The Access and Allocation Mechanism for Mpox has allocated an initial 899,000 vaccine doses to nine countries, including Nigeria, across the African region, which have been hard-hit by the current Mpox surge. This was disclosed in a joint press statement…
The Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Prof Muhammad Pate, announced on Thursday that the ministry is set to launch the first-ever state of health report in the country. Pate, who disclosed this at a press briefing in Abuja,…
The Federal Government has stated that hand hygiene is essential for safeguarding public health and preventing diseases. The Minister of Water Resources and Sanitation, Bello Goronyo, made this declaration on Friday at a press briefing organised by Self Help Africa…
The Rotary Club of Ikoyi has urged Nigeria’s economic managers to invest more in polio vaccination to sustain the country’s progress in eradicating the disease. Although Nigeria was declared free of wild poliovirus in 2020, the Rotary Club emphasised that…
A private philanthropic initiative, the End Fund, on Thursday, pledged to extend its funding services for the elimination of Neglected Tropical Diseases in Nigeria to 2030. NTDs are a diverse group of 20 conditions that are mainly prevalent in tropical…
The number of confirmed cases of Mpox in the country has increased to 102 across 26 states and the Federal Capital Territory, up from the previous 94 cases. The Director General of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention,…
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention has recorded a total of 14,237 cases of cholera across 35 states and the Federal Capital Territory, spanning 339 local government areas as of October 13, 2024. The Director General of the…
The Nigeria Hydrological Services Agency has urged riverine communities along the Rivers Benue and Niger to relocate to higher ground following significant rises in water levels due to continuous rainfall. In a statement released on Thursday, NIHSA’s Director General, Umar…
The World Bank, Nutrition International, and other stakeholders on Tuesday called for a multi-pronged approach to address the growing malnutrition crisis in Nigeria. They stressed that all hands must be on deck to implement interventions to combat malnutrition. The call…
Nigerian researcher, Martins Imhansoloeva, has been selected for the Global Institute for Disease Elimination’s 2024-2025 Injaz Fellowship for Disease Elimination programme. Imhansoloeva, a PhD candidate at the Kirby Institute at the University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia, and a…
All Right Reserved Indibudigitals (c) 2023
