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The Federal Government is launching a massive Seasonal Malaria Chemoprevention campaign, targeting 29 million children under the age of five across 21 states. This initiative covers all 19 Northern states, the Federal Capital Territory, and Oyo State. By providing preventive medicine to such a large cohort, the administration hopes to drastically lower the child mortality…
Nigeria now holds the world’s second-highest number of zero-dose children. Roughly 2.1 million youngsters have received no vaccinations at all. Another 2.3 million remain only partially protected against preventable disease. These figures highlight a stubborn failure in the nation’s public health delivery. Systemic gaps and poor access continue to leave millions vulnerable. Save the Children…
Global efforts to eliminate malaria have averted millions of deaths over two decades, yet Nigeria remains at the centre of the crisis, accounting for the highest share of infections and fatalities worldwide. As countries marked World Malaria Day, the World Health Organization reported an estimated 282 million malaria cases and 610,000 deaths globally in…
The World Health Organisation (WHO) marks the start of World Immunisation Week, from April 24 to April 30, with a reminder of vaccines’ monumental impact on global public health. Over the past five decades, immunization efforts have prevented an estimated 150 million deaths. This year’s observance also serves as the midpoint for the Immunisation Agenda…
A sharp concentration of global hunger is placing Nigeria at the centre of a worsening food crisis, with new data showing that a significant share of the world’s most food-insecure populations are clustered in a small group of countries affected by conflict and economic shocks. The latest Global Report on Food Crises, compiled by…
Health authorities in Cross River State have activated full emergency response measures following laboratory confirmation of a single COVID-19 infection involving a Chinese expatriate, the first officially recorded case in the state in roughly four years. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, in a statement released Tuesday night, confirmed that the patient…
Health authorities in Cross River State have confirmed a new case of COVID-19, marking the first officially reported infection in the state since 2022. The patient, a 53-year-old Chinese national employed in Akamkpa Local Government Area, is currently receiving care at a state isolation and treatment centre. Officials report that the patient is responding well…
A renewed COVID-19 case has been confirmed in Cross River State, marking the first officially reported infection since 2022 and prompting a reactivation of public health response measures. The State Commissioner for Health, Dr Henry Ayuk, disclosed the development during a news conference in Calabar on Tuesday, stating that the index case involves a…
Ada stands at the whiteboard in front of eleven colleagues, marker uncapped, the sharp chemical smell of dry-erase ink cutting through the conference room air, and the word she needs, the word she knows, is gone. Her free hand finds the hem of her blazer and twists it slowly, a private anchor while heat rises…
Stakeholders in Nigeria’s health sector have identified a lack of effective leadership and management as the primary obstacle to improving national health outcomes. During a series of workshops in Yola, Sokoto, and Ilorin, experts argued that technical skill is secondary to governance in the quest for a functional system. The UNICEF-led initiative, “Enhancing Leadership, Governance…
