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...
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 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...
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...
Peter Obi Supports Nurses and Professionals Seeking Opportunities Abroad
Peter Obi, a former leader from Anambra and a recent presidential hopeful, believes nurses and other skilled workers should follow their dreams, even if it means going overseas. He spoke about...
Dr. Aisha M Z Anka, who is the Health Commissioner in Zamfara State, shared some exciting news. Zamfara has gone one whole year without any new cases of the polio virus!
She mentioned this at a special meeting in Gusau,...
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has found more people getting sick from a disease called Lassa fever in week 39 of 2024. Two states, Ondo and Edo, reported nine new cases.
The NCDC shared this news on their...
The Nigeria Optometrist Association (NOA) says that many kids around the world struggle to see clearly because of vision problems they don’t know they have. This problem is called uncorrected refraction error.
Recently, NOA launched a program to check children’s...
