From January to August 2024, Akwa Ibom State has found four cases of monkeypox.
The Disease Surveillance and Notification Officer at the Akwa Ibom State Ministry of Health, Samuel S. Etuk, shared this news on Wednesday. He was speaking at...
The National Hospital in Abuja says the brain drain affecting the health sector has reduced its workforce from 3,000 to 2,500 people (a loss of about 17 percent).
This is despite 25 years of medical advancements and a significant expansion...
As of Friday, Nigeria has confirmed 40 cases of Mpox, a viral disease recently declared a public emergency of international concern by the World Health Organization (WHO).
Like global health institutions, Nigerian health authorities have reintroduced relevant measures to curb...
The Africa Center for Disease Control (Africa CDC) is developing a Continental Response Plan to guide the response to the Mpox outbreak in African countries.
CDC Director General for Africa Jean Kaseya made the disclosure during an online press conference...
The World Health Organization (WHO) says it needs $87.4 million to help fight Mpox for the next six months.
This money will help WHO work with countries, partners, and others to stop the spread of Mpox. They will use the...
The Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) has begun a seven-day warning strike over the abduction of its colleague, Ganiyat Popoola, who has been held captive for eight months.
NARD President Dele Abdullahi announced the strike during a virtual emergency...
The World Health Organization (WHO), United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), Kaduna State Primary Healthcare, and Zaria Local Government went back to Tukur-Tukur community in Zaria to give more vaccines for diphtheria, a disease which has already caused the death...
Two cases of monkeypox have been found in Osun State.
The cases were found in a place called Ilesa West Local Government Area.
On Monday, the Osun State Commissioner for Health, Jola Akintola, told people in Osogbo about the monkeypox. He...
The Osun State government said on Monday that two cases of monkeypox, known as M-pox, have been recorded in the state.
The State Commissioner for Health, Jola Akintola, said this during a meeting of the Monkeypox Emergency Operations Centre (EOC)...
