Nigeria comes to the international limelight again, on a positive note, as the World Health Organization (WHO) appoints Professor Oyewale Tomori, a Nigerian professor of virology and former vice-chancellor of the Redeemer’s University, Ede, to serve as a member of the World Health Organisation’s Technical Advisory Group on COVID-19 vaccine composition.
In a statement released on Wednesday, the WHO explained the importance of the Technical Advisory Group, stating that it is an independent group of experts who will periodically review the evidence and analyse the implications of emerging variants of concerns on the performance of COVID-19 vaccines.
According to the statement, “During those global consultations, the WHO and partners have noted the urgent needs for shared access to information, coordination, and prioritisation, as well as joint action and supported the call for the development of a global risk monitoring and assessment framework that elaborates decision-making processes, triggers for such decision making, and stakeholder roles and responsibilities
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