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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

Borno, 7 Ocotber, 2022 – Like many health workers across the Sahel,…

Hajara a caregiver, administering malaria drug to her eligible child

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

Yola, 30 September, 2022 - Sitting on a wooden stool in front of her…

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

Yola, 30 September, 2022 - In line with the target of improving the…

A pharmacist storing drugs

Medicines can heal, but they can also harm

Abuja, 19 September, 2022 - In December 2017, Oluwatayo Akingbile,…

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

Abuja, 2 August, 2022 - Mrs Mercy Ameh is a passionate nurse who…

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

Kano, 26 August, 2022 - The WHO Country Representative, (WR) Dr…

Mr Odido John receiving his first COVID-19 shot

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

Abuja, 26 August, 2022 - On a recent weekday, when 25-year-old John…

A health worker checking a patient’s blood pressure

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

Abuja, 26 August, 2022 - When 38-year-old man Mr Hassan Olusoji,…

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

Abuja, 22 August, 2022 - Targeting universal immunization, the…

Integrated medical outreach

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

Kaduna, 19 August 2022 - When health workers took the Tuberculosis (…