Abdelmalek Boudiaf, Algeria Minister for Health, Population and Hospital Reform, has disclosed a strategy to boost organ transplantation in the country, starting with kidney. Boudiaf who disclosed this on Wednesday, February 11 said Algeria’s aim was to revive the national agencies for organ transplantation, tissues and cells with the help of national register of patients…
WHO Expresses Worry Over Middle East Respiratory Virus
The World Health Organisation, WHO, has expressed concerns about the possibility of an international spread of the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Corona Virus currently ravaging Saudi Arabia. The global health agency stated this after an emergency meeting it convened on Friday, February 6. The Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Corona Virus (MERS-Cov) is described as a…
Bird Flu Now In Seven States- Agriculture Minister
Akinwunmi Adesina, the Minister of Agriculture, has said that the H5N1 bird flu has now spread to 21 commercial farms in seven different states in Nigeria. The Minster said more than 140,000 birds have been exposed to the deadly virus, which was first noticed in Lagos and Kano before spreading into Ogun, Delta, Rivers, Edo…
