NAS COVID-19 WEBINAR SERIES Webinar 3: A Webinar Series on COVID-19 in West Africa You are invited to register and participate in a webinar series on COVID-19. The NAS, in partnership with the national academies of Ghana, Burkina Faso,...
Business Day Rotimi Jaiyesimi, a consultant obstetrics and gynecologist, has said the country needed more campaigns for people to understand that coronavirus (Covid-19) was real. The expert, at a virtual media roundtable discussion organised by the Nigerian Academy of...
By NNN A medical expert, Prof. Rotimi Jaiyesimi, on Thursday urged the media to ensure accurate reporting of COVID-19 pandemic, and educate the public that the virus is real. Jaiyesimi spoke during a virtual media roundtable tagged: “COVID-19 Infection...
By NNN A Professor of Health Economics, Prof. Obinna Onwujekwe, has appealed to the Federal and State Governments to be cautious with the schools reopening plans. Onwujekwe, who also serves as the Director of Research, University of Nigeria (UNN),...
By PUNCH A consultant obstetrics and gynaecology, Prof. Rotimi Jaiyesimi, has said it is wrong to say the country has reached the peak of COVID-19 pandemic. Jaiyesimi, at a virtual media roundtable discussion organised by the Nigerian Academy of...
The Nigerian Academy of Science (NAS), in partnership with the national academies of Ghana, Burkina Faso, Senegal, and Benin Republic, is organizing a series of virtual events aimed at bringing together policymakers and other relevant stakeholders to discuss best...
As scientists continue to study the coronavirus pandemic, Nigerian scientists and members of the Nigerian Academy of Science, NAS, have been tasked to wake up and raise their voices in defense of science as the underpinning principle for COVID-19...
Universal Health Coverage (UHC) means that all individuals and communities should have access to the full spectrum of essential and effective health services including promotion, prevention, treatment, rehabilitation, and palliative care without suffering financial hardship. The World Health Organization...
Public health physician, Dr Doyin Odubanjo, addresses the issue of increasing incidence of infections and scarcity of bed spaces in Nigeria. "Many Nigerians have forgotten the dangers of COVID-19" - Dr. Oladoyin Odubanjo, Executive Secretary, The Nigerian Academy...
Science academies from the G-7 countries and seven additional academies issued three joint statements to advise the G-7 process and to inform ongoing policymaking and public discussion. In the statements (find attached), the academies call for strategies to restore...
