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“About 16 LGAs are endemic for River Blindness, 21 LGAs are endemic for Elephantiasis, 11 LGAs are endemic for Schistosomiasis ...

“The goal of this immunisation is to interrupt circulation and keep polio cases at zero per cent in the state.”

62,000 Anambra residents have so far been vaccinated and they are doing well, a government official says.

“Insecticide treated nets have become a core intervention for malaria control and have contributed greatly to the decline in disease ...

Anambra State is among the 22 high burden states with Tuberculosis in Nigeria, an official says.

There are 1,641 COVID-19 cases in Anambra State, while 19 have died of the viral infection in the state.

A government official says a mobile truck with medical officers will drive through streets to collect samples from people voluntarily.

"If you have 101 patients being told at the hospital that they have the fever, I tell you there is ...

69 per cent of the 118 confirmed cases in the state are men, while 31 are women

The state government says it has established contact with each of the 39 contacts.

The Anambra government says the index case is currently in a protective care centre equipped with ventilators and cardiac monitors.

The commissioner said it was important to establish the trauma centre, following the spate of road accidents, fire outbreaks, building ...