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Sokoto commences vaccination campaign Targets 2 million people ABUJA, SOKOTO – The number of new cases of suspected meningitis being reported has begun to decline as outbreak control measures take effect, the Nigeria…

Says imported fish, turkey, others  are preserved with drugs ABUJA – Nigeria must join the rest of the world to take drastic actions to stop growing rate of antibiotic resistance in the nation, and across the globe. Such actions…

From research, statistics have proven that a woman’s lifetime risk of dying from pregnancy or childbearing-related in Nigeria is one in three women. Under five mortality rate, that is probability of dying between birth and exactly five…

Bans chloroquine, artemisin monotherapy for treating disease Unveils Made-in-Nigeria ITN ABUJA - The Federal Government has directed healthcare practitioners across the country to ensure that individuals  with symptoms of…

Says disabilities are not liabilities, but for development The Federal Government, through the National Health Insurance, NHIS, yesterday launched a community-based health insurance for disabled community, otherwise known as Disabled…

Calls for more political commitments against scourge 300,000 die in Nigeria of disease, US says The World Health Organization, WHO, has reassured the world, especially Nigeria and other nations contending with malaria, that it…

... jubilation as 60,000 residents benefit They came from different parts of the state with different ailments requiring medical attention.  But most of them  are walking back home with smiles and  commendations for the state  government…

BUNGUDU (ZAMFARA) – Two officials of Bungudu Local Council in Zamfara have been ordered to produce the missing Meningitis vaccines allocated to the area or be sanctioned. The affected officials are the local council’s Director of…

...task them to up their game From research, mind-boggling statistics have shown that one in three women worldwide has experienced either physical and/ or sexual violence. It is estimated that almost half of all homicides in which women…

…Says group key in local vaccines production ABUJA - The Association of Medical Laboratory Scientists of Nigeria, AMLSN, has directed its members to increase efforts against the growing challenges posed by meningitis in the country, and…