Expectations for Nigeria’s Health Sector in 2022. 16-year-olds can now receive COVID-19 vaccine, says NPHCDA. WHO recommends two new drugs for treatment of COVID-19 patients. Nigerians living with dementia will exceed 1.4 million by 2050 – Study. Nigeria, others charged to reconfigure public health towards self-reliance – Africa CDC. In 1st, US surgeons transplant pig heart into human patient. Nigeria Records 395 Cases of Mutant Poliovirus In 27 States, FCT. NLC to stop bill prohibiting health workers’ strike. Containing threat of bird flu as next pandemic. Bauchi employs 1,061 medical students to promote the health sector.
Top Ten News Items on Health, 14th January 2021
