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Dr Walter Kazadi Mulombo opening the 3-day Review Meeting with government functionaries, Health Emergency Experts and WHO personnel in Maiduguri, Borno State Phot_WHO Nigeria

WHO Maintains Grade 3 Health Emergency in north-east Nigeria

Maiduguri, 30 October, 2020 - The 9th Joint Operations Review of WHO…
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WHO and Ogun State Port Health Service staff address officers of the Federal Road Safety Corps on COVID-19 safety measures at the Idiroko border area in Ogun State. They also hand out protective materials including sanitisers and face masks/ WHO Nigeria

Shoring up COVID-19 prevention in Nigeria’s border states

Lagos, 27 October, 2020 - Border security officers in Nigeria already…
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COVID-19 pandemic heightens the importance of handwashing with soap 

Abuja, 23 October, 2020 - With people advised to observe physical…
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Nigerian states keep pressure on vaccine-derived polio

Abuja, 23 October, 2020 - On 25 August 2020, health workers and…
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Improving access to quality maternal health services at primary level of care in Cross River State

Cross River, October 19, 2020- “I used to deliver all my children at…
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Bauchi rural women accept child spacing with WHO support

Bauchi, October 19, 2020- “Even though I knew my body needed rest…
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Anambra State Government receiving 265,000 face masks from WHO for YF vaccination teams

Press Release: Nigeria resumes Yellow fever vaccination with safety measures necessary for the COVID-19 context

Abuja, 15 October 2020 – While combatting multiple public health…
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Women, children, adolescents’ health takes centre stage as government launches new RMNCAEH+N platform

Abuja, 13 October, 2020 - In a bid to improve the well-being of women…
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Stakeholders in Nigeria call for urgent medical attention for older persons for their vulnerability to COVID-19 pandemic

Abuja, 2 October, 2020 - To commemorate the 2020 UN International Day…
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The fight against polio vaccines misconception in Northern Nigeria- Professor Umaru Shehu narrates

Abuja, 2 October, 2020 - Today Nigeria is polio-free but the country’…
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