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
They are hard to get sort of pictures which reveal the degree of tension but also the massive nature of response of the Chinese State to the medical emergency. According to the intro... Read more
Ahead of this year’s United Nations General Assembly, (UNGA) featuring world leaders from presidents, prime and foreign ministers to chief executives of non-governmental organisations and su... Read more
“We finally have a vaccine against malaria and that in itself shows this can be done and that funding and research must continue because it’s possible”— Mary Hamel, WHO lead for the Malaria... Read more
Written and published originally by Inter Press Service News Agency, (IPS) under the title “Who Should Lead the WHO Next?”, the author pries into the question of successor of Dr Margaret Cha... Read more
Published originally under the title “Africa has an essential medicines list. Now it needs one for diagnostics” in The Conversation, (October 25th, 2016) this piece is being republished here... Read more
Polio is back in Nigeria at the same time that the World Health Organisation, (WHO) is embarking on a Yellow Fever campaign in Angola and the Democratic Republic of Congo.T The conversation... Read more
