COVID-19: Nigerian govt destroys over 1 million doses of vaccines
The expired vaccines were withdrawn across states in the country.
Nike Adebowale covers the health beat. She holds a degree from Ekiti State University, Ado Ekiti.
Twitter: @nikeadebowale1
The expired vaccines were withdrawn across states in the country.
The ordeal of Mrs Jonah and Mr Zira largely mirrors the financial burden and emotional troubles many cancer patients in...
Mr Lawan said it was wrong for Ehanire, Mamora, and the permanent secretary to be absent at an interventionist summit...
“We plead with the public to come to our aid. We need help to raise these babies God has blessed...
In Nigeria, at least 20,695 children were newly infected with HIV in 2020.
In 2020, the Key populations group which includes female sex workers (FSW), People who injects drugs, men who have sex...
"What this simply means is that government employees who are yet to be vaccinated will find a vaccination site around...
The circular, a copy of which was obtained by PREMIUM TIMES on Friday night, is dated November 26.
Ms Kanem would be accompanied by the UNFPA Regional Director for West and Central Africa, Argentina Matavel Piccin, based in...
Mulombo, however, said journalists can correct all misinformation built about COVID-19 and its vaccines.
The WHO official further disclosed that since March 2020, there have been more than 150,400 COVID-19 infections in health workers...
WHO estimates that resistant infections already cause at least 700,000 deaths every year, including 230,000 deaths from multi drug-resistant tuberculosis.
The director-general of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), Ifedayo Adetifa, said countries in Europe have reintroduced some restrictions...
The hub according to the statement is a unique collaboration between higher education and media to inject more data-driven analysis...
The said the new commitment is part of efforts made by the government to ensure every woman and girl has...
Mr Shuaib said the government has adequate doses of vaccines in store to cover a large percentage of the population.
The pandemic further pushed lots of people into anxiety and depression, findings from the survey show.
Mr Fago said in a particular school that shares a fence with the Bauch State’s house of assembly quarters, pupils...
Nigeria failed to achieve the Family Planning target of enabling more women and girls of reproductive age to have access...
Nigeria has already surpassed the number of TB cases notified in 2020 by seven per cent.
“Security personnel must desist from engaging in acts of intimidation and targeting election managers, party agents or the electorate,” the...
“Pfizer’s drug, part of a class known as protease inhibitors, is designed to block an enzyme the coronavirus needs to...
Ms Pounds explained that community pharmacies could assist with such initiatives as vaccinations, family planning, health education, among many others.
In the 2022 proposed budget, N54 billion, amounting to six per cent of the total health budget is earmarked for...
Restrictions on non-U.S. citizens were first imposed on air travellers from China in January 2020 before it was further extended...
All content is Copyrighted © 2024 The Premium Times, Nigeria
All content is Copyrighted © 2024 The Premium Times, Nigeria