Nigeria has pledged to strengthen its fight against malnutrition by adopting lessons from Ethiopia’s approach to nutrition financing, intergovernmental coordination and community-based interventions. Vice President Kashim Shettima disclosed this on
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The United Nations has expressed confidence in Nigeria’s ability to contain its newly confirmed Ebola case, pledging support to prevent further spread of the disease. UN Secretary-General’s spokesperson, Stéphane Dujarric,
The Nigerian Senate has urged the Federal Government to introduce mandatory health screening for all international passengers arriving in the country through airports, seaports and designated land borders amid concerns
The Federal Government has confirmed an imported case of Ebola virus disease in Abuja, with health authorities identifying 44 contacts as part of ongoing efforts to prevent further transmission. Minister
The University of Calabar Teaching Hospital (UCTH) has announced plans to conduct a mass burial of more than 50 unclaimed corpses that have remained in its morgue for years, with
Ondo State Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa has ordered the fumigation of the Igbokoda River and the distribution of nose masks and other health kits to residents following complaints about an offensive
Healthcare workers at the Federal Medical Centre (FMC), Abeokuta, Ogun State, have begun a 72-hour warning strike following the alleged stabbing of a medical laboratory scientist, Lawal Toheeb Olasunkanmi, by
Kwara State is set to introduce electronic medical records across its state-owned hospitals in a move aimed at modernising healthcare delivery and improving patient information management. The initiative, approved by
US President Donald Trump says Washington is closely monitoring the death of a Russian laboratory technician at a plague research centre in Siberia, amid concerns that pneumonic plague could spread
Kenya has reported its first confirmed Ebola case and first Ebola-related death after a Kenyan man who had been living in the Democratic Republic of Congo, DRC, died in Nairobi.