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Mr Aina said the government is using a mix of data tracking, free services, and immunisation campaigns to address preventable ...

Thirty-one healthy adults aged 18 to 55 will take part in the trial in Oxford, while a second phase-1 trial ...

Mrs Adeyeye, a professor warned that Nigeria relied heavily on international donors during the COVID-19 pandemic, a situation that must ...

Mr Aina emphasised that the delivery of the equipment is timely, considering the series of immunisation campaigns currently being conducted ...

Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) says it treated nearly 70,000 malnourished children in Katsina State, including almost 10,000 who required hospitalisation

Mr Mohammed said surveillance conducted in 2025 revealed the presence of the virus in Warawa, Bunkure, Kano Municipal, and Nasarawa ...

According to the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), Nigeria currently has the world’s highest number of unvaccinated children.

Nigerians intending to go for Hajj are required to get vaccinated from Meningococcal Meningitis, Yello Fever, polio and seasonal Influenza ...

“If we don’t get US support, that translates into 1.2 million deaths over the next five years."

Only one Republican, Mitch McConnell, the former Senate Majority Leader, voted against Mr Kennedy’s confirmation.

The committee has been given three weeks to conduct a comprehensive investigation, complete its findings and work within clearly defined ...

The trial aims to assess the clinical efficacy of a vaccine against Ebola disease caused by the Sudan virus.

The doses, manufactured by Bavarian Nordic, have been allocated to affected countries.

According to the NPHDA Chief Executive Director, Muyi Aina, the vaccination is mostly targeted at health workers in facilities where ...

This public health organisation also reported 461 new confirmed infections and 34 deaths with a cases fatality rate of 7.4 ...

The Africa CDC said the selection was based on country readiness and epidemiological data.

The first rollout of the vaccine will be in Bayelsa and Kebbi, two states with high seasonal transmission of malaria.

Nigeria’s health minister describes the arrival of the malaria vaccine as a historic step in the fight against malaria.

GAVI, in a statement issued on Wednesday, said it made an advance purchase agreement to secure the shots and have ...

In Africa, there have been 25,237 suspected and confirmed cases and 723 deaths in 14 countries in 2024, according to ...

This was one of the resolutions reached on Wednesday at the 144th edition of National Economic Council Meeting (NEC) chaired ...

The World Health Organisation (WHO) revealed that over half of the global population, 4.5 billion individuals, are deprived of comprehensive ...

The agency also noted that many African countries are highly vulnerable to mpox infection due to widespread malnutrition and the ...

The minister said local production of vaccines is imperative to strengthening the country’s health sector.

According to the report, the campaign aimed to sow doubt about the efficacy and safety of the Chinese vaccine and ...