Nigeria has introduced the Meningitis A Conjugate Vaccine into the routine Expanded Programme on Immunization (EPI) schedule. Speaking during the flag-off ceremony at the Area 2...
Based on new evidence assessing benefits and risks, the World Health Organization (WHO) recommends the use of the HIV drug dolutegravir (DTG) as the preferred first-line...
All six States in the South West Zone have completed the ‘2nd Outbreak Response’ (OBR2) to the circulating Vaccine Derived Polio Virus (cVDPV2) with varying degrees...
Oyo state government will intensify efforts at ensuring clean and safe environment that would attracts both foreign and local investors to the state The State Deputy...
More than 20 million babies were born with a low birthweight (less than 2500g; 5.5 pounds) in 2015—around one in seven of all births worldwide according...
Noting a 300 per cent surge in the number of measles cases during the first three months of this year, compared to the same period last...
What if a mobile phone could prevent a health epidemic? It may sound like science fiction, but the World Health Organization’s (WHO) Polio Geographic Information System...
Knowledge gained following the 2014–16 West Africa Ebola outbreak identified a number of challenges survivors face, including reduced or blurred vision stemming from inflammation of their...
National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has notified the public, especially healthcare providers, on the existence of fake Dukoral Oral Cholera vaccine...
The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that nearly 630 million years of healthy life were lost in 2015 due to the diseases afflicting the population across...