A total of 51 wild polioviruses were isolated from 16 states in Nigeria in 2001. The virus is responsible for cases of Acute Flaccid Paralysis (AFP). 33 of these were Type 1 while 18 were Type 3. Results of 20 other isol…
Read moreThe World Health Organization (WHO) is to spend about =N= 2.7 million this year to support State Epidemiology teams to implement Integrated Disease Surveillance and Response (IDSR) activities in the country. This was dis…
Read moreTHE INCIDENT An armoury at the Ikeja military cantonment in Lagos, Nigeria, containing "high calibre bombs" went up in flames at about 6.00 pm (local time) on Sunday, 27th January 2002, resulting in a series of ex…
Read moreEpidemiologists from WHO Africa and Eastern Mediterranean regions meet in Accra to discuss surveillance of diseases in the two regions 01 February 2002 -- Epidemiologists and Experts meeting in Accra to assess progres…
Read moreAbuja – 04 May 2021- When health teams discovered pockets of vaccine-derived poliovirus outbreaks in seven states in Nigeria (Lagos, Delta, Bayelsa, Zamfara, Niger, Sokoto and Kebbi), national and state authorities in co…
Read moreOsogbo, 4 October, 2022 - At a prevalence rate 8.1%, Nigeria continues to have a high burden of hepatitis B as an estimated 20 million of its people are chronically infected
Read moreAfter more than two years without the detection of wild polio in Nigeria, the Government reported three laboratory confirmed wild poliovirus type one (WPV1) cases with onset between July and August 2016. All three cas…
Read moreKano, In Kano State, Nigeria, the recent integrated vaccination campaign that ended last week demonstrated the power of community-led action in advancing public health. From traditional leaders and religious figures to p…
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