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UNICEF raises alarm over unprecedented diphtheria outbreak
Urges urgent vaccination In the midst of the most severe diphtheria outbreak in recent global history, UNICEF Nigeria is sounding the alarm about the urgent need for widespread vaccination. The
24m Nigerians have visual impairment
FG approves initiative to provide 5m glasses The Federal Government, has expressed concerns over more than 24 million Nigerians who are grappling with varying degrees of visual impairments. Expressing worry,
Lagos Health Commissioner, Special Adviser assume duties
Seek support, collaboration of stakeholders The newly sworn-in Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi, and the Special Adviser to the Governor on Health, Dr. Oreoluwa Finnih-Awokoya yesterday assumed
NAFDAC warns against buying drugs from open markets
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has warned that drugs sold in open market are poisonous and dangerous to human health. Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye, the
Elephantiasis elimination: Lagos targets 3.9M residents
Commences mass administration of medicine Lagos State Government in partnership with a non-governmental organization, Mission to Save the Helpless, MITOSATH, has commenced mass administration of free Ivermectin and Albendazole medicines
Kenyan scientists begin research on use of AI to predict pregnancy risks
A Kenyan Clinician-Scientist, Prof. Moses Obimbo Madadi is currently leading a team of researchers at the University of Nairobi, Kenya in a ground breaking study on how the use of