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Elumelu joins GAVI call for greater vaccine coverage

Founder of Avon Medical and GAVI Champion for Africa, Dr Awele Elumelu, has joined global health leaders at a photo exhibition to call for increase va

NCDC ramps up response as UK links monkeypox to Nigeria travel

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control has reassured it has capacity to effectively diagnose and respond to monkeypox after Britain confirmed two case

Rains force hospitalization of 183 children for malaria, pneumonia

At least 183 children have been admitted into intensive care at a hospital in Maiduguri in the last week to be treated for malaria and pneumonia. Mede

Nasarawa Assembly passes health insurance bill for affordable healthcare to residents

Nasarawa state House of Assembly on Wednesday passed the bill for a law to provides the Nasarawa State Health Insurance Scheme 2018, to ensure that ev

889 cases suspected in Borno cholera outbreak

At least 889 cases are suspected to be cholera in the latest outbreak declared in Borno state, the United Nations coordinator for humanitarian affairs