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Health security aims to prevent, detect, and respond to infectious disease threats. In practice, this is limited to specific activities,...

The official noted that over one million children under the age of five also die as a result of losing...

NCDC said a total of 248,864 persons have now been discharged nationwide since the outbreak of the virus in Nigeria...

WHO said the increasing fatality figure was mostly driven by the omicron variant.

With no backlog of discharged cases, the disease centre noted that a total of 230,549 have been successfully treated and...

The disease centre stated that the country’s death toll still stands at 3,142, as no fatality was recorded on Monday.

The report will be launched on February 23, 2022, together with The Safety Guide for Journalists covering pandemics in Africa.

NCDC said in Nigeria a total of 254,124 have now been discharged nationwide.

Climate change has impacted Nigeria negatively in the past few decades though not as drastically as in some other parts...

The disease centre noted that the latest figure includes a backlog of 18 confirmed cases and a single discharged case...

With the new confirmed cases, the country’s infection toll has increased to 253,780, while the death toll still stands at...

As of February 2, 2022, NCDC data shows that a total of 20,593 people are still down with the illness...

The disease centre noted that Lagos State topped the infection chart with 57 new cases.

Between Monday and Friday, Nigeria recorded less than 1000 cases, a figure that could not match a single daily record...

The control and elimination of the NTDs in the country will contribute significantly toward the attainment of the Sustainable Development...

The country’s infection toll from the disease has increased to 252,840 cases, while the fatality toll remains at 3,134.

NCDC noted that Nigeria’s fatality toll now stands at 3,133, while the infection toll increased to 252,678.

The federal government introduced an excise duty of N10 per litre on all non-alcoholic, carbonated, and Sugar-sweetened beverages.

As of 2020, Nigeria had a doctor-patient ratio of 1:2,753, in sharp contrast to the World Health Organisation (WHO)’s minimum...

The study collected data from 25 health facilities across Nigeria, Ghana, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, South Africa,...

NCDC added that a total of 225,906 have been successfully treated and discharged nationwide, as the FCT reported 322 discharged...

Mr Gates said the foundation’s work over the past 20 years has shown that early investment in research and development...

Cumulatively, from the first week to the second week of 2022, 96 people have been infected by Lassa fever across...

NCDC added that the FCT accounted for four of the six fatalities

cMPV2 outbreaks are caused by immunity gaps in children due to several reasons, including low routine immunization coverage