Nigeria News

Abuja, 31 October 2023 ‒ When his seven-year-old brother Jubrin was diagnosed with diphtheria in July 2023, Aminu Dayyabu Alharini had never heard of the disease, the latest outbreak of which has claimed more than 500 lives in Nigeria.

Following the diagnosis, Jubrin was immediately transferred from the health facility near their home in Alharini settlement, in Kano State, Nigeria, to a specialist hospital after he suddenly developed a high fever following two days of complaining of a sore throat.

Abuja, 24 October 2023 – Nigeria today introduced the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine into its routine immunization system, aiming to reach 7.7 million girls – the largest number in a single round of HPV vaccination in the African region – in a vaccination drive against the virus that causes nearly all cases of cervical cancer. 

Girls aged 9–14 years will receive a single dose of the vaccine, which is highly efficacious in preventing infection with HPV types 16 and 18 that are known to cause at least 70% of cervical cancers. 

Minna, 23 August, 2023 - In the remote Nigerian village of Bororo-Kambari, five-year-old Fati Isah and her two siblings are lining up with other children their age and younger, preparing to be vaccinated against polio. “My mother says immunization is important and we should receive the vaccine,” she says proudly.

In their village, located in Katcha Local Government Area (LGA) in Niger state in north-central Nigeria, 2 509 687 children benefited from an 18-day mass vaccination campaign, which ended on 16

Kebbi, 11 August, 2023 - In a recent visit to Kebbi in North West Nigeria, WHO  Country Representative (WR), Dr Walter Kazadi Mulombo  commended the State in North for employing innovative strategies in reaching about 600,000 children living in security-compromised settlements with live-saving vaccines. 

Zamfara, 11 August, 2023 - The Central tenet of Universal Healthcare Coverage (UHC) is that quality health services should be accessible to everyone, irrespective of where they live and without them suffering financial hardship.

Sokoto, 10 August, 2023 - In Nigeria, the state and institutional leaders, including the traditional title holders play pivotal roles in enhancing Universal Health Coverage (UHC) by encouraging the populace to embrace health services, especially vaccination.  

Yola, 10 August, 2023 - Gender-based violence and Sexual Exploitation and Abuse(GBV/SEA) is a major threat to public health.
As such, the World Health Organization (WHO) is supporting the government of Adamawa state to provide quality care for survivors of Gender Based Violence, especially those receiving humanitarian aid.

Abuja, 7 August, 2023 - Before her wedding plans in 2009, Floral Okon was unaware of what Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) was.  Hence as part of the church pre-wedding requirements, she gladly went with her fiancé for an HIV test in a health facility.

“As part of the pre-wedding requirement in my church, my fiancé and I were required to conduct HIV screening. 
I recall exclaiming wonderful when told at the health facility that my result was positive because I thought positive was a good result,” she recounted. 

Abuja, 20 July, 2023 - Aimed at scaling up COVID-19 vaccine service delivery amongst higher priority risk groups and strengthening health systems in the country, the Government of Nigeria in collaboration with the World Health Organization (WHO), and partners have launched the Canada Global Initiative for Vaccine Equity (CanGIVE) Grant.

The CanGIVE grant is a two-year grant of $9,261,920 (CAD) from Global Affairs Canada to WHO to improve COVID-19 vaccine delivery and integrate vaccination into routine health services in Nigeria.