About 12,000 Nigerian women are diagnosed with cervical cancer annually, despite the disease being largely preventable, the Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Dr Mohammed Ali Pate, has disclosed. The Minister made the disclosure during the launch of the cervical cancer vaccine campaign and the Human Papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine integration sensitisation exercise held at
The United Nations Children’s Fund, UNICEF, has called on the Kano State Government to declare a State of emergency on polio and routine immunisation following a resurgence of the disease in the state. The Chief of Field Office in Kano, Rahma Farah, made the call on Tuesday in Kano during a media dialogue on polio
Two new cases of polio have been confirmed in Hadejia and Suletankarkar Local Government Areas of Jigawa State, marking a significant setback for Nigeria, nearly a decade after the country was declared polio-free. The announcement was made during a media dialogue on polio and routine immunization organized by the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) in
The United Nations Children’s Emmergency Fund (UNICEF) has confirmed a resurgence of polio in Kano State and eight other states currently battling a fresh outbreak of the disease. UNICEF’s Chief of Field Office in Kano, Rahama Farah, raised the alarm during a high-level meeting with government officials and development partners. He revealed that the recent
The World Health Organisation chief, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, has admitted they could be forced to lay off staff and scale down operations due to US funding cuts. Ghebreyesus made this known while addressing member states, according to a transcript of his opening remarks on Tuesday. “The sudden drop in income has left us with a
The National Primary Health Care Department Agency, NPHCDA, says a total of 17 circulating variant poliovirus type 2(cVPV2), cases have been recorded across 15 local government areas in eight states, this year. Dr Muyi Aina, the Executive Director of the agency, made the disclosure in Abuja during the agency’s first quarter media briefing. While Nigeria
The Nasarawa State Ministry of Health has confirmed an outbreak of measles in Rukubi community, Doma Local Government Area, just months ahead of the scheduled introduction of a combined measles and rubella vaccine across the state. The development, which has sparked concern among health officials and residents, was announced on Tuesday during a critical stakeholders’
Recent statistics show that over 11 million Nigerians who are Diabetic are yet to be fully diagnosed, throwing a harrowing challenge to eliminating the diseases. Professor Zuba Ilyasu, disclosed this while delivering a Keynote address at the 14th Annual General Meeting and Scientific Conference of the Association of Clinical Endocrinologists of Nigeria, ACEN, in Kano.
Health workers in the area councils of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, currently on strike, have agreed to allow their members to participate in the polio immunisation exercise scheduled for May. The FCT chapter of the National Association of Nigerian Nurses and Midwives, NANNM, and the Medical and Health Workers’ Union of Nigeria, MHWUN, announced
Northern Nigeria is bearing the brunt of the 2025 Lassa fever outbreak, with Taraba and Bauchi States recording the highest number of fatalities, according to the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC). In its latest situation report covering January 1 to May 4, 2025, the NCDC revealed that Taraba tops the list with
