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NNPC launches Vision First programme in Ilaje community, Lagos
By Tochukwu Bliss, Abuja The NNPC Ltd said it has flagged off the third edition of the Vision…
U.S. government donates 10,000 mpox vaccines to Nigeria
The National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA) has received 10,000 doses of the JYNNEOS vaccine to strengthen…
New mpox strain is changing fast; African scientists are ‘working blind’ to respond
Scientists studying the new mpox strain that has spread out of Democratic Republic of Congo say the virus…
WHO seeks $135 million to defeat mpox
The current mpox outbreak “can be controlled and can be stopped”, the head of the World Health Organization…
African countries to declare public health emergency over mpox
The African continent is poised to declare a Public Health Emergency of Continental Security as the mpox outbreak…
COVID-19 making worrying comeback WHO warns, amid summertime surge
COVID-19 infections are surging worldwide – including at the Olympics – and are unlikely to decline anytime soon,…
Medical professionals urge Nigerians to trust efficacy of vaccines
Some medical practitioners on Wednesday said vaccines are safe and healthy, urging Nigerians to embrace them. They made…
Nigerians bearing ‘overwhelming burden’ of medical costs, says health ministry
The Coordinating Ministry of Health and Social Welfare has revealed that Nigerian households are bearing “an overwhelming burden”…
Tinubu approves new health sector coordination unit
President Bola Tinubu has approved the establishment of the Sector-wide Coordinating Office-Programme Management Unit (SCO-PMU) domiciled in the…
UN agencies urge immediate boost in HIV services to end AIDS by 2030
An immediate increase in HIV services is needed in the countries most affected by the pandemic to end…