Maiduguri, 25 May 2018 - “Why didn’t you educate us before cholera hit us last year?” asked Hauwa Bulama, an internally displaced person (IDP) at Muna garage of Maiduguri, Borno state where an outbreak of chol…
Read moreAbuja, 22 May 2018 – In March 2017, Sunny who works as a fashion designer in Abuja, Nigeria’s Capital, started coughing, experiencing chest pains, toe pain, and frequent headaches. The discomfort that came with thes…
Read moreAbuja, 17 May 2018 – In a bid to strengthen measles and yellow fever surveillance in Nigeria, the World Health Organization (WHO) has refurbished a porta cabin work space and donated laboratory equipment that include ELI…
Read moreNigeria, 16 May 2018 – The final event marking the African Vaccination Week (AVW) ended in Abuja with calls for civil servants to become immunization champions. The call was made by the Minister of Health Professor Isaac…
Read moreAbuja, May 17th 2018 – A four day training for staff of state Ministries of health of Bauchi, Cross Rivers, Federal Ministry of Health (FMOH) and the National Primary Health care Development Agency has ended in Abuja wit…
Read moreBauchi, 09 May 2018 - The World Health Organization (WHO) and partners are supporting the Bauchi State Government to immunize 600,000 people against cholera. The oral cholera vaccination drive is part…
Read moreAbuja, 10 May 2018 -With six weeks of declining numbers and only a handful of confirmed cases reported in recent weeks, the critical phase of Nigeria’s largest-ever Lassa fever outbreak is under control, according t…
Read moreAbuja, May 4th 2018 – As the World prepares to celebrate the 2018 World Hygiene Day with the theme, “Save Lives, Clean Your Hands”, Mrs Toyin Saraki, the President and founder of Wellbeing Foundation Africa (WBFA),…
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