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Nigeria celebrates two years without polio
It is exactly two years that Nigeria recorded its last case of poliomyelitis (a.k.a Polio) and has remained free of the crippling disease ever since.
A statement from the National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA) described…
NHO Diabetes Portal opens!
So you have diabetes? You are not alone!
Have you been told by your doctor that you have diabetes? This could be devastating news for most people. But you know what? You are not alone. The Diabetes Association of Nigeria (DAN) estimates…
TB: Not yet success story for Nigeria
• Records 250,000 deaths annually
• Ranks No. 4 among high-burdened countries
• Undetected and Undiagnosed tuberculosis on the increase
• WHO says battle is only half-won globally.
The World Tuberculosis Day was marked worldwide on…
Why we adopted Nigeria’s CDC for Africa – Amb Maiyegun
The African Union last weekend adopted the Nigerian Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, as one of its five Regional Collaborating Centres for Disease Control. It is part of the AU’s plans to own functional health institutions that conduct…
New WHO report ranks Nigeria low in immunisation
• Yet to eliminate tetanus, measles
• Still low in new vaccine introduction
A new report on Africa’s immunisation coverage released by the World health Organisation (WHO) at the just concluded first-ever Ministerial Conference on…
Nigeria: ‘210,557 Kids Died From Pneumonia, Diarrhoea in 2015’
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Since the beginning of this year, about 750,000 Nigerian children under the age of five years died, as a new report 'The 2015 Pneumonia and Diarrhea Progress Report: Sustainable Progress in the Post-2015 Era' has said.
Of these,…
WDD: 5m Nigerians adults have Diabetes
By Deo Akinbo
As Nigeria prepares to join the rest of the world tomorrow to mark the 2015 World Diabetes Day (WDD), the Ministry of Health has disclosed that no fewer than 5 million Nigerian adults have diabetes and less than 50 per cent…
Prof. Adewole is Nigeria’s health Minister
Renowned professor of gynaecology and obstetrics and former Vice chancellor, University of Ibadan, Prof. Isaac Adewole Folorunsho was today named as Nigerias minister of health as President Muhammadu Buhari swore in his 36 ministers and…
Buhari hails delisting of Nigeria from polio-endemic countries
President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday hailed WHO's delisting of Nigeria from the polio-endemic countries, calling for continued vigilance to ensure that Nigeria maintains this new status.
Presidential spokesman, Mr Femi Adesina, said in a…