Health Sector

Nigeria Celebrates 3 Years Of Being Polio-Free

Nigeria, once considered the most challenging country to end Polio disease, on Thursday celebrated the
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Nigeria Introduces Rotavirus Vaccine Into Vaccination Schedule

Targeting universal immunization, the government of Nigeria through the National Primary Health Care Development Agency
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Osinbajo Wants More To End Open Defecation In Nigeria

Efforts to end open defecation in Nigeria by 2025 received a boost, Wednesday, with the
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Nigeria Long Way Behind Achieving Children’s Well-Being, Says UN

The United Nations says feedback from the 2021 Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey (MICS)-National Immunisation Coverage
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Finance Ministry Withholding New Hazard Allowance, NARD Alleges

The Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors has blamed the Ministry of Finance for the non-payment
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Buhari: We Have Granted N100bn Loan to Indigenous Pharmaceutical Manufacturers

Nigeria’s federal government has granted a N100 billion loan to indigenous pharmaceutical manufacturers and healthcare
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‘Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Tax Can Ensure 83 Million Poor People Access

Director General, National Health Insurance Authority, Professor Mohammed Sambo says that the Sugar-Sweetened Beverage (SSB)
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FG Told To Increase Allocation For Pandemic Preparedness

Director-General, Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC), Dr Ifedayo Adetifa, has said that
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Edo confirms eight Monkeypox cases

The Edo State Ministry of Health has revealed that eight persons have tested positive for
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WHO seeks operationalisation of Nigeria’s health law

World Health Organisation (WHO) has pledged support for operationalisation of Nigeria’s National Health Insurance Authority
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