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The World Health Organization (WHO) has for the first time prequalified an Mpox vaccine. The announcement came on the heels of the arrival of the first MVA-BN vaccines to the Democratic Republic of Congo, the epicentre of the epidemic.…
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Nigeria has recorded a total of 9,478 confirmed cases of Diphtheria. The Director General, Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, Dr Ifedayo Adetifa, who made this known in Abuja during the weekly diphtheria surveillance…
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The World Health Organisation has recommended a new vaccine, R21/Matrix-M, for the prevention of malaria in children. The recommendation follows advice from the WHO Strategic Advisory Group of Experts on Immunisation and the Malaria…
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The United States Children’s Fund, UNICEF, has said to respond effectively to the diphtheria outbreak in Nigeria, it needed to raise an additional $ 3.3 million to support the federal government’s response A crucial part of this support,…
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The World Health Organisation Regional Director for Africa, Dr Matshidiso Moeti, on Monday, said the malaria death rate in Nigeria has fallen by 55 per cent. Moeti said this on Monday, at the launch of the 2022 Nigeria Malaria Report in…
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Nigeria is now second highest among countries with a high number of maternal deaths in the world, a new report from the World Health Organisation, WHO has disclosed. The report tagged the 2023 Progress Report, revealed that Nigeria…
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Oyo state Commissioner for health, Dr Olabode Oladipo has called for aggressive case finding and awareness on the scourge of Tuberculosis, with a view to reducing the spate of the disease in the state. Dr Oladipo stated this while…
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The number of confirmed cases of mpox in Nigeria has risen to 789, The PUNCH reports. The death toll recorded from the disease is now eight. The mpox situation report obtained from the World Health Organisation showed that Nigeria has…
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