China said on Tuesday it will provide humanitarian assistance to Middle Eastern countries, including Iran and Lebanon, targeted in US and Israeli strikes in the conflict now in its third week.

Two health technology organisations, eHealth Africa and Jacaranda Health, have officially launched an artificial intelligence-powered maternal health messaging platform in Kano State, targeting an initial 25,000 mothers with timely pregnancy and postpartum health information delivered directly to their mobile phones. The platform, known as PROMPTS — Promoting Mothers in Pregnancy and Postpartum Through SMS — was unveiled on Tuesday […]

By Peter Duru, Makurdi The AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) Nigeria and key stakeholders have called on the European Union (EU) to support health equity in the ongoing negotiations for a global pandemic agreement, warning against a repeat of the disparities witnessed during the COVID-19 crisis. The appeal was made during a press briefing on the […]

“This senseless act of violence is not only reprehensible but also a cruel attempt to instil fear and disrupt the fragile peace being restored in the North-East. It is an attack on our collective humanity and must be condemned in the strongest terms,” the governor stated.

Iran’s participation at this summer’s finals in the United States, Canada and Mexico has been thrown into doubt since the war began late last month.