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Integrated medical outreach

With dwindling numbers, stakeholders expand integrated TB and COVID-19 testing in communities  

Kaduna, 19 August 2022 - When health workers took the Tuberculosis (…
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Mulikat Okanlawon, Noma survivor

Mulikat Okanlawon, Noma survivor

Mulikat Okanlawan works as a hygiene officer at the Sokoto Noma…
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A new mother being taught how to position her baby

Education and family support vital to stepping up exclusive breastfeeding 

Abuja, 11 August, 2022 - In February 2022, Mariam Udeh, 26 years old…
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Edo State intensifies coordinated response to contain spread of monkeypox disease

Benin, 9 August, 2022 - After four days of complaining of fever,…
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Nigeria vaccinates over 45 million people against yellow fever during the COVID-19 pandemic. 

Nigeria vaccinates over 45 million people against yellow fever during the COVID-19 pandemic. 

New films show the impact of yellow fever outbreaks in Taraba State,…
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Hajiya Zuwaira Gambo giving her welcome remarks on behalf of her Excellency, Dr. Falmata Zulum

Borno state launches awareness campaign to commemorate 2022 World Breastfeeding Week 

Maiduguri, 3 August, 2022 - In a bid to create awareness, promote and…
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Providing interpersonal health risk messaging to Adamawa resident on Monkey pox and covid-19 vaccination

Adamawa State strengthens awareness campaign on Monkeypox

Yola, 3 August, 2022 - As the threat of monkeypox looms globally,…
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90% of people living with HIV access treatment

90% of people living with HIV access treatment

Adetimi Bayo lives with HIV in a heart of poverty in remote Nigeria.…
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WHO supports Nigeria in operationalizing the National Health Insurance Authority Act 2022. 

Abuja, 1 August, 2022 - The World Health Organization Country…
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Nigeria seeks to eliminate severe and often lethal mouth disease

Nigeria seeks to eliminate severe and often lethal mouth disease

As Chief Medical Director at the Sokoto Noma Children’s Hospital in…
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