Mpox vaccines: WHO advisers back protection for children at risk
Children at risk of mpox in communities experiencing an outbreak should be included in targeted vaccination, WHO’s vaccine advisers have ...
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HPV35: The gap in Nigeria’s cervical cancer vaccine protection
A cancer-causing HPV type found in Nigerian women remains outside the types directly targeted by widely used HPV vaccines, drawing ...
Vaccine funding shortfalls threaten immunisation gains, WHO warns
Countries facing tighter immunisation budgets should protect vaccines already being delivered through national programmes, WHO’s advisers have warned, as governments ...
Social media use linked to better life ratings among young Nigerians
The finding adds a Nigerian perspective to the debate about social media and wellbeing, but does not establish that spending ...
WHO’s new Ebola guidance puts Nigeria’s readiness in focus
Nigeria has not recorded a case, but the country is being urged to prepare laboratories, isolation facilities and border systems ...
Here’s where you can access FG’s 12k subsidised dialysis
For thousands of Nigerians living with kidney disease, the cost of dialysis has often meant choosing between treatment and survival. ...
Nigeria receives over 11,000 doses of mpox vaccines
As Africa battles the lingering threat of mpox, a life-saving shipment of vaccines arrives Abuja, Nigeria, hopefully just in time ...
Nollywood star joins efforts to combat HIV, tackle stigma, and promote prevention in Nigeria
Funke Akindele Named UNAIDS Goodwill Ambassador for Nigeria Nollywood star Funke Akindele has been appointed as the National Goodwill Ambassador ...
Nigeria at the center of Africa’s ongoing cholera crisis
Despite a decline in cholera cases in Nigeria this year, the country’s persistently high fatality rate—3.5%—underscores critical gaps in healthcare ...
A Continent on Alert: Africa’s Struggle Against Emerging Epidemics
As the world’s attention drifts from the heights of the COVID-19 pandemic, Africa finds itself grappling with a new wave ...
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