Tag: Public Health

According to the report, the six interventions could prevent one in every 40 deaths globally, based on modelled projections, while ...

El Niño, a climate phenomenon that develops in the Pacific Ocean, could intensify global temperatures and disrupt weather patterns towards ...

Mr Kaseya said the Bundibugyo strain, first identified in Uganda 19 years ago, had caused only three outbreaks, yet no ...

The plan aims to strengthen surveillance, regulation and enforcement, with the minister urging stakeholders to address lead exposure at its ...

The Ugandan health ministry said it had no confirmed active Ebola cases as of the time of its statement

In a statement published on its X account on Tuesday and signed by Patrick Amoth, the Director-General for Health, the ...

Here are 10 key facts Nigerians should know about the disease, including how it spreads, symptoms to watch for and ...

The 39-year-old patient developed symptoms while in quarantine, as Kenyan health authorities continued tracing contacts of the country’s first confirmed ...

Zamfara has been one of the states hardest hit by the insecurity that has spread across north-western Nigeria over the ...

Nigeria has recorded 259 Lassa fever deaths from 1,086 confirmed cases in 2026, with the case-fatality rate at 23.9 per ...

The number of suspected diphtheria cases in Plateau State has risen to 303, with the reported death toll increasing to ...

The Plateau State Government has ordered the temporary closure of all public and private primary and secondary schools from September ...

The US officially recorded 2,371 confirmed measles cases this year, surpassing the 2,289 cases reported throughout 2025

The president thanked Gavi for its continued support, saying the organisation had played a significant role in protecting lives and ...

Mr Idris said the Ministry of Health responded after a father shared videos on social media alleging that a strange ...

The SSG said the appointments are aimed at strengthening the government's ongoing reforms and service delivery initiatives in the areas ...

The surgeon revealed that globally, more than two million women “are living with untreated obstetric fistula, while between 50,000 and ...

The authority says additional health surveillance and screening measures have been activated across international airports following renewed Ebola concerns in ...

The Ogun Commissioner for Environment, Ola Oresanya, confirmed the incident, saying relevant agencies had commenced necessary interventions.

Health authorities say the combination of extreme temperatures, low humidity and dust creates favourable conditions for the spread of Neisseria ...

One of the Customs personnel injured during the attack by suspected armed drug traffickers on Thursday in Ogun The Nigeria ...

Between early 2025 and late 2025, suspected Mpox cases declined by 40 per cent, while confirmed cases dropped by 60 ...

He explained that 500 new installations, including solar-powered boreholes, storage tanks, reticulated pipelines, and water fetching points, have been constructed ...

Vice President Shettima says Nigeria loses $56 billion in human capital annually to malnutrition.