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WHO Nigeria Country Representative, DR Walter K Mulombo delivering 2021 World Health Day message

WHO supports Government to monitor health inequities amidst COVID-19 response  

Abuja, April 14, 2021 - “During this COVID-19 pandemic, I had serious…
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L-R WHO Country Rep, Dr Walter Kazadi Mulombo, the Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire, Permanent Secretary, Edo State ministry of Health i.png

Nigeria commemorates 2021 World Health Day-assents to ‘building a fairer, healthier world for everyone’

Benin, 8 April 2021 - Nigeria’s Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire…
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Nigeria will get adequate COVID-19 vaccines-Professor Tomori

Abuja, 1 April 2021 - The COVID-19 outbreak and response has been…
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#YesToCovidVaccine: Jigawa records impressive turnout as vaccination effort in Nigeria progresses

Jigawa, 29 March 2021 - On a recent weekday, community health worker…
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Nurse Mary Yarda, a staff of National Hospital, Abuja receiving the COVID-19 vaccine

My vaccination experiences-recipients speak after receiving COVID-19 vaccine 

Abuja, 31 March 2021 - “Nine days after receiving the Oxford-…
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Stakeholders call for more investment in adolescent health and well-being 

Abuja, 31 March 2021 - “We should be recognized while making health…
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TB survivor Ekong Francis Ubong

Survivors testify that tuberculosis is curable with timely treatment 

Abuja, March 26 2021 - “This Tuberculosis (TB) is curable, it goes…
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Delegates at the Press Briefing for World Water day 2021.

World Water Day: Nigeria Pushes for Water Quality amidst COVID-19

Abuja, March 22 2021- “Every morning, I walk for about 4.5 Kilometers…
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Dr Kofi Boateng alongside Dr Sunny Okoroafor handing over the NHWR soft document to Dr Azodoh at the FMoH_1.jpg

WHO Nigeria hands over the Health Workforce Registry to the Federal Ministry of Health

Abuja, March 22 2021 - “I would like to appreciate the collaboration…
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Queen Ndochinwa, a nursing officer at the Infectious Disease Hospital, Lagos.

Practitioners remain  confident that  COVID-19 vaccine will boost immunity of frontline workers 

Abuja, 25 March, 2021 - Frontline health workers in Lagos State who…
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