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Community Health Champion provide health risk messaging in hotspot locations. Photo-credit_ Kingsley_WHO

Community health champions target over 20,000 households at risk with disease prevention messages in Yobe State

Damaturu, 26 May, 2022 - Bintu Abubakar, a 40 years old community…
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The WR (fourth from left) and representatives of partners at the high table

WHO positions over 2000 health workers to tackle circulating variant poliovirus in Nigeria 

Abuja, 25 May, 2022 - In response to the upsurge of the circulating…
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States expand vaccination to underserved communities, close immunization gaps

Osun, 20 May, 2022 -  At the Akindeko market in downtown Osogbo, the…
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4th from the left, the Deputy WR and dignities unveiling the first Nigeria National Essential Diagnostics List (NEDL).j

Nigeria flags-off policy document to boost diagnostic testing

Abuja, 13 May, 2022 - In a bid to ensure that Nigerians have…
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States in Nigeria employ innovative approaches to reduce malaria disease burden 

Abuja, 29 April 2022 - Feeling feverish with body pains, 25 years old…
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Fatunmobi Christiana

Gender-responsive support from Nigeria’s polio eradication programme to tackle COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy 

Ibadan, 27 April 2022 - Fatunmobi Christiana, a nursing officer with…
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Minister of Health (4th right) WR (2nd right) and other dignitaries at the high table to commemrate 2022 WMD in Abuja

Stakeholders endorse collective innovative approach for eradication of  malaria in Nigeria

Abuja, 27 April, 2022 - To commemorate the 2022 World Malaria Day (…
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Mr Aliyu Bello and his daughter to receive the routine Immunization

All-of- society approach is steppingstone for   scaling up vaccination activities 

Abuja, 26 April, 2022 - Cuddling his 14-week-old daughter, who had…
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The Minister of health Osagie Ehanire, the WHO Country Rep, Walter K Mulombo, and cross section of participant at the even

WHO facilitates training of health workers on Oral Cholera vaccines for preparedness against cholera outbreaks x

Abuja, 26 April, 2022 - The World Health Organization (WHO) has…
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WHO  conducts training on the integration of oral cholera vaccine in emergency and preventive situations 

Abuja, 22 April, 2022 - The World Health Organization will be…
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