Malaria is one of the most important public health concerns in the world. According to the latest WHO World Malaria Report, there were 247 million cases of malaria in 2021 compared to 245 million cases in 2020. The...
National HIV treatment programmes should not wait until people with HIV have viral loads above 1000 copies/ml to provide enhanced adherence counselling, Nigerian researchers report in the journal Lancet Global Health...
The GAVI Alliance has approved US$ 21 million to help improve vaccine supply chains in Nigeria as part of a partnership aimed at scaling up routine immunization. The funds will be used by Nigeria’s National...
On Friday, the World Health Assembly, the governing body of the World Health Organization, voted that polio represents a global emergency at the very point at which cases of the deadly, paralysis-causing virus are at an...
The last three countries where polio is still paralyzing children – Afghanistan, Pakistan and Nigeria – said on Thursday that they have enlisted Muslim women and religious leaders to allay fears of...
Officials in the northern Nigerian state of Kano say hundreds of parents are refusing to get their children immunized against the crippling disease, polio.