By Ayomide Otitoju In a major boost for local health innovation in Africa, the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Medicines Patent Pool (MPP) have announced a sublicensing agreement with Nigerian health tech firm, Codix Bio, to begin the local production of rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs) using technology from global diagnostics giant, SD Biosensor. The…
By Ayomide Otitoju The World Health Organization (WHO) will call on world leaders to tackle critical global health challenges and increase investment in public health at the 79th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA79), taking place in New York from September 20 to 30, 2024. The highlight of the health agenda is the…
The World Health Organisation (WHO) and partners issued an urgent call for concrete action to better protect healthcare workers worldwide from COVID-19 and other health issues. Director-General of the world body, Dr Tedros Ghebreyesus, made the call on Thursday during COVID-19 virtual news conference, with focus on healthcare workers and vaccine equity. Ghebreyesus said WHO and…
