund African governments to introduce it Gavi...
