Abuja, 13 March 2019 - “In Northern Nigeria where I work as a nurse and polio vaccinator, only women are allowed to enter houses because most women in this part of the country are in purdah (practice of seclusion)”, says…
Lire la suiteAbuja, 04 March 2019 – While the number of new Lassa fever cases have significantly reduced over the past weeks, intensified response activities are on-going to control the outbreak across Nigeria. To fully contain…
Lire la suiteAbuja, 28 February 2019 - As Nigeria experiences measles and rubella outbreaks, the World Health Organization (WHO) has constituted, in collaboration with the Nigerian government, an Emergency Preparedness and Response (…
Lire la suiteAbuja, 21 February 2019 - Engagement of community informants for Acute Flaccid Paralysis (AFP) surveillance has yielded positive impact in Borno State. Following nearly a decade of insurgency, many …
Lire la suiteAbuja, 06 February 2019 – As Nigeria joins the world to mark the World Cancer Day, the World Health Organization (WHO) has made a call for a renewed fight against cancer. The World Cancer Day is commemorated on the 4th o…
Lire la suiteAbuja, 1 February 2019 - The World Health Organization (WHO) is scaling up response to the Lassa fever outbreaks in states across Nigeria to strengthen rapid containment of the disease. WHO is mobilizing experts to…
Lire la suiteAbuja, 25 January 2019 – In an historic event held at the Presidential Villa, the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, General Muhammad Buhari launched the World Health Organization (WHO) revised third gen…
Lire la suiteBorno, 21 January 2019 - It is safe to say that the cholera outbreak in the North East is under control. In a synchronized event, the Commissioners of Health in Borno, Adamawa and Yobe States recently decl…
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