Lagos, 26 June, 2019 - All six States in the South West Zone have completed the ‘2nd Outbreak Response’ (OBR2) to the circulating Vaccine Derived Polio Virus (cVDPV2) with varying degrees of success. The exercise, imp…
Read moreAbuja, June 25 2019 - “My daughter Aisha Ahmed, who is 5 years old had to undergo several surgeries at the Noma Children Hospital Sokoto to correct the defect on her face last year, says her mother, Hanatu Ahmed mentione…
Read moreAbuja, 24 June 2019 –The first Regional Value for Money’ (VfM) Training of Trainers (ToT) is underway in Abuja. The 5-day workshop (24- 28 June 2019), which registered over 80 participants, drawn from 44 African…
Read moreLagos, 20 June 2019 - The Deputy Governor of Lagos state, His Excellency Dr. Kadri Obafemi Hamzat assures that “All hands are on deck to end polio in Lagos soon”. During a courtesy visit by a team of health developmen…
Read moreYola, 19 June 2019 - With the notification of newly confirmed cases from Yola North, Yola South and Girei local government areas (LGAs), the Adamawa State Ministry of Health has declared on 18 June 2019 an outbreak…
Read moreAbuja, 12 June 2019 - As the` world continues to observe International Environment Day that was held on 5 June 2019, Nigeria is intensifying environmental surveillance activities for polio. Traditionally, …
Read moreAbuja, 14 June 2019 – As the world observes World Blood Donor Day, WHO and federal partners have called on all fit and well-meaning Nigerians to come forth to donate blood. World Blood Donor Day serves to thank volunt…
Read more“I had always asked my family members to sit outside for one or two hours at night just before bedtime, when I usually spray the bedroom with indoor sprays,” says Hajia Hauwa Abiso, who lives in the north-eastern Nigerian state of Borno. “Little did I know that mosquito bites during this period were enough to infect them.”
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