10 results
- 1 Sept 2021
MTN Donates Oligo-Synthesizer Machine through Medcourt
MTN Nigeria, through its foundation has donated the first Oligo-synthesizer to the Nigeria Institute of Medical Research (NIMR), Yaba, Lagos. This is as part of its proactive effort and support for…
- 13 Aug 2021
MTN Foundation Boosts National Production of COVID-19 with Test Kits
With the emergence of new coronavirus (COVID-19) variants driving continued global concern, testing remains critical to slowing the spread of the virus and mitigating its threat to lives and…
- 4 Oct 2020
CNN Credits Nigerian Scientists with Developing Cheaper, Faster Covid-19 Test Kits
Scientists in Nigeria have developed a cheaper and faster Covid-19 test kit that will enable testing to be ramped up in a place that has faced kit shortages and chronic under-testing of a massive…
- 21 Feb 2022
54gene’s ACTG Awards $64,000 Scholarship to Further Genomics Research
54gene, the health technology company advancing African genomics research for improved global health outcomes, has announced the awarding of $64,000 in scholarships to four PhD candidates in Nigeria,…
- 11 Nov 2018
4YBY Set to Promote HIV Self-Testing Habit Among Young Nigerians
An NGO Named ‘For Nigerian Youth by Nigerian Youth (4YBY)’ has launched campaign to promote HIV self-testing habit among young Nigerians. This comes at a time when rates of new HIV cases have…
- 9 Jul 2020
Nigeria Develops Diagnostic Kit for COVID-19
Nigeria’s efforts at developing solution to the challenge of non-availability and high cost of coronavirus diagnostic kits have finally paid off with the development of RNASwift Extraction kit. This…
- 27 Aug 2021
NIPR Recognises GovSanwo-Olu’s Contributions, As Delegates Discuss Healthcare at Annual Conference
The organisers of the annual Lagos Public Relations Stakeholders’ Conference on Thursday recorgnised the contributions Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu to healthcare in Lagos State as part of the…
- 2 Dec 2018
World AIDS Day: 4YBY Rewards Finalists in HIV Self-Testing Contest
In commemoration of World AIDS Day on Saturday, December 1st, 2018, the 4Youth By Youth (4YBY) Group, a team of Nigerian researchers led Dr. Oliver Ezechi at the Nigerian Institute of Medical…
- 14 Nov 2018
U.S. Body Funds Study to Promote HIV Self-testing Habit Among young Nigerians
The National Institutes of Health, an agency of the U.S. Department of Health, has awarded $7.5 million for an international research program to prevent and treat HIV infection among adolescents and…
- 9 Mar 2023
Uber Partners Healthtracka to Provide Cervical Cancer Screening for Women Drivers
During Uber’s International Women's Day (IWD) event for women drivers in Lagos, the company announced a partnership with Healthtracka to provide self-sampling cervical cancer tests for women drivers…