Healing the mental scars of violence in northeastern Nigeria
WHO/C. Onuekwe Umar Musami, Psychiatrist, Federal Neuro Psychiatric Hospital looking at medication for mental disorders in Bakass Camp in...
On the trail of Lassa fever in southern Nigeria
Nafissa Ikerodah is both a detective and diplomat of sorts. On a Saturday morning in early March, the Disease Surveillance Officer in Edo...
Historic yellow fever vaccination campaigns launched in Brazil and Nigeria
This week the governments of Brazil and Nigeria launched mass immunization campaigns to protect people against yellow fever. With support...
Nigeria: 2017 - Sad Year in Nigeria's Health Sector - Over 1,000 Die From Preventable Diseases
Nigeria started 2017 with the news of outbreak of Meningitis which lasted for months and was followed by other rare and uncommon...
Tackling malaria and polio in north-eastern Nigeria
In Nigeria’s Borno State, malaria is currently claiming more lives than all other diseases combined. Children under the age of 5 are...
WHO supports the immunization of 874 000 people against yellow fever in Nigeria
The Government of Nigeria has launched a campaign to immunize 873 837 people against yellow fever in the states of Kwara and Kogi. The...
Rapidly responding to cholera in north-eastern Nigeria
The World Health Organization (WHO) and other partners are moving swiftly to help health authorities contain a cholera outbreak in a camp...
WHO and partners supporting health authorities rapidly respond to Cholera outbreak in North-Eastern
The World Health Organization (WHO) and other partners are moving swiftly to help health authorities contain a cholera outbreak in a camp...
WHO and partners take on malaria: the top killer in north-eastern Nigeria
Following more than 8 years of conflict in Borno state in north-eastern Nigeria, some 3.7 million people are in need of humanitarian...
WHO and partners take on malaria: the top killer in north-eastern Nigeria
WHO estimates up to 10 000 lives could be saved by November through malaria prevention and control, if more funds are secured Following...