22 August 2016 – A WHO emergency health team has arrived in Maiduguri city, north-eastern Nigeria, to assess and respond to the health needs of 800 000 people in the area. WHO and partners will work with local officials …
Read moreEmergency team met key health sector partners on the ground; OCHA, MSF, ICRC and UNFPA to review health response and coordination. Estimated 750,000 - 800,000 persons in dire need of health sector interventions in the…
Read moreKananan hukumomi 15 daga cikin wadanda a ka kwato daga hannun ‘yan tada kayar baya na cikin mawuyacin hali na bukatar kulawa da lafiya Sanarwar manema labarai 22 ga Agusta 2016 | GENEVA – A Tawagar jami’an Hukum…
Read moreAbuja, 18 August 2016 - The Honourable Minister of Health, Professor Isaac Adewole has declared the recent polio outbreak as a national public health emergency following the report of two (2) wild polio virus (WPV)…
Read moreMaiduguri, 18 August 2016 - The Commissioner for Health, Dr Haruna Mshelia has applauded the World Health Organization (WHO) for deploying an international surveillance and outbreak response (OBR) review team to Borno St…
Read moreMaiduguri, 17 August, 2016 - Immediate outbreak response (OBR) to recently detected wild polio viruses (WPV) in Borno State commenced on 15 August, 2016 with vaccination of children below five years of age in the two (2)…
Read moreAbuja, 16 August, 2016 - An external surveillance team is in Nigeria to assess the sensitivity of the acute flaccid paralysis (AFP) surveillance system. The assessment team will work at the national level and selected st…
Read moreAbuja, 12 August, 2016 - With improved surveillance among recently accessible populations of Borno State, Nigeria has identified two (2) wild poliovirus (WPV) cases, the first to be detected since July 2014. Addressin…
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