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A child recieving the rotavirus vaccine at a health centre in Abuja

Beyond the numbers-Nigeria steps up measures to reach eligible children with potent vaccines

Abuja, 19 May, 2023 - At least 64 per cent of children between ages…
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An immunization card used to record recieved childhood vaccines

WHO partners government for Big-Catch-up campaign to close immunization coverage gaps

Abuja, In Nigeria, an estimated 6.2 million children missed out on…
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HIV testing during TB testing week 2022 at Gishiri, Abuja

Stakeholders take on malaria, top killer disease with innovative tools 

Abuja, With Nigeria still accounting for 27 percent of global malaria…
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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…
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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…
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