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A staff checking blood pressure of a beneficary at the WHO at 75 free medical outreach in Osogbo

Osun State residents benefit from free medical outreach in commemoration of  WHO’s 75th anniversary 

Osun - In accordance with the World Health Organization’s (WHO)…
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Saifullahi Bulama, happy to recover from menigitis

Tying the noose on Cerebrospinal Meningitis- border communities in Jigawa State receive lifesaving vaccines

Abuja ‒ In mid-March, 16-year-old Saifullahi Bulama, residing in…
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Mrs Ade and her son Kazeem at LUTH recuperating from diphtheria..png

Diphtheria outbreak response-Lagos State sensitizes communities on vaccine efficacy

Lagos - Sometime in February, Kazeem Ade, age seven, was recuperating…
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Press conference to mark world Health Day and WHO 75 anniversary

Nigeria celebrates WHO at 75 

Abuja, 7 April, 2023 - Nigeria joins the globe to commemorate the…
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A patient on IV fluids at Ofatura PHC, Obabura

WHO supports Cross River State to combat cholera outbreak

Calabar, 4 April, 2023 - Cholera is endemic in Nigeria. It is highly…
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WHO personnel counselling a TB Patient

Osun State not taking its foot off the pedal in the fight against Tuberculosis

Osun, 31 March, 2023 - “I was coughing out blood persistently for…
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Mohammadu Usman at Noma Hospital leaving for school after his morning chores

Live a dignified life with treatment – says Noma Survivor

 Sokoto, 21 March, 2023 - Mohammadu Usman a 22-year-old noma survivor…
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WHO personnel engaging with members of a community in Yobe state.

WHO supports Yobe to scale up the provision of health services  through grassroots interventions 

Yobe, 13 March, 2023 - As displaced residents and host communities in…
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Accessing Essential drugs at the Borno state central medical store. Photo_credit: WHO Nigeria/ Igwebuikek

WHO expands health services support for vulnerable populations in the northeast

Maiduguri – 9 March, 2023 - The humanitarian support provided by the…
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A woman receiving the COVID-19 vaccine in Abuja

Vaccination against COVID-19 protects other people- survivor       

Abuja, 7 March, 2023 - “Being infected with COVID-19 is not an…
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