Abuja, 23 March 2015 - The Federal Ministry of Health (FMOH) has inaugurated the National Laboratory Containment Committee (NLCC) for polio virus. The inauguration of the committee on 20th March 2014 in Abuja by th…
Read moreNigeria has organised a week-long programme of activities to celebrate the 2015 World Oral Health Day (WOHD). The activities were kicked off with a press briefing on 16th March 2015 by Nigeria’s National Oral Health Champion, Senator (Dr.) David Mark, who is also the Chairman of Nigeria’s National Assembly and President of Nigeria’s Senate. The press briefing took place at the premises of the National Assembly Complex, Abuja.
Read moreAbuja, 10 March 2015 - In Rivers, one of the two States in Nigeria that recorded an outbreak of Ebola virus disease (EVD) and successfully contained it in August 2014, the World Health Organization (WHO) team is using th…
Read moreAbuja, 28 February 2015 -- In determined efforts to interrupt poliovirus circulation in Nigeria, the surge capacity personnel of the World Health Organization (WHO) continues to support the government to implement specia…
Read moreAbuja, 20 February 2015 -- Nigeria has introduced the inactivated polio vaccine (IPV) into the nation’s routine immunization schedule at a ceremony presided over by the supervising Minister of Health, Dr Alhassan Khaliru…
Read moreAbuja, Nigeria 19 February, 2015 - The World Health Organization (WHO) State office in Ogun, in collaboration with the State Ministry of Health (SMOH), has intensified surveillance activities along international border c…
Read moreIbadan, Oyo Nigeria 5 February, 2015 – To sustain interruption of wild poliovirus transmission in Nigeria, the World Health Organization’s Immunization, Vaccines and Emergencies (IVE) Cluster conducted a weeklong review …
Read moreAbuja, Nigeria 02 February, 2015 - In Kaduna, 43,201 children were vaccinated on highway check points, markets and motor parks during the January 2015 polio supplemental immunization days conducted between 24-27 January …
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