Documentation resulting in the donation of an important antiparasitic medicine for the treatment of Chagas illness to the World Health Organization (WHO) is within the ultimate stage of preparation. A 3-year settlement, between the Mundo Sano Foundation1 (Brazil) and WHO, is anticipated to make obtainable 108 000 tablets of the paediatric formulation of benznidazole2 –…
The harmful use of alcohol causes roughly Three million deaths yearly and the general burden of illness and accidents attributable to alcohol consumption stays unacceptably excessive. The tempo of improvement and implementation of alcohol insurance policies has been uneven in WHO areas, and assets and capacities for implementation of the WHO Global technique to reduce…
SOC Okenwa SOC Okenwa “President Buhari is an illiterate, he does not know what restructuring means, he is less concerned about the future of Nigeria, he is only bothered about his cows.”— Pa Ayo Adebanjo, Afenifere Chieftain and elder Nigerian statesman. Illiteracy is outlined by the dictionary merely as the lack to learn and…
PUTRAJAYA: Deputy Foreign Minister Datuk Kamarudin Jaffar (pix) has told Malaysians stranded in Chad and Nigeria to immediately contact the Malaysian High Commission in Abuja, the capital of Nigeria. Kamaruddin, who can also be the Foreign Ministry Covid-19 Task Force chairman, stated that based mostly on info acquired from the Malaysian High Commission in Abuja,…
SINGAPORE: Seventy pregnant Malaysian women working in Singapore together with 10 kids and other people with disabilities have been brought home at the moment via the Johor causeway. The journey was made doable by the Malaysian High Commission in Singapore. “They were brought home in two buses. Prior to that, they gathered at the Kranji…
KUALA LUMPUR: A complete of 115 folks had been charged in several states in the present day for violating the Movement Control Order (MCO), and aside from administering the customary sentence of imprisonment or a wonderful, one court docket in the present day ordered 24 males to carry out community service. This different punishment was…
A lot of legal issues are bound to arise as an aftermath of the outbreak of Coronavirus otherwise referred to as COVID-19. There is therefore a need to shed light on some of the issues that may arise and how to navigate them. This article will x-ray the rights of patients, the rights of health…
KUALA LUMPUR: Individuals who received a ‘no record’ result when checking the Bantuan Prihatin Nasional (BPN) aid via the Inland Revenue Board (IRB) official portal can make new applications online until April 30. All they have to do is to click on the ‘new application’ icon and follow the instructions given to make the application.…
PUTRAJAYA: A total of 43,462 clinical samples have been taken for Covid-19 testing to date, Health director-general Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said today. Of those, 2,908 samples tested positive, 32,894 turned out negative while 7,660 samples are pending results, he said. Dr Noor Hisham said the MOH is capable of handling 11,500 tests daily,…
IGP Mohammed Adamu IGP Mohammed Adamu IGP, Police Spokesperson, 10 Others Test Negative For Coronavirus Nigeria’s Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, has tested negative for Coronavirus. The IGP received the result of the test on Tuesday after submitting samples on March 27, 2020. Other officers, who also tested negative include Force Public Relations Officer, DCP…