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Nigeria’s Minister, Federal Ministry of Environment, (FMoE), Alhaji Muhammad Mahmood delivering his speech

World Toilet Day – Nigeria joins global community to advocate for “Toilets for All”.

Abuja, 13 November 2019 - Nigeria has flagged off series of activities, including engagement with journalists, to advocate for clean toilets for all, to commemo

A member of the hard-to-reach team providing support to a patient in Borno State.

Health workers provide care to gender-based violence survivors in north-eastern Nigeria

Maiduguri, 12 November, 2019 - In north-eastern Nigeria, the World Health Organization (WHO) is working with Government to expand and improve services offered t

WHO prequalifies Ebola vaccine

WHO prequalifies Ebola vaccine, paving the way for its use in high-risk countries

WHO prequalifies an Ebola vaccine for the first time, a critical step to speeding licensing, access and roll-out in countries most at risk of Ebola outbreaks. It marks the fastest vaccine prequalification process by WHO.

A health worker preparing a vaccine injection

Reaching more than 8 million children with the Measles Rubella vaccines

Evaline William sits on a wooden bench at a vaccination point, carrying on her lap two-year-old, Precious Wolfgang.

RECAP training in session

Legislation is key to promotion of healthy diet and physical activity

Polio immunisation

Zambia launches polio immunisation campaign targeting more than 478, 500 children following an outbreak in the northern part of the country

Participants in a group photo

Good health requires different sectors working together

Group photograph_EIOS training in Abuja

WHO supports Nigeria to become first African country to adopt new epidemic intelligence tool

Abuja, 8 November, 2019 - In the short time it has existed, Nigeria’s public health institute, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), has reported, aver