The fight against HIV is set to receive a major boost if the trials for a monthly HIV pill is proven effective. The third phase of the trial will involve 4,000 healthy, HIV-uninfected women between the ages of 16-45, across 21 sites that will include Kenya, South Africa, Uganda, Malawi, eSwatini, Zimbabwe and Zambia. If […]
Some 19,000 doctors across Nigeria are on strike for the fourth time since the start of the pandemic, with some of them complaining they haven’t been paid in months. The stoppage has left government-run hospitals and COVID-19 treatment centers short of staff. The latest strike comes as Nigeria confronts an avalanche of new COVID-19 cases […]
Prof. Raphael Nyarkotey Obu and Lawrencia Aggrey-BluweyThe authors INTRODUCTIONBenjamin T. Antiedu (2021) in his forward in the book “The Law and Naturopathic Medicine Practice in Ghana”, notes that a healthy nation is, indeed, a wealthy nation. He is further of the view that this realism is a universally recognized human right that every person is […]
By Onyebuchi Ezigbo The federal government has said that it’s targeting to commence local manufacturing of Covid-19 vaccines in the next 12 months. Director General of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye who revealed the government’s plan while speaking on Tuesday on the ARISE TV Morning Show, […]
You want to stay healthy. How do you do that? By eating well and staying active, of course. Exercise and nutrition are widely recognized as the pillars of a healthy life. Yet, sleep is too often overlooked as another central part of your health. The truth is that sleep is vital to well-being, mood, and […]
