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Bringing hepatitis care closer to the primary health facilities

Osogbo, 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

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Wild polio and vaccine derived polio in Nigeria

After 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…

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