The Dangote Cement company has launched a malaria intervention programme for host communities in Okpella, Etsako East Local Government Area of Edo State.
With the launch, the cement manufacturing company has begun to administer free anti-malaria treatments to residents in...
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has said the country has recorded 857 confirmed cases and 156 deaths of Lassa fever across 28 states of the federation from January to 28 April.
NCDC, in its latest Lassa fever situation...
The Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) has said Nigeria’s failure to cater adequately for the sexual and reproductive rights of young citizens is impeding Nigeria’s efforts to prevent the spread of HIV.
The UNAIDS’ Deputy Executive Director of...
AstraZeneca, a British-Swedish pharmaceutical and biotechnology company, has announced that it is withdrawing its COVID-19 vaccine, Vaxzevria, worldwide.
According to the multinational pharmaceutical company, the vaccine is being withdrawn because it can no longer compete with updated COVID-19 vaccines, which...
The Adamawa Government has extended the resumption of primary and secondary schools for the third term academic session to 13 May to enable the government to vaccinate children against measles. The Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Education and...
The World Health Organization (WHO) has said Namibia, a Southern African country, is the first high-burden nation globally to eliminate mother-to-child transmission of both HIV and Hepatitis B.
The global health body disclosed this in a statement on Monday.
WHO said...
To improve Nigeria’s fight against malaria morbidity and mortality, Nigeria’s Ministry of Health and Social Welfare Friday hosted key health players and experts to reevaluate its approach and strategies.
The event themed: “Ministerial Roundtable Meeting: Rethinking Malaria Elimination in Nigeria,”...
The National Association of Nigerian Nurses and Midwives (NANNM), Oyo State chapter, has threatened to embark on an indefinite strike should state authorities fail to accede to their requests.
The association issued a 14-day ultimatum to the government, saying at...
The National Agency for the Control of AIDS (NACA) is preparing to host an inaugural HIV Prevention Conference in Nigeria.
This was contained in a statement issued on Friday and signed by the agency’s public relations officer, Toyin Aderibige.
The conference,...
The UN World Health Organsation (WHO) has started a mass vaccination campaign in Niger’s Niamey region in response to an ongoing meningitis outbreak.The UN health agency, in a statement, said the vaccination campaign against meningitis outbreak began on Thursday.
“More...
