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WHO State coordinator presenting oily chloramphenicol to the Kebbi State Commissioner of Health.

Meningitis Outbreak in KEBBI State: WHO moves to halt further fatalities.

Since the beginning of the year 2014, Kebbi State in North Western…
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Down to zero: Nigeria stops guinea-worm disease in its tracks

March 2014 - From more than 650 000 cases in 1988 to zero today,…
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2014 WORLD TB DAY: WHO donates gene expert machines to government

The World Health Organization has donated GeneXpert MTB/RIF machines…
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National malaria elimination programme reviews progress in Nigeria

The Honourable Minister of Health, Prof C.O.Onyebuchi Chukwu, has…
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Nigeria joins the world to commemorate world oral health day

Nigeria joins the world to commemorate world oral health day

The President of the Senate of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and…
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Presidential summit on Universal Health coverage ends in Nigeria

His Excellency President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan of the Federal…
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Meeting with Dr Chukwuemeka Oluoha, (3rd from the right) Executive Director, Primary Health Care Development Agency, Abia State

Integrated Community Case Management

Malaria, Pneumonia and Diarrhea are still responsible for more than…
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Presidential Summit on Universal Health Coverage Opens in Abuja

A 2-day pre-summit technical workshop for the preparation of the…
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Officials from Republic of Niger and Nigeria at the cross-border planning meeting in Sokoto State, February 2014

Nigeria synchronizes polio immunization with Niger Republic during March 2014 round

Abuja, Nigeria 6th March, 2014 -- The synchronization of immunization…
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Training in collection of sewage samples for polio environmental surveillance

Nigeria surmounting odds to intensify poliovirus surveillance amidst insecurity in Borno State

Borno State of Nigeria has been facing security challenges because of…
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