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● We support Nigeria against virus – WHO‘ ABUJA - Testing for hepatitis in health facilities remains a major strategy for controlling the virus, public health specialist and Head, Prevention, National AIDS and STI Control Programme,…

● Chairman, National Immunization Financing Task Team, Dr. Ben Ayene says there's N101.5bn deficit in local funding of immunization  ● Says each Nigerian child needs “only” N13,000 for vaccination, yearly  More children in Nigeria may…

Updated by WHO July 2017 Key facts • Hepatitis C is a liver disease caused by the hepatitis C virus: the virus can cause both acute and chronic hepatitis, ranging in severity from a mild illness lasting a few weeks to a serious, lifelong…

• WHO urges countries GENEVA - Amid staggering statistics showing that viral hepatitis caused no fewer than 1.34 million deaths and affected 325 million people worldwide in 2015, The World Health Organisation (WHO) is calling on all…

Tuberculosis, popularly known by its abbreviation, TB, has existed for millennia and remains a major global health problem. It causes ill-health in millions of people each year and in 2015 was one of the top 10 causes of death from an…

• Agency reiterates commitment to mandate ABUJA - The Acting Director-General, National Agency for Food, Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), Mrs Yetunde Oni, on Thursday reiterated the commitment of the agency in ensuring the…

• 33 women scheduled for repair in the state, as Health Ministry, EngenderHealth and Osun state government commence fistula repair intervention program ILESHA, OSUN STATE - The Minister of Health, Prof. Isaac Adewole, today donned his…

Liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) otherwise known as cooking gas, is much cheaper than other means of cooking in Nigeria, the Federal Government and a pro-health non-governmental organization, Africare said on Thursday. They argued that…

• Promises to assist in tackling poverty, humanitarian needs, others The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) new Resident Representative in Nigeria, Dr Diene Keita, has resumed office with a promise to sustain the…

Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) and Not-for-Profit Organisations (NPOs) are strongly opposed to a bill in the House of Representatives seeking to establish Non-Governmental Organizations Regulatory Commission. At an interactive meeting…