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Health Advice Lifestyle 

More malaria cases and deaths in 2020 linked to COVID-19 disruptions

Global Author
Worst-case scenario averted, but urgent action needed to meet global malaria targets New data from the World Health Organization reveal that the COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted malaria services, leading to a marked increase in cases and deaths. According to WHO’s latest World malaria report, there were an estimated 241 million malaria cases and 627 000 malaria deaths worldwide in 2020. This represents… Read More
Health Advice Lifestyle 

WHO welcomes historic decision by Gavi to fund the first malaria vaccine

Global Author
WHO welcomes the historic decision by the Gavi Alliance Board to invest in the first malaria vaccine programme. The decision secures investment in the long-awaited malaria vaccine and assures that many more children at risk will benefit from this life-saving vaccine and additional malaria prevention. The Gavi Board  approved an investment to support the malaria vaccine introduction, procurement and delivery… Read More
Health Advice Lifestyle 

WHO recommends against the use of convalescent plasma to treat COVID-19

Global Author
Trials for severe and critical patients should continue WHO has updated its living guideline on COVID-19 therapeutics to include convalescent plasma. For non-severe COVID-19 patients, WHO recommends against its use, while it should only be used within clinical trials for severe and critical COVID-19 patients. Convalescent plasma is a transfusion of blood plasma from someone who has recovered from COVID-19.… Read More
Human Rights 

Rights experts appeal for greater civil society protections, amid rising repression

Village Reporter
They urged governments to uphold their international obligations and ease access to protection measures for civil society actors fleeing violence, including recognition of refugee status and expedited emergency visas.  Desperate need of refuge  “Around the world, courageous individuals, and their organizations at the frontlines of the struggle for human rights are in desperate need of safe refuge and urgent life-saving… Read More
Entertainment Lifestyle 

MusicIncite Announces Holiday Special for Musicians

Village Reporter,
MusicIncite Announces Holiday Special for Musicians – Music Industry Today – EIN Presswire Trusted News Since 1995 A service for music industry professionals · Saturday, December 11, 2021 · 558,130,593 Articles · 3+ Million Readers News Monitoring and Press Release Distribution Tools News Topics Newsletters Press Releases Events & Conferences RSS Feeds Other Services Questions? Sourced From Nigerian Music Read More
Entertainment Lifestyle 

Gospel music not meant for only Christians — Funmi Ayinke

Village Reporter,
Gospel singer and philanthropist, Funmi Ayinke, has said that Gospel music is not just for Christians but more for people ‘who are yet to receive the gospel’ Speaking during the launch of her new audio and video album, ‘The Journey’, Ayinke told Saturday Beats, “The Gospel is not meant for people who already know Christ. When you know the truth,… Read More
Entertainment Lifestyle 

TIME Magazine Crowns ‘Essence’ as Second Best Song of 2021

Village Reporter,
VIDEO: TMP Offisial – Move Your Body (Prod. By Rexxie) Burna Boy To Break New Record at Madison Square Garden <!– –> 10 hours 41 minutes ago 1 <!– –> TIME has announced Wizkid’s ‘Essence (Remix)’ as it’s second best song for the year 2021. The global hit tune, popularly hailed as the “song of the summer“, originally featured Nigerian Chanteuse;… Read More
Entertainment Lifestyle 

Wizkid’s “Ojuelegba” Explodes In Dubai Arise Fashion Week As Nigeria Gets Its Chance To Shine On A World Stage

Village Reporter,
Post Views: 41 Ikedi Mekz reports that with ‘Ojuelegba’, Wizkid fashioned a new sound that won global appeal, has earned massive airplay around the world, and even serving as fashion music runway theme song, like the ARISE FASHION WEEK (AFW) 2021, which held in Dubai. The relationship between fashion and popular music is one of abundant and mutual… Read More
Development Health Advice 

COVID-19: WHO says countries can now use one or two courses of the Janssen vaccine

Global Author
The one-dose schedule is already authorized under the Emergency Use Listing Procedure, the agency explained in their updated recommendations, but now a second dose “may be appropriate”, the UN health agency said.   For WHO, in some circumstances, using one dose may have advantages.   Many countries face severe vaccine supply constraints, combined with a high disease burden.   In these cases, a single dose of the vaccine is efficacious and makes… Read More
Human Rights 

Persecution of parliamentarians reaches ‘all-time high’

Village Reporter
The latest numbers report that at least 673 parliamentarians from 44 countries are under threat, most of them in countries wracked by political in-fighting and instability. Constant increase since 2014 The data confirms a consistent increase since 2014 in the number of cases recorded by the IPU’s Committee on the Human Rights of Parliamentarians. The body consists of MPs from… Read More
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