Abuja, 01 August 2018 - In a remote village in Northern Nigeria, a group of female polio health workers visit the home of Hauwa Abubakar. A young mother of triplets, two girls and one boy, Hauwa quickly carrie…
Ler maisNigeria introduces rotavirus vaccine to protect children from this diarrhea-causing pathogen, which is particularly deadly for children under five.
Ler maisAbuja, 17 July, 2018 - The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) in collaboration with the World Health Organization (WHO) and other partners, have successfully contained the unprecedented Lassa fever outbreak that c…
Ler maisMaiduguri, 13 July 2018 - With the support of World Health Organization (WHO) and partners, Borno State Ministry of Health plans to reach more than 1.1 million children aged three to 59 months with anti-malaria therapy i…
Ler maisYola, 10 July 2018 – Today, the first round of the 2-phase oral cholera vaccination (OCV) campaign kicks-off in high-risk wards of Mubi North, Mubi South and Maiha local government areas (LGAs) of Adamawa. The vaccinatio…
Ler maisAbuja, 4 July 2018 - The World Health Organization (WHO) has significantly increased support to the Government of Nigeria towards elimination of five of the over 20 Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs) endemic in the count…
Ler maisDr Namadi Lawal is a surveillance officer with the National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA). For years, the agency depended on paper-based methods for surveillance and monitoring of disease outbreaks.&nbs…
Ler mais Abuja, 24 June 2018 - The International Coordinating Group (ICG) has approved the release of 757 630 doses of oral cholera vaccine (OCV) for a 2-dose emergency vaccination campaign in Adamawa state. The initial bat…
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