The Federal Government says it is working assiduously in collaboration with relevant sectors and stakeholders to intensify surveillance in the animal population to prevent the outbreak of Monkeypox in the country. The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Dr Mohammad Abubakar, said this in Àbuja. Abubakar said the surveillance included the point of entry for […]

ExxonMobil Foundation, in collaboration with ExxonMobil affiliate companies and other orgnisations have renewed their commitments to end malaria in the country. Mr Richard Laing, the Managing Director, ExxonMobil Affiliate in Nigeria, said this in a statement on Monday in Abuja as part of efforts to end malaria scourge in the country. Laing said that the […]

 More than 1 million children in Ghana, Kenya and Malawi have now received one or more doses of the world’s first malaria vaccine, thanks to a pilot programme coordinated by WHO. The malaria vaccine pilots, first launched by the Government of Malawi in April 2019, have shown that the RTS,S/AS01 (RTS,S) vaccine is safe and […]

Mrs Laura Nel, Director, Global Community Impact Africa of Johnson & Johnson Global Health Foundation, has called for better attention to nurses and midwives in order to engender change in health-seeking behaviour. Nel told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja that for the country to achieve Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) 3, the nurses […]

As the world celebrates World Water Day, Ogun State Ministry of Environment and Nestlé Nigeria have jointly hosted a stakeholders’ forum to address the Water Sustainability challenges in Ogun state. World Water Day, held on 22 March every year since 1993, focuses on the importance of freshwater.  World Water Day celebrates water and raises awareness […]

The Splendour Child Empowerment Foundation announced on Sunday that the group would take up issues relating to health and education needs of less-privileged kids in the country. The founder of the foundation, Miss Splendour Joe-King, made the announcement when she featured at the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) Forum in Abuja. Joe-King, who is also […]

The Institute of Human Virology Nigeria (IHVN) has advised the Federal Government to convert the COVID-19 pandemic isolations centres across the country to Emergency Infectious Disease Centres for future outbreaks. The Chief Executive Officer of the institute, Dr Patrick Dakum, gave the advice in Abuja at the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) Forum in Abuja […]

As Nigeria today marked the one-year anniversary of the first shipment of COVID-19 vaccines to the country via the COVAX Facility, efforts are stepping up to ensure vaccine delivery targets are met. One year on from the first shipment, more than 65.8 million COVID-19 vaccines have been received in Nigeria through COVAX, which represents over […]

The Company is committed to expanding and accelerating vaccine supply to the African region through 2022 and beyond to help governments reach their vaccination targets One year ago, the first doses of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine began to arrive in countries across the world through the COVAX initiative, as part of the largest global vaccination […]