Health

Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance's chief executive, Sania Nishtar, has said that Nigeria will soon receive cholera vaccines to help in the fight against the current epidemic. Ms Nishtar made this known in a post on her official X account on...

Good news! Soon, cholera vaccines will come to Nigeria, thanks to a group called Gavi. This update came from the head of Gavi, Sania Nishtar, who shared the information on his X page. Sania said Gavi will team up with UNICEF...

The Independent Corrupt Practices and Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has pledged to address the alleged disappearance of 13,350 diapers intended for antenatal care at a primary health centre in the Sambawa community of Kebbi. The commission said it would investigate...

President Joe Biden has tested positive for COVID-19, the White House said in a statement Thursday. The News Agency of Nigeria quoted White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre as saying in a statement that Biden is "vaccinated and boosted...

The wife of Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, Ibijoke Sanwo-Olu, has reiterated the need to adopt alternative communication methods that cater to the needs of different children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). Ms. Sanwo-Olu, a physician, suggested adding local content,...

Sure! Here’s a rewritten version of the blog post in simple words:---A soil science professor from Michael Okpara University of Agriculture Umudike (MOUAU) in Abia State, Professor Mabel Ifeoma Onwuka, has told farmers not to grow crops at trash...

In a new report, the World Health Organization (WHO) and the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) said global childhood immunization coverage has stagnated, leaving around 2.7 million children unvaccinated or under-vaccinated. This is according to the latest WHO-UNICEF estimates on...

The Nigerian government says that since the beginning of the year, the country has recorded a total of 3,623 suspected cholera cases and 103 deaths in 187 local government areas (LGAs) in 34 states and the Federal Capital Territory...

Nigeria has shown a promising decline in its cholera fatality rate, dropping to 2.9 percent amid ongoing efforts to combat the deadly disease. The latest data from the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) website indicated that as...

The Nigerian government on Monday held its first quarterly dialogue on the performance of the health sector across the country in recent months. The dialogue, according to Coordinating Minister for Health and Social Welfare, Muhammad Pate, was between federal authorities...