Nigeria News

Maiduguri, 1 November, 2019 - Not so long ago, collecting and evaluating large amounts of data in the field on disease trends and patterns – an activity known as surveillance – was a cumbersome process. Surveillance officers noted information by hand on paper and sent hard copies of weekly reports to the local government area (LGA) secretariat via disease surveillance and notification officers (DSNOs). 

Abuja, 29 October, 2019 - Five-year-old Hadiza Malami* and her siblings were born with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). Hadiza’s parents, who are both HIV positive, only started receiving antiretroviral (ARV) treatment a year after Hadiza’s birth when an HIV testing and treatment centre opened in their neighbourhood. 

Zamfara, 22 October, 2019 - In an effort to reach and vaccinate every eligible child in Nigeria, the World Health Organization (WHO) is supporting the Government to vaccinate as many Almajiri children in the country as possible.

As part of the demand creation strategies, Almajiri vaccination is the deliberate targeting of eligible children in Almajiri schools with vaccines.

Minna, 17 October 2019 - In Njediko community of Niger state, Mrs Aishatu Usman says, “Without this care, where would we go to when our children are sick since there is no hospital nearby?”.

Dutse, 04 October, 2019 - In Jigawa State in northern Nigeria, Primary Healthcare Centers (PHC) have started using special “health ambassadors” to help improve immunization coverage – with very encouraging results.  

Maiduguri, 10 November, 2019 - After years of viewing gory sights of freshly injured victims from the frontlines of conflict ridden villages in North eastern Nigeria, a region which has witnessed almost a decade of devastating insurgency causing a humanitarian crisis Dr Ali Muhammad, a doctor at an internally displaced persons (IDP) camp clinic in Borno State became suicidal.

Maiduguri, 10 October, 2019 - Following the detection of a case of acute flaccid paralysis (AFP) in Jere Local Government Area (LGA) Borno State Nigeria, a team of surveillance officers, mostly comprised of men are dispatched by the Local Government to assess the situation.

They make a first stop at the home of Hajiya Liman Bello a mother of 3 and a housewife. As her husband is out of town, she peeps through the window to see who her visitors are.

Katsina, 9 October 2019 - As part of an effort towards eliminating Yellow Fever epidemics in Nigeria, the Government in collaboration with the World Health Organization (WHO), UNICEF, Gavi, and other key partners, officially commenced Phase 3 of its planned Preventive Mass Vaccination Campaign (PMVC) in Katsina State. 

Abuja, October 7, 2019 - “My life has not been the same. Had it been I knew how awful it is to have a stroke, I would have been more cautious and protective of my health. I have lost my job and have not been able to secure another one all because I don’t walk and look like I used to. I also get rejected everywhere I show up for an interview”, says Ms. Oninye Iromba, a 34-year-old from Abia state who had stroke at the age of 30. 

Abuja, 4 October, 2019 - In a bid to bolster immunity of eligible children, the Federal Government of Nigeria supported by the World Health Organization (WHO) and other partners immunized over 51 million children during the annual national immunization campaigns. 

The intervention conducted in phases, from 30 July-30 August 2019, reached 51,151,924 eligible children across 36 Nigerian states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).