On Thursday, the Nigerian government received 846,200 doses of the R21/Matrix-M malaria vaccine from GAVI, the Vaccine Alliance.
This is the first batch of the vaccine to be delivered to Nigeria since it was endorsed by the World Health Organization...
Good news! The Nigerian Government has shared that 846,000 doses of the R21 malaria vaccine have arrived. These vaccines come from an organization known as the Vaccine Alliance, or Gavi.
The government agency responsible for health, called the National Primary...
Nigeria has received 846,000 doses of an innovative malaria vaccine from development partners to reduce the high incidence of the disease in the country, especially among children and other vulnerable groups.
Muhammad Pate, Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare,...
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has shared some worrying news. So far this year, cholera, a severe disease, has caused 378 deaths and sickened 14,237 people.
Dr. Jide Idris, the big boss of the NCDC, talked about this...
Experts who study how our minds work are worried about problems people in Nigeria are facing at their jobs that make them feel stressed and unhappy.
They talked about this online during a special day called World Mental Health Day.
This...
The Nigeria Center for Disease Control (NCDC) has revealed alarming figures on the current cholera outbreak, with 14,237 reported cases and 378 deaths across 35 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).
This was revealed by the Director General of...
The Assistant Minister in the city, Dr. Mariya Mahmoud, has started a new place to help people learn how to help someone whose heart stops suddenly. This is because many people in the country have heart issues.
This special project...
The Borno State Government has donated N500 million to the University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital to support the recovery of the hospital after the flood that devastated it on September 10.
The University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital, one of the...
Sixty-eight students from Edo State University, Uzairue, have officially become nurses in Nigeria. They joined the Nursing and Midwifery Council of Nigeria (NMCN) as part of their journey.
The students finished their studies in the Nursing Department of the university....
Esther Oyewole, a top dietitian at the Federal Medical Center in Abeokuta, says people in Nigeria should eat more fruits and vegetables. If they don't, they might get sick and get a type of sickness called colon cancer.
She shared...
