HEALTH: MEASLES OUTBREAK KILLS TWO IN ZARIA, 20 OTHERS AFFECTED
A measles outbreak at Ungwan Kanawa community in Zaria Local Government Area of Kaduna State has claimed two lives, with 20 others affected. ...
Y2025 WORLD MALARIA DAY: LAGOS MARCHES TOWARDS MALARIA ELIMINATION
… Governor Mandates Health Ministry to Drive Pre-Elimination Strategy … Commissioner Declares Lagos at 1.3% Malaria Prevalence … SFH, Goodknight, WHO, Media, Private Sector Pledge...
HEALTH: DISEASE OUTBREAKS THREATEN VACCINE PROGRESS, UN, GAVI WARN
The World Health Organisation, the United Nations Children's Fund, and Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, have warned that vaccination efforts are increasingly threatened by misinformation, population...
DONALD TRUMP UNDERGOES FIRST MEDICAL SINCE RETURN TO POWER
Agency Report Friday marks Donald Trump's first yearly medical since taking office again, focusing attention on the 78-year-old president of the United States, who has...
CHOLERA OUTBREAK KILLS FIVE IN KENYA
Kenya’s government urged vigilance on Wednesday as it tackles a cholera outbreak that has killed at least five people, a health ministry official said. Cholera...
27 LAGOS PHCs TO RECEIVE UPGRADES IN FOUR MONTHS
….As Lagos Govt Commences Primary Healthcare Centre Upgrade Under Impact Project The Lagos State Government has embarked on the upgrade of 27 Primary Healthcare Centres...
HEALTH: NAFDAC TIGHTENS PHARMACEUTICAL IMPORTS FROM CHINA, INDIA
Nigeria's two biggest pharmaceutical trading partners, China and India, are the main sources of inferior and counterfeit goods that the National Agency for Food and...
HEALTH: SIERRA LEONE STARTS MPOX VACCINATION AS CASES RISE
Sierra Leone on Wednesday started injecting frontline health care workers and high risk-individuals and children from age 12 with a preventive mpox vaccination after securing...
DELTA NURSING STUDENT FACES SANCTION OVER VIRAL VIDEO ‘NA YOUR MAMA’
Osato Edobor, a student nurse at Delta State College of Nursing Sciences, has been subject to a disciplinary inquiry for reportedly filming and sharing an...
HEALTH: OGUN GOVT ANNOUNCES LASSA FEVER OUTBREAK, CONFIRMS DEATH OF CORPS MEMBER
The Ogun State Commissioner for Health, Dr Tomi Coker, has declared an outbreak of Lassa Fever in the state with a casualty. The commissioner...