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World Immunization: Vaccine-preventable disease outbreaks on the rise in Africa – WHO
As the World Immunization Week 2022 ends today, the World Health Organization (WHO) says the continent is witnessing a surge in outbreaks of vaccine-preventable diseases over the past year. According
NHIS launches initiative to subsidize cancer drugs
develops 10-year strategic plan to achieve mandate The National Health Insurance Scheme has launched a “Roche Cost Sharing Initiative” aimed at subsidizing cancer drugs in the country. The Executive Secretary
Nigeria To receive 9 million doses of cholera Vaccine
Over 1.7 million persons already vaccinated in four states Nigeria is expected to receive about nine million doses of Oral cholera vaccines, OCV, to tackle the spate of cholera outbreak
Lagos to deploy new tool to combat malaria
partners firm to implement rollback malaria strategies Lagos State Government has pledged to scale up innovation and deploy new tools to combat Malaria, just as it restated its commitment
World Malaria Day: Stakeholders call for more efforts to eliminate disease
As the world marks the 2022 World Malaria Day (WMD), some stakeholders have called for conscious efforts to end malaria disease in the country. The stakeholders made the call in
West African scientists in Ghana for CelebrateLAB conference
Local vaccine manufacturing tops agenda Medical Laboratory and research scientists from across West Africa will this week converge in the Ghanaian capital Accra to deliberate on how West Africa can
NMA decries aggression against government health workers
says personnel are overstretched because of brain drain The Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) has urged members of the public to stop venting their anger or inflicting injuries on medical practitioners
PCN seals 378 pharmacies, drug stores in Taraba
The Pharmacists Council of Nigeria (PCN) says it has sealed some 378 out of the 546 pharmaceutical premises it visited in Taraba State. PCN said it sealed off the facilities
Italy donates 3m COVID-19 doses donated to Nigeria
The National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA) on Monday in Abuja, Nigeria’s capital, received over 3 million single-shot COVID-19 vaccines donated by Italy. The country had earlier received 17
Deaths from non-communicable diseases on the rise in Africa
Non-communicable diseases such as cancer, cardiovascular diseases and diabetes are increasingly becoming the main cause of mortality in sub-Saharan Africa, where the diseases were responsible for 37% of deaths in