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A mental health care worker with a patient.

In Nigeria, health workers learn how to help women facing gender-based violence

Hajara a caregiver, administering malaria drug to her eligible child

Mothers adopt Seasonal Malaria chemoprevention drugs to keep malaria at bay in Adamawa State

Saratu, a member of the Mobile health team providing essential health service in a nomadic setting in Yobe state.

WHO delivers critical health services to meet basic humanitarian needs of 1 million people 

A pharmacist storing drugs

Medicines can heal, but they can also harm

Mrs. Mercy Ameh checking the blood pressure of a pregnant woman in hard-to-reach area

Female health workers defy the odds, reach vulnerable populations with services

The Governor of Kano (right) receiving WHO Nigeria souvenirs from the WR

WHO pledges support to Kano for improved health indices amidst demographic related challenges 

Mr Odido John receiving his first COVID-19 shot

Nigeria reaches vulnerable population with  client-centred strategies for control of TB and COVID-19 

A health worker checking a patient’s blood pressure

States replicate successful low-cost hypertension solution model in over 80 PHC centres

The WHO Country Representative administering a dose of Rotavirus Vaccine

Nigeria to avert 50,000 deaths in children annually, introduces rotavirus vaccine into vaccination schedule

Integrated medical outreach

With dwindling numbers, stakeholders expand integrated TB and COVID-19 testing in communities