It is emerging that Ebola virus might have capacity to hibernate and return for a second round of infection. According to the New York Times, Scientists seem to conclude that someone who was... Read more
There is this slogan that students of Global Health Governance joke with. “Where is the house WHO built?” It is a mockery of the World Health Organisation for having put no architecture in p... Read more
In a move coinciding with the 37th anniversary of the death of Mallam Aminu Kano, leading Non-Governmental Organisations in the state are warning of a plausible breakdown of law and order an... Read more
A survey of the most strategic points of convergence in urban Kano has shown very minimal compliance with the ground rules against COVID-19. The survey by Kano based Centre for Information T... Read more
It is now trite to say the world is under siege. But the siege cannot last forever. A multiplicity of efforts are going in too many places and levels that the world will prevail. How soon th... Read more
On the surface, this appears not to be just another social media post. Does it help the NCDC and other agencies working on containing COVID in Nigeria? Emeka Orjih, the writer has included h... Read more
Italy, Spain, Switzerland and France are, by now, completely shut down. These are some of the most dramatic cases. There are others in Asia. Unless African leaders have a joker, it would not... Read more
The World Health Organisation, (WHO) has, at last, declared Coronavirus a global pandemic. It has hitherto refrained from saying so in order not to create panic but it seems the statistics f... Read more
This article, extracted from Prospects, (Feb 28th, 2020) touches on two of the most complicated or delicate issues in global health governance. By its original title – “The Unpalatable... Read more
Nigeria’s insecurity challenges are widening with the confirmation of COVID-19 in the country by Federal health authorities. Lagos State where the first victim was identified appeared not to... Read more