The World Health Organization said Thursday that more cases of the hantavirus could emerge but expected the outbreak to be “limited” if precautions are taken, after the disease killed three passengers from a cruise ship.

The World Health Organization insisted Thursday that a deadly hantavirus outbreak on a cruise ship in the Atlantic did not mark the beginning of a Covid-like crisis.

By Chioma Obinna Eminent pharmacists and healthcare professionals have hailed the unveiling of JunGlobal Healthcare Solutions Limited by Pharm. Judith Ngozi Udeh, describing the initiative as a major step towards improving healthcare market access, institutional partnerships and sustainable healthcare delivery in Nigeria and across Africa. The commendations came following the official launch of the healthcare […]

By Chioma Obinna The Lagos State Government and the 57 Local Government Areas and Local Council Development Areas, yesterday, signed a landmark 10-year Primary Health Care, PHC, Financing Compact aimed at transforming healthcare delivery at the grassroots, reducing maternal deaths and expanding access to quality healthcare services across the state. The agreement, signed at the […]

And when asked if the WHO saw similarities with the emergency at the beginning of the Covid-19 crisis, he said: “No, I don’t think so”.

“But as we said, we want to repeat again, such transmission is very rare and only happens due to very close contact between people.”

THE Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria, PSN, Lagos State Branch, yesterday, warned over what it described as a “dangerous depletion” of pharmacists in the Lagos State Ministry of Health, cautioning that the situation is already weakening drug regulation and opening the door to statutory breaches in the state’s healthcare system.

In a move to overhaul healthcare delivery at the grassroots, the Lagos State Government has unveiled a 10-year Primary Healthcare, PHC, Financing Plan, (2026–2036), targeting expansion of functional health centres, wider insurance coverage and improved outcomes across the state.

Spain on Tuesday said it would not decide where a cruise ship with hantavirus cases would dock until epidemiological data

By Chioma Obinna A Professor of Medicine at the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, United States, Prof. Juliette Iwelunmor, has identified poor access to preventive healthcare services and persistent stigma as major barriers frustrating efforts to end HIV/AIDS transmission among young people in Africa. Iwelunmor spoke at the 2026 INSPIRE Designathon organised […]