Health

Benue State has sadly lost four people to what might be cholera, said the State Health Doctor, Dr. Henry Ijabo. Talking to news people on Thursday, Dr. Ijabo said there are 16 possible cholera cases in three areas –...

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has reported two new confirmed cases of Lassa fever in week 25 of 2024, from 17 to 23 June. With no deaths recorded during the reporting week, the latest NCDC situation report indicates...

The federal government says it has initiated measures to combat cholera in the country by addressing its root causes, including open defecation. The government said it is concerned about the rapid spread of the epidemic across the country and the...

Nurses and midwives in Oyo State on Wednesday insisted that their ongoing strike will not be called off until the state government meets their demands. Samuel Adeyemi, President of the National Association of Nigerian Nurses and Midwives (NANNM), in an...

A new report from Malaria No More UK has revealed that meeting the World Health Organisation (WHO) target of reducing malaria by 90 per cent by 2030 could add $126.9 billion to Africa's Gross Domestic Product (GDP). The report was...

The Director of Primary Health Care (PHC) in Nangere Local Government Area of ​​Yobe State, Ibrahim Lawan, has accepted responsibility for the diversion of Ready-to-Use Therapeutic Foods (RUTF) under his care. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the...

The Adamawa State Ministry of Health has partnered with the Society for Family Health (SFH) in a campaign to prevent malaria in children. SFH announced the launch of the Seasonal Malaria Chemoprevention (SMC) campaign in a publication on X. According to...

The Nigerian government said Tuesday that the death toll from the cholera outbreak has risen to 63 with 2,102 suspected cases. The Director-General of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), Jide Idris, disclosed this while giving the infectious disease...

The Nigerian government has established an Advisory Structure for Malaria Elimination (AMEN) and a ministerial task force to scale up efforts to eliminate malaria. This was revealed in a statement signed by the Senior Adviser on Media and External Relations...

Cases of severe gastroenteritis, an inflammation of the stomach and intestines confirmed to be caused by cholera, have been detected at the Kirikiri medium security prison in Lagos State. The state government confirmed in a statement on Sunday that it...