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WHO- engaged community informant during sensitization meeting in a nomadic settlement.

Community informants employ mobile data collection tools to strengthen COVID-19 surveillance

Kano, 25 February 2021- With the second wave of COVID-19 outbreak in…

COVID-19 survivor supporting sensitization activities in Lagos i.jpg

Working with COVID-19 survivors to battle the pandemic

Lagos, 24 February 2021 - For Ade Ogunsanya, a resident of Nigeria’s…

Community sensitization at one of the hot spot locality in Edo Statei.

Stakeholders shore up sensitization campaign to curb Lassa fever outbreak in Edo state

Benin City, 24 February 2021 - Things have changed for the better in…

Road show by COVID-19 survivors and FCT RCCE Team.

Heroes campaign Launch: Survivors demystify COVID-19 virus and fight stigmatization

Abuja, 11 February, 2021 - “When I tested positive for COVID-19, so…

Cross section of Journalist during the training.

WHO and partners charge journalists on credible COVID-19 reportage

As part of the nationwide response to contain the spread of COVID-19…

Pregnant women attending antenatal care at a hospital

Nigeria pushes for companionship in labour to improve maternal health services

Abuja, 9 February, 2021 - “My husband was with me in the delivery…

Spearheading cancer awareness drive in Nigeria

Spearheading cancer awareness drive in Nigeria

Early cancer detection improves the chances of successful treatment,…

A patient showing her ART drug

Nigeria’s early adoption of Differentiated Services Delivery model buffers effect of COVID-19 pandemic among People Living with HIV

Abuja, 3 February, 2021 - As the COVID-19 pandemic gained momentum…

Some Nursing students receiving lectures

Nigeria building stronger gender-responsive health system-invests in health workforce planners

Abuja, 1 February, 2021 - “I have always believed that gender…

A WHO personnel vaccinating a child with Oral Polio Vaccine at Layin Kuka of Yindiski, Dogo Nini ward of Potiskum, Local Government Area, Yobe State on 29 October 2020

Nigeria not lowering guards against polio, vaccinates over 23 million children in high risk states

Abuja, 18 December, 2020 - To buoy up the immunity of eligible…